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(4/29/05)
"Conversion means consecrating your life to caring for and serving
others who need your help and sharing your gifts and blessings. The
Lord didn't say, 'Tend my sheep when it is convenient; watch my sheep
when you aren't busy.' He said, 'Feed my sheep and my lambs; help them
survive this world; keep them close to you. Lead them to safety-the
safety of righteous choices that will prepare them for eternal life.'
(John 21:15-16.)
"Every unselfish act of kindness and service increases your
spirituality. God would use you to bless others. Your continued
spiritual growth and eternal progress are very much wrapped up in your
relationships-in how you treat others. Do you indeed love others and
become a blessing in their lives? Isn't the measure of the level of
your conversion how you treat others? The person who does only those
things in the Church that concern himself alone will never reach the
goal of perfection. Service to others is what the gospel and exalted
life are all about." - Robert J. Whetten, "Strengthen
Thy
Brethren," General Conference, April 2005
4/4/06
"In numerous wards and branches, there are many good, upright, honest
men and women who just don't know how to come back to church. There
are good mothers and fathers among them. They have just left, and no
one has come to check up on them, leaving them with the idea that no
one really cares. When men or women of faith visit these individuals
and become their friends, strengthen them, pray with them, and teach
them the gospel, they and their families will come back. 'Inasmuch as
ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have
done it unto me.' (Matthew
25:40.) Who are 'the least of these my brethren'? Might the Lord
be referring to the newest coming into the fold or to those who have
wandered into the shadows of inactivity and would return if extended
the hand of true fellowship?" - Robert J. Whetten, "Strengthen
Thy Brethren," Ensign (CR), April 2005
7/15/12
When the rich man
who came to Jesus asked, “Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?” the Lord reiterated the commandments,
and the man answered, “All these things have I kept from my youth
up: what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.”
As His disciples today, we should ask, “What lack I yet?” You can go
about doing good, you can love and serve others in your family, in
the Church, and in the community. At some point you must be willing
“to render to him all that you have and are.” - Robert J.
Whetten, "True
Followers," Ensign (CR) May 1999
8/3/16
When Jesus told the lawyer that in order to inherit eternal life he
must love his neighbor as himself, the lawyer said unto Jesus, "And
who is my neighbour?" Jesus responded with His parable of the good
Samaritan and then asked: "Which now of these three, thinkest thou,
was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He
that shewed mercy on him." With this parable, Jesus taught
that each of us should exhibit an active love and benevolence
towards every one of His Father's children. - Robert J.
Whetten, “Strengthen
Thy Brethren,” Ensign (CR), May 2005