So we have a dilemma tonight, you and I. When we rehearse the grandeur of Joseph Smith’s First Vision, we sometimes gloss over the menacing confrontation that came just prior to it, a confrontation intended to destroy the boy if possible but in any case to block the revelation that was to come. Now, you brethren of the Melchizedek Priesthood, don’t smile and settle back into the comfort of your seats. But you cannot do it without an active commitment to the gospel, and you cannot do it without repentance where it is needed. But with a little planning many of you can go. 185 quotes from Jeffrey R. Holland: 'No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. Whoever you are and whatever you have done, you can be forgiven. Do I need to hum a few bars of “We Are All Enlisted”? Here again the experience in the Sacred Grove is instructive. Choral Sheet Music. Such speech, the early brethren taught, would be the means by which faith’s “mightiest works have been, and will be, performed.”4. I especially ask the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood to sit up and take notice. He spoke mainly to the Young Men of the Priesthood, but his message pertains to all members of the Church. So what are some of the devil’s tactics in this contest when eternal life is at stake? Brethren of all ages, unbind your tongues and watch your words work wonders in the lives of those “who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.”10. In another wonderful gesture, permission is given for couples, at their own expense, to return home briefly for critical family events. We need thousands of more couples serving in the missions of the Church. Keith B. McMullin. 434.3k Followers, 24 Following, 41 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jeffrey R. Holland (@jeffreyrholland) We are at war, and for these next few minutes, I want to be a one-man recruiting station. You know, the line about “We are waiting now for soldiers; who’ll volunteer?”2 Of course, the great thing about this call to arms is that we ask not for volunteers to fire a rifle or throw a hand grenade. Do I need to hum a few bars of “We Are All Enlisted”? W. Christopher Waddell. Dieter F. Uchtdorf. 1 Oct 2011. We also recognize that there are some who have hoped all their lives to serve missions, but for health reasons or other impediments beyond their control, they cannot do so. Such speech, the early brethren taught, would be the means by which faith’s “mightiest works have been, and will be, performed.”4. April 2012, Saturday afternoon session. Brethren, for good and sufficient health, family, or economic reasons, some of you, we realize, may not be able to go just now or perhaps ever. (S0.20931). We are at war, and for these next few minutes, I want to be a one-man recruiting station. The Brethren have also determined that couple missions can be for 6 or 12 months as well as the traditional 18 or 23. So what are some of the devil’s tactics in this contest when eternal life is at stake? October 2013, Saturday afternoon session. You cannot travel down what Lehi called “forbidden paths”5 and expect to guide others to the “strait and narrow”6 one—it can’t be done. For you, let me mix in an athletic analogy. On the night of the Savior’s birth, “the setting was as peaceful as nature could provide,” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said during the First Presidency Christmas Devotional on Sunday, Dec. 6. Every mission president pleads for them. In the spirit of that remarkably stirring hymn and with Elder Richard G. Hinckley’s eloquent invocation in my heart, I wish to speak rather candidly tonight, brethren, and I include in that candor the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood. I am asking you young men to be active and be clean. A Labor of Love by Justin Vorwaller. In May of this year, priesthood leaders in the field received a notice that housing costs for couples (and we speak only of housing costs) would be supplemented by Church missionary funds if the cost exceeds a predetermined amount per month. But almost everything else we need to do depends on people first hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ and coming into the faith. But the challenge is to have those deacons, teachers, and priests stay active enough and worthy enough to be ordained elders and serve as missionaries. But the challenge is to have those deacons, teachers, and priests stay active enough and worthy enough to be ordained elders and serve as missionaries. Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter and social accounts to receive updates from LDS Minds. Come join the ranks!7. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. Thus, we hope you will use this site in your personal and family studies, as well as in your preparations for teaching the Gospel in whatever setting. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, ... “When we speak of those who are instruments in the hand of God, we are reminded that not all angels are from the other side of the veil. I. n the spirit of that remarkably stirring hymn and with Elder Richard G. Hinckley’s eloquent invocation in my heart, I wish to speak rather candidly tonight, brethren, and I include in that candor the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood. The times call for great things, but great things in the noblest and most redemptive sense are predicted upon tolerance, love, respect, ... ― Jeffrey R. Holland, Created for Greater Things. In almost all athletic contests of which I know, there are lines drawn on the floor or the field within which every participant must stay in order to compete. Buy We Are All Enlisted (SSA ) by William Bradbu at jwpepper.com. October 2011, priesthood session. The Laborers in the Vineyard. But we need the rest of you! Everywhere they serve, our couples bring a maturity to the work that no number of 19-year-olds, however good they are, can provide. Dieter F. Uchtdorf. From every man, young and old, who bears the priesthood, I ask for a stronger and more devoted voice, a voice not only against evil and him who is the personification of it, but a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God. It is the miracle of forgiveness; it is the miracle of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. Music notes for sheet music by William Bradbury, Adam Geibel: Lagom Music at Sheet Music Plus. Jeffrey R. Holland. In the spirit of that remarkably stirring hymn and with Elder Richard G. Hinckley’s eloquent invocation in my heart, I wish to speak rather candidly tonight, brethren, and I include in that candor the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood. And stop worrying that you are going to have to knock on doors or keep the same schedule as the 19-year-olds! So we need young men already on the team to stay on it and stop dribbling out of bounds just when we need you to get in the game and play your hearts out! Brethren, if that is the case, I am looking tonight for men young and old who care enough about this battle between good and evil to sign on and speak up. This is a life-and-death contest we are in, young men, so I am going to get in your face a little, nose to nose, with just enough fire in my voice to singe your eyebrows a little—the way coaches do when the game is close and victory means everything. Sit on the stand in your meetings and prayerfully look into the congregation for impressions about those who should receive a call. No serious courtship or engagement or marriage is worth the name if we do not fully invest all that we have in it and in so doing trust ourselves totally to the one we … We don’t ask you to do that, but we have a host of other things you can do, with a great deal of latitude in how you do them. To those of you who have served or are now serving, we thank you for the good you have done and for the lives you have touched. The Spirit will not be with you, and the words will choke in your throat as you speak them. That, my young friends, you cannot do. Number two, he is eternally opposed to the love of God, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and the work of peace and salvation. Surely that is why Jesus’s final charge to the Twelve was just that basic—to “go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”8 Then, and only then, can the rest of the blessings of the gospel fully come—family solidarity, youth programs, priesthood promises, and ordinances flowing right up to the temple. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared an important message in a new Church News video, “My Testimony.”. 250. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)', 'Don't you quit. When Jeffrey R. Holland was called to be an apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his brother Dennis remarked that he was not surprised: All Jeff ever wanted to do was teach the gospel to students in a classroom, he said. What a blessing! Every one of you young men can leave behind any transgression with which you may struggle. October 2012, Sunday morning session “Lord, I Believe” April 2013, Sunday afternoon session. We are all enlisted- Jeffrey R Holland Whoever you are and whatever you have done, you can be forgiven. You can’t do that. I am not through here. Brethren of all ages, unbind your tongues and watch your words work wonders in the lives of those “who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.”10. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. So we need young men already on the team to stay on it and stop dribbling out of bounds just when we need you to get in the game and play your hearts out! You keep trying. Providing in the Lord’s Way. It is that there are thousands of Aaronic Priesthood–age young men already on the records of this Church who constitute our pool of candidates for future missionary service. No missionary can be unrepentant of sexual transgression or profane language or pornographic indulgence and then expect to challenge others to repent of those very things! Doctrine and Covenants 84:44; see also Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4. Inspired by a sermon given by Jeffrey R. Holland, this arrang This is heaven-sent assistance toward the single largest expense our couples face on their missions. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - We Are All Enlisted by Words of the Prophets, released 27 March 2016 His motives are in every case malicious, and he convulses at the appearance of redeeming light, at the very thought of truth. Sit on the stand in your meetings and prayerfully look into the congregation for impressions about those who should receive a call. Here again the experience in the Sacred Grove is instructive. But as Nephi testified, none of that can come until one has “enter[ed] into the … gate.”9 With all that there is to do along the path to eternal life, we need a lot more missionaries opening that gate and helping people through it. When we rehearse the grandeur of Joseph Smith’s First Vision, we sometimes gloss over the menacing confrontation that came just prior to it, a confrontation intended to destroy the boy if possible but in any case to block the revelation that was to come. That is one of many things he cannot do. They must come from an increased percentage of the Aaronic Priesthood who will be ordained, active, clean, and worthy to serve. Brethren, when that happens, tell your wives that if you can leave your recliner and the remote control for a few short months, they can leave the grandchildren. Listen online to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland - We Are All Enlisted and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. We don’t talk about the adversary any more than we have to, and I don’t like talking about him at all, but the experience of young Joseph reminds us of what every man, including every young man, in this audience needs to remember. