Day 358

  • Principle: You have a duty to watch other and help nourish others with the Word of God

  • Book of Mormon Reading: Moroni 6:1 - 7:19

    • Moroni records a number of things that the people in the church need to do to help others, particularly  new converts.  

    • Gordon B. Hinckley taught:

      • “Having found and baptized a new convert, we have the challenge of fellowshipping him and strengthening his testimony of the truth of this work. We cannot have him walking in the front door and out the back. Joining the Church is a very serious thing. Each convert takes upon himself or herself the name of Christ with an implied promise to keep His commandments. But coming into the Church can be a perilous experience. Unless there are warm and strong hands to greet the convert, unless there is an outreach of love and concern, he will begin to wonder about the step he has taken. Unless there are friendly hands and welcome hearts to greet him and lead him along the way, he may drop by the side.

        “There is absolutely no point in doing missionary work unless we hold on to the fruits of that effort. The two must be inseparable. These converts are precious. Every convert is a son or daughter of God. Every convert is a great and serious responsibility. It is an absolute imperative that we look after those who have become a part of us” (“Find the Lambs, Feed the Sheep,” Ensign, May 1999, 108).

      • Continuing:“Every new convert needs three things:“1. A friend in the Church to whom he can constantly turn, who will walk beside him, who will answer his questions, who will understand his problems.
        “2. An assignment. Activity is the genius of this Church. It is the process by which we grow. … Of course the new convert will not know everything. He likely will make some mistakes. So what? We all make mistakes. The important thing is the growth that will come of activity. …
        “3. Every convert must be ‘nourished by the good word of God’ (Moro. 6:4)” (“Find the Lambs, Feed the Sheep,” Ensign, May 1999, 108).

  • Missionary Work is a cornerstone of the Lord’s church.  Study the following scriptures about what the Lord has taught about 

  • Additional Study: