Are You Ready?

What are your desires right now?

What do you want for your future?

What do you want to improve?

What do you want to stop doing?

What do you want to start doing?

As you think about those things, if you truly want them, you will not wait. You will start now.

President Nelson has told us it is not too early nor too late to become a disciple of Jesus Christ.

If you want to live the best life you could every have, filled with joy and "peace that passeth all understanding."

Please start now.

It all starts with the first step. Plant the seed and do it.

Dreams become reality when thoughts become action.

Take action now, as you read this. Think of ONE thing you can do right now to become a disciple. It doesn't have to be anything huge, but instead, personal and private.

God cares more about the offerer than the offering

When you are going to do anything, anything as simple as start your day. You do some personal care, brush your teeth, get dressed. You do this because you are preparing for the day.

What are you doing to prepare for THEE day? The coming of Jesus Christ.

Please prepare now. "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." So prepare now.

If you wait until you're rich enough, talented enough, or have enough time, you probably never will. Prayerfully look at your time and how it is spent. Is it spent being busy, or spent doing things that matter "in a thousand years"?

I know when Nephi 3:7 says " for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."

I know that is true when it comes to becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. When Christ preformed the Atonement, He removed every barrier that holds us back in any way shape or form.

Now is the time to learn heaven if we want to live there.

I know as you do, this promise will be made manifest in your life as made by Jesus Christ and President Nelson.

D&C 84: 88 And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

I need it, you need it, we all need it.

But do we want it bad enough?

Elder Nick Kendrick
Detroit, Michigan









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