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: ‘We Are All Enlisted’ Updated. Speaking for the most part about the young men present in the largest priesthood gathering ever. We don’t ask you to do that, but we have a host of other things you can do, with a great deal of latitude in how you do them. In the spirit of that remarkably stirring hymn and with Elder Richard G. Hinckley’s eloquent invocation in my heart, I wish to speak rather candidly tonight, brethren, and I include in that candor the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood. Humanity will conquer the coronavirus epidemic, a high-ranking member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Sunday. Elder Jeffrey R Holland became a twelve apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on June 23, 1994. This is heaven-sent assistance toward the single largest expense our couples face on their missions. If required, I am asking you to get active and get clean. We also recognize that there are some who have hoped all their lives to serve missions, but for health reasons or other impediments beyond their control, they cannot do so. You keep walking. In this battle between good and evil, you cannot play for the adversary whenever temptation comes along and then expect to suit up for the Savior at temple and mission time as if nothing has happened. It is the miracle of forgiveness; it is the miracle of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Opportunity of a Lifetime. Joseph Smith’s experience in the Sacred Grove is instructive in understanding the devil and his tactics, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve said in his priesthood session address Saturday evening. We Are All Enlisted. “We Are All Enlisted,” Hymns, no. Well, the Lord has drawn lines of worthiness for those called to labor with Him in this work. As President Boyd K. Packer taught this morning, Satan cannot directly take a life. Now, brethren, we speak boldly to you because anything more subtle doesn’t seem to work. Jeffrey R. Holland - We Are All Enlisted Elder Holland is a one-man recruiting station. By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. Every one of you young men can leave behind any transgression with which you may struggle. My young friends, we need tens of thousands of more missionaries in the months and years that lie ahead. During 2020, a sobering time of pandemic, people across the globe have worried about their health and livelihood, he said. From every man, young and old, who bears the priesthood, I ask for a stronger and more devoted voice, a voice not only against evil and him who is the personification of it, but a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God. Jeffrey R. Holland. Follow Daily Prophet: Talks from LDS to never miss another show. He knows he will be defeated and cast out in the end, but he is determined to take down with him as many others as he possibly can. The First Great Commandment. We publicly and proudly salute this group. If we do it right, we end up sharing everything—all our hopes, all our fears, all our dreams, all our weaknesses, and all our joys—with another person. My Life By Gogo Goff. We know of your desires, and we applaud your devotion. He wants them and us to open our mouths and use the power of our priesthood. —Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, "We Are All Enlisted " When Times Get Difficult “Fighting through darkness and despair and pleading for the light is what opened this dispensation. I am asking you young men to be active and be clean. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Master, amen. Jeffrey Roy Holland (born December 3, 1940) is an American educator and religious leader. We know of your desires, and we applaud your devotion. He knows he will be defeated and cast out in the end, but he is determined to take down with him as many others as he possibly can. This is a life-and-death contest we are in, young men, so I am going to get in your face a little, nose to nose, with ... We Are All Enlisted by Jeffrey R. Holland. The Power of the Aaronic Priesthood. W. Christopher Waddell. We Are All Enlisted By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Quorum of the Twelve Apostles General Conference – October, 2011 . Now, you brethren of the Melchizedek Priesthood, don’t smile and settle back into the comfort of your seats. But as Nephi testified, none of that can come until one has “enter[ed] into the … gate.”9 With all that there is to do along the path to eternal life, we need a lot more missionaries opening that gate and helping people through it. This is NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Missionary work isn’t the only thing we need to do in this big, wide, wonderful Church. (S0.51225). Jeffrey Holland (born Jeffrey Michael Parkes, 17 July 1946) is an English actor well known for roles in television sitcoms, playing camp comic Spike Dixon at the Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-de-Hi!, as well as BBC Radio comedy, including Week Ending.He also played a leading role in the sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? But there is an answer to this challenge for you every bit as much as there is for that investigator to whom you will go. But we need the rest of you! Whoever you are and whatever you have done, you can be forgiven. the sound of battle sounding loudly and clear; Come join the ranks! Bishops and stake presidents, discuss this need in your councils and conferences. He will fight against these whenever and wherever he can. From every man, young and old, who bears the priesthood, I ask for a stronger and more devoted voice, … a voice for good, a voice for the gospel, a voice for God. Now, brethren, we speak boldly to you because anything more subtle doesn’t seem to work. It is the miracle of forgiveness; it is the miracle of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. You can’t do that. In almost all athletic contests of which I know, there are lines drawn on the floor or the field within which every participant must stay in order to compete. Bishops and stake presidents, discuss this need in your councils and conferences. Bless you! Print and Download We Are All Enlisted (TTB) sheet music. But almost everything else we need to do depends on people first hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ and coming into the faith. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Master, amen. The Opportunity of a Lifetime. Bless you! I am listing below all Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s talks, not just those that he gave when he was as a General Authority of the Church, but also those given by him before, with the links to the text, video, or audio available. Brethren, for good and sufficient health, family, or economic reasons, some of you, we realize, may not be able to go just now or perhaps ever. I especially ask the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood to sit up and take notice. But there is an answer to this challenge for you every bit as much as there is for that investigator to whom you will go. You have our love and our admiration. And stop worrying that you are going to have to knock on doors or keep the same schedule as the 19-year-olds! 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