You Can Gather Israel!
Open talk in Gospel LibraryContents
Before Reading
Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:
- What does it mean to "gather Israel"?
- How does understanding our true identity impact our faith?
- What is the role of the Children and Youth program in the gathering of Israel?
- How does our pre-mortal faith in Christ influence our ability to gather Israel?
- How can we develop and exercise our faith to gather Israel?
Topics
Understanding Your True Identity
Brother Corbitt emphasizes the importance of understanding our true identity as children of Heavenly Father. He shares his personal experience of gaining this knowledge and how it gave him the courage and faith to accept the prophet's invitation to gather Israel. He encourages the youth to draw on this understanding to help them in their efforts to gather Israel.
Knowing my true identity, helped by my patriarchal blessing, gave me the courage and faith to accept President Spencer W. Kimball’s invitation to gather Israel.
Knowing you overcame Satan by the word of your testimony before will help you love, share, and invite now and always—to invite others to come and see, come and help, and come and belong, as that same war for the souls of God’s children rages on.
- What does it mean to understand your true identity?
- How can knowing our true identity help us gather Israel?
- What does it mean to overcome Satan by the word of our testimony?
- How can you gain a deeper understanding of your true identity?
- How can you use this understanding to help gather Israel?
- What actions can you take to share your testimony with others?
Awakening the Powerful Faith within You
Brother Corbitt discusses the power of faith within us, which we demonstrated in our pre-mortal life. He encourages us to awaken this faith by looking forward with certainty to the Lord's promises. He emphasizes the importance of using our imaginations to increase our faith in Christ, rather than weakening it.
What empowered you to go forward? President Henry B. Eyring taught, "It took faith in Jesus Christ to sustain the plan of happiness and Jesus Christ’s place in it when you knew so little of the challenges that you would face in mortality."
How can you awaken your giant faith in Christ and use it to gather Israel now and triumph over Satan again? By relearning to look forward and see with that same certainty the Lord’s promise to gather and save today.
- What does it mean to awaken your faith?
- How can looking forward with certainty to the Lord's promises help awaken our faith?
- How can our imaginations increase our faith in Christ?
- What steps can you take to awaken your faith?
- How can you use your imagination to increase your faith in Christ?
- What actions can you take to look forward with certainty to the Lord's promises?
Participating in the Children and Youth Program
Brother Corbitt discusses the role of the Children and Youth program in helping youth develop their faith and participate in the gathering of Israel. He emphasizes the importance of setting personal goals and planning with an eye of faith.
The Children and Youth program is a prophetic tool to help you youth power up your great faith.
As you youth lead—lead—in living the gospel, caring for others, inviting all to receive the gospel, uniting families for eternity, and organizing fun activities, the great faith in Christ you had in the premortal life will resurface and empower you to do His work in this life!
- How does the Children and Youth program help youth develop their faith?
- What is the role of personal goals in the Children and Youth program?
- How can participating in the Children and Youth program help in the gathering of Israel?
- What goals can you set to help develop your faith?
- How can you actively participate in the Children and Youth program?
- What actions can you take to invite others to receive the gospel?
