Sunday Afternoon Session
“Behold I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up”
Excerpts
The Savior is not absent from our mortal journeys. … Time and again, with His pure love and mercy, He sustains us as we face the drama of life. …
That love is evident when we sustain one another in His work.
We sustain our living prophet at general conference, and the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, General Authorities, and Officers of the Church. To sustain means to hold up another person, to give them our attention, to be faithful to their trust, to act upon their words. They speak by inspiration of the Lord; they understand the current issues, the moral decline of society and the adversary’s increasing efforts to thwart the Father’s plan. In holding up our hands, we are committing our support, not just for that moment but in our daily lives. …
… We hold up the Lord’s light when we hold fast to our covenants and when we support our living prophet as he speaks the words of God. …
To hold up the prophet is a sacred work. We do not sit quietly by but actively defend him, follow his counsel, teach his words, and pray for him. …
Brothers and sisters, we need to do more lifting and less murmuring, more upholding the word of the Lord, His ways, and His prophet. …
… As we sustain our prophet, we testify he is called of our Savior, who is “the light … of the world.”