Jesus Lives to Lift

Turn to Jesus Christ for Spiritual Lift

Elder Kearon teaches that our loving Heavenly Father sends a Saviour who seeks out and lifts those who struggle. Scriptural accounts of Jesus lifting people physically illustrate His power to rescue us spiritually. His sacrifice and Resurrection make Him the source of our lasting hope.

At the heart of our faith is the glorious truth that we have an adoring Father in Heaven, whose Son, our Saviour, loves to lift!

Our Saviour constantly sought out the most desperate souls sinking into darkness and dread and lifted them up. And He wants to lift you!

And when we sink, our gentle Saviour is there to lift us up as we turn to Him.

Your Saviour is your lift. He is your ever-rising air. There is no limit to how high you can climb with Him.

• Heavenly Father loves His children and provides spiritual rescue through His Son.
• Jesus Christ reaches toward people who experience despair, darkness, and fear.
• The Saviour’s lifting power is personal: He wants to lift each of us.
• Turning to Christ opens our lives to His grace and help.
• Christ’s sacrifice makes possible our return to Heavenly Father.

• Recall a time when turning to Jesus Christ brings hope during a difficult situation. What details help illustrate His care?
• Consider a scriptural account of the Saviour lifting someone. How does that account connect with your own need for His help?
• Reflect on an experience in which you feel the Saviour’s love through another person’s service.
• Think about how your testimony of Jesus Christ helps you face a present challenge.

Recognize Spiritual Lift and Turn Away from Sink

Spiritual lift, like rising air, is invisible but perceptible. Elder Kearon invites us to recognize and act on the Holy Spirit’s impressions while noticing influences that draw us away from the Redeemer. Through Christ’s grace, we can turn decisively toward what brings us closer to Him.

Through the amazing grace of Jesus Christ, we can avoid spiritual sink and find spiritual lift.

Spiritual lift cannot be seen, but as we learn to discern and act upon the sensitive impressions of the Holy Spirit, we can feel it—as surely as I felt the rising air lift a wing beneath me.

Pay close attention to the sweet, peaceful feelings that come when you choose spiritual lift, the rising forces that bring you into the Saviour’s loving upward pull.

Likewise, pay attention to the dim and dampening feelings that lead away from the Redeemer and His infinite love.

• The Holy Spirit helps us recognize influences that draw us toward Jesus Christ.
• Recognizing spiritual impressions matters, and acting on them matters as well.
• Spiritual lift brings us toward Heavenly Father and our eternal potential.
• We need to notice influences that diminish our connection with the Saviour.
• Elder Kearon encourages a decisive turn away from spiritual sink.

• Identify a setting or activity in which you recognize the Holy Spirit’s peaceful influence. What helps you notice it?
• Recall an impression that prompts you to change direction. How does acting on it help you draw closer to Christ?
• Consider an influence you choose to leave behind because it weakens your spiritual focus. What helps you make that choice?
• Reflect on how you learn to distinguish influences that invite you toward the Saviour from those that lead you away.

Maintain the Practices That Keep You Spiritually Rising

Elder Kearon warns that spiritual decline can occur gradually when we neglect the practices that bring us close to God. We remain attentive to our spiritual direction by maintaining communion with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Continuing to turn toward the Saviour helps us resist unnoticed drift.

In gliding, if you are not actively climbing in lift, you are descending.

How easy it is to slowly slip from spiritual heights we have worked so hard to climb when we neglect the practices and behaviours that brought us there.

We want lift—its joy and blessings—but we may not recognise the quiet cost of neglecting vital communion with our Father, Saviour, and the Holy Spirit.

None of this is complicated; we simply need to keep turning toward the Saviour, into the source of lift, and keep choosing to rise into the light rather than drift imperceptibly into the shadow.

• Spiritual drift can be gradual enough to escape notice.
• Good intentions do not replace the practices that sustain communion with God.
• Regular attention to our spiritual direction helps us recognize neglected habits.
• Remaining close to the Saviour involves repeated, intentional choices.
• The invitation is to keep turning toward Christ rather than passively drifting away.

• Consider a spiritual practice that helps you remain close to God. How does it affect your daily choices?
• Recall a time when you notice gradual spiritual drift. What helps you recognize it and return your attention to Christ?
• Think of a small, consistent choice that strengthens your communion with Heavenly Father.
• Reