“We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet”
The Lord continues to speak today through a living prophet. Study of this lesson will help us recognize the need for our living prophet, understand his roles, and more faithfully obey his counsel.
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “How thankful we ought to be . . . how thankful we are, for a prophet to counsel us in words of divine wisdom as we walk our paths in these complex and difficult times. The solid assurance we carry in our hearts, the conviction that God will make his will known to his children through his recognized servant is the real basis of our faith and activity. We either have a prophet or we have nothing: and having a prophet, we have everything. . . .
“Could any people have a greater blessing than to have standing at their head one who receives and teaches the will of God concerning them? We need not look far in the world to know that ‘the wisdom of the wise has perished and that the understanding of the prudent has come to naught.’ That wisdom for which the world should seek is the wisdom which comes from God. The only understanding that will save the world is divine understanding.” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, p500)
OVERVIEW:
Reading assignment: Doctrine and Covenants 21; 43:1–7; Articles of Faith 1:9; Our Heritage,page 131.
- Our need for a living prophet
- The roles of our living prophet
- Heeding the words of our living prophet
- Latter-day prophets’ example of Christlike love
Here is the handout for this week’s lesson: D&C-Church History Lesson 37.
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