Bishop McMullin stresses keys to successful life
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REXBURG, IDAHO
Keith B. McMullin, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, taught BYU-Idaho students about a key to a successful life during a devotional address Tuesday, May 20.
Bishop McMullin conveyed the love and concern President Thomas S. Monson has for each student at BYU-Idaho.
"He is mindful of you, your circumstances and your challenges. He feels the blessings coming from your faith and prayers in his behalf. He is God's prophet, and I bear solemn witness of this truth," Bishop McMullin said.
He also spoke of the profound effect President Monson has had on his life.
"I have been privileged to be under his personal tutelage for some 33 years. He has encouraged me when my steps would have faltered and guided me when my vision was unclear," Bishop McMullin said. "I have been the happy recipient of his friendship, correction, and love."
He then offered the students a key, which if lived by would "enrich your life and ensure your success spiritually, mentally, temporally and even financially."
"This is the key: An undivided faith and belief in God our Eternal Father and in His Son Jesus Christ and the power of prayer. Such an undivided faith and belief requires that we know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ," he said. "The power of prayer depends upon this knowledge ripening within us."
He then counseled the students to ask themselves three questions about their worship.
"When I pray, whom or what do I pray to? When I trust, how and what am I trusting in? When I attend Church, partake of the sacrament, participate in temple ordinances, or go through the routines of daily living, how and what do I worship?"
Bishop McMullin closed with his testimony of the reality of Jesus Christ. "He is God's Son, He is the Redeemer of the world, He is my Lord and my King, He is the Holy One," he said.
