Joel’s prophecies of the Second Coming are unfolding right before our very eyes. President Nelson has recently told us what to do right now in our lives, which is the very thing Joel told us that we need to do right before the Second Coming.

In this week’s lesson of Daniel 1-6, we find two of the more famous Old Testament Stories. Despite peer pressure, and other (perhaps) justifiable reasons, four young men decided to choose the right and invite the Lord into their lives by doing so. The Lord blessed them and set a patter for us to follow: make the choice to follow the Lord and expect the miracles to follow. The new For the Strength of Youth booklet teaches us how to do just this!

Jeremiah 30-33, 36, and Lamentations 1, 3

This week, I focus on Jeremiah chapter 36. Here the Lord tells his prophet the purpose of scriptures. An interesting story unfolds that looks a lot like a story from our own Church history. Many wonderful lessons can be learned from these stories to teach us the love and mercy of Heavenly Father in preparing a way for us to have all the blessings of the gospel.

Tom Pettit

Jeremiah set the pattern for us to follow when serving the Lord. Newel K Whitney set the same example for us. Follow the pattern and example of these two men, and heeding the Lord’s words in D&C 4, we too can serve the Lord and accomplish the work He sent us to do.

In Isaiah 58, we learn not HOW to fast, but WHY to fast. The Lord is so anxious to bless us with so much more. Fasting opens the opportunity for the Lord to provide us with what He knows we need most.