“Thoroughly Committed” Disciples
“Thoroughly Committed” Disciples
President Quinn’s Weekly Message
California Santa Rosa Mission
April 22nd, 2024
We have just completed our two weeks of interviews across CASRM. Thank you for coming to see Sister Quinn and me. These interviews take a great deal of time, effort, and energy. They are worth it! We so enjoy spending time with each of you. We love and are inspired being with you.
We speak a great deal about discipleship to Jesus Christ in CASRM. Building the lifelong discipleship of our missionaries was the invitation President Nelson extended to us when he called us to be mission leaders. In response to that invitation, everything Sister Quinn and I did to prepare for our time in CASRM and our focus since arriving here, as your mission leaders, has been to help you build your discipleship to Jesus Christ. We know, as President Nelson knows, that the ultimate and lasting joy in life is found in consecrated devotion to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
n his most recent General Conference address, President Holland taught us in a direct way the criticality of our individual discipleship:
“I bear witness that when Christ comes, He needs to recognize us—not as nominal members listed on a faded baptismal record but as thoroughly committed, faithfully believing, covenant-keeping disciples. This is an urgent matter for all of us…”
President Holland then went on to teach us how to become a “thoroughly committed” disciple – and the resources available to help us become one:
“Fortunately, we have help for this task—lots of help. We need to believe in angels and miracles and the promises of the holy priesthood. We need to believe in the gift of the Holy Ghost, the influence of good families and friends, and the power of the pure love of Christ. We need to believe in revelation and prophets, seers, and revelators and President Russell M. Nelson. We need to believe that with prayer and pleading and personal righteousness, we really can ascend to “Mount Zion, … the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.””
I am grateful for this reminder from President Holland that our path of discipleship is not made alone. Though our discipleship is a deeply personal and individual matter, the Lord has provided many resources to support us. I am grateful for the community of saints, family members, Church leaders, and the Holy Ghost who sustain me in my lifelong quest for discipleship to Jesus Christ. I am thankful for your examples to me and each other. I have been blessed to associate with true disciples of Jesus Christ who have inspired me to follow Him – to want to be like Him. This is the deepest desire of my heart. It the highest and ultimate desire Sister Quinn and I have for each of you.
Thank you for your faithfulness, goodness, and discipleship. Sister Quinn and I love you!
Love,
President Quinn
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