Prophets: Trainers in the race of life
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Living prophets are "the inspired trainers for our race of life," said Elder Gary J. Coleman of the Seventy.
Elder Coleman, in his priesthood session address Saturday evening, said that mortal training means walking by faith, repenting of sins, and calling upon the Lord in daily prayer."All sorts of voices are screaming at us from the stadiums of public opinion," Elder Coleman said. "Our course will never be the popular way of the world. . . .
"We move on in the strength of the Lord, each accountable for our own performance at the end of our mortal race."
He encouraged priesthood holders to build upon the sure foundation of Jesus Christ as a way to faithfully endure during the devastating storms of the latter days.
In his own experience as a convert to the Church, he said the doctrines of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ "have become my path to eternal life and the fullness of joy here in mortality."
"Few things in life have become more dear to me than a knowledge of the reality of the Godhead. We are the literal offspring of God the Father. The life and mission of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, affects my life daily."
He explained he was converted to the Church when he received "a witness more powerful than sight, more soul-assuring than words. The sweet witness by the power of the Holy Ghost that the truths of the restored gospel are upon the earth today has come to me."
Elder Coleman said he remembered the year, month and day, and even the very moment "when my heart encompassed the testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God."
