True Mellinnials

Back in 2016, Russell M. Nelson gave a BYU Devotional that was directed at this generation. I listened to it repeatedly, read it often, and have thought about every day since. This talk has made such a huge impact on my life, that I have decided to go back and grab some highlights from the talk to share with you today. Hopefully you will go read the entire talk for yourself, share it with your spouse, your friends, and your children. 

I plan to take each of these quotes and talk to my children about it, let it soak into their minds, and discuss it so we can all remember them. I believe that if we will read and re-read these talks given by the prophet of God, about who the Lord says these generations are, we will be able to protect many from Satan’s attacks, because we will find strength in remembering who we are. “True Millennials” was a talk given before Russell M. Nelson became the President of the church. Nonetheless, it is full of goodness, that will uplift, inspire, and strengthen each of us and those we love.

“The term Millennial is perfect for you if that term reminds you of who you really are and what your purpose in life really is. A True Millennial is one who was taught and did teach the gospel of Jesus Christ premortally and who made covenants with our Heavenly Father there about courageous things—even morally courageous things—that you would do while here on earth.”

“A True Millennial is a man or woman whom God trusted enough to send to earth during the most compelling dispensation in the history of this world. A True Millennial is a man or woman who lives now to help prepare the people of this world for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and His millennial reign. Make no mistake about it—

you were born to be a True Millennial.”

“Learn who you really are.

Take time to think prayerfully about these facts:

  You are an elect son or daughter of God.”

“You were taught in the spirit world to prepare you for anything and everything you would encounter during this latter part of these latter days. That teaching endures within you!”

“Expect and prepare to accomplish the impossible.”

“The Lord is able to do His own work, and I was privileged to watch the unfolding of one miracle after another—always, and only, after I had brought my best thinking, my most courageous efforts, and my most fervent prayers to the task.”

“As a True Millennial whom the Lord can count on, you will make history too! You will be asked to accept challenging assignments and become an instrument in the Lord’s hands. And He will enable you to accomplish the impossible.”

“How will you accomplish the impossible? By doing whatever it takes to strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ by increasing your understanding of the doctrine taught in His restored Church and by relentlessly seeking truth. As a True Millennial, anchored in pure doctrine, when you are asked to do impossible things, you will be able to step forward with faith and dogged persistence and cheerfully do all that lies in your power to fulfill the purposes of the Lord.”

“You will have days when you will be thoroughly discouraged. So, pray for courage not to give up!”

“Learn how to access the power of heaven.”

“You too will learn best by asking inspired questions.”

“Begin by spending more time in holy places. The temple is a holy place. So is the chapel, where you make new sacramental covenants each Sunday.”

“Prayer is a key. Pray to know what to stop doing and what to start doing. Pray to know what to add to your environment and what to remove so the Spirit can be with you in abundance.”

“Plead with the Lord for the gift of discernment. Then live and work to be worthy to receive that gift so that when confusing events arise in the world, you will know exactly what is true and what is not.”

“Serve with love. Loving service to those who have lost their way or who are wounded in spirit opens your heart to personal revelation.”

“Spend more time—much more time—in places where the Spirit is present.”

“More time with friends who are seeking to have the Spirit with them. Spend more time on your knees in prayer, more time in the scriptures, more time in family history work, more time in the temple.”

“You have as much access to the mind and will of the Lord for your own life as we Apostles do for His Church. Just as the Lord requires us to seek and ponder, fast and pray, and study and wrestle with difficult questions, He requires you to do the same as you seek answers to your own questions.”

“Follow the prophets. …Prophets see ahead. They see the harrowing dangers the adversary has placed or will yet place in our path. Prophets also foresee the grand possibilities and privileges awaiting those who listen with the intent to obey. I know this is true! I have experienced it for myself over and over again.”

“You may not always understand every declaration of a living prophet. But when you know a prophet is a prophet, you can approach the Lord in humility and faith and ask for your own witness about whatever His prophet has proclaimed.”

“Now, as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bless each one of you, as though I had my hands upon your heads, with the ability to become the True Millennial you were born to be. I bless you to have the desire and ability to learn your true identity and purpose, that you will expect and prepare to do “impossible” things, that you will be undaunted in your efforts to learn how to access the powers of heaven to help you solve your problems and answer your questions. And I bless you to follow the prophets with exactness, to feel peace in your heart as you do so. I bless you to know and feel how much the Lord loves you and how much confidence He has in you.”

Here is the full talk:https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-devotionals/2016/01/becoming-true-millennials?lang=eng

-Written By Sherri Jorgensen