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Bishop Sean Douglas
The Hour of Your Mission Is Come
Presiding Bishopric
In brief
Bishop Douglas thanks missionaries of every age and urges the rising generation to place full-time missionary service high on their list. He tells of Elder Merlin Sanchez in Peru, who returned to church at 25 with the help of friends, served faithfully, and now leads a family and a stake. He restates that worthy, able young men are asked to prepare and serve, that a mission is a powerful option for young women to pray about, and that there is still room for everyone.
Themes in this talk
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Direct invitations
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“To all the rising generation of the Church, I invite you to place serving a full-time mission high on your list.”
“I invite each of you to substitute your name for Thomas’s”
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Key passages
“serving a mission is just one of many significant steps on the path of lifelong discipleship”
“You are not only the messengers but also living examples of the message.”
Scripture referenced
- Matthew 28:19–20
- 1 Timothy 1:11–12
- Ephesians 6:11, 14–17
- 3 Nephi 5:13
- D&C 35:13–14
- 2 Corinthians 3:2–3
- D&C 31:7
- D&C 39:13
- Mosiah 28:3
- 2 Nephi 2:8
- D&C 4:3
- D&C 11:17
- 3 Nephi 18:24
- D&C 11:21
- Matthew 5:48
- Mark 10:21
- 3 Nephi 12:48
- 3 Nephi 27:27
- D&C 31:5–6
- D&C 138:55–56
- D&C 58:14, 16
- D&C 121:34–35
- 3 Nephi 18:32
- 2 Nephi 2:2
- 2 Nephi 31:19–20
- D&C 10:33
- Alma 10:6
- D&C 88:72–73
- D&C 31:1, 3, 5–7
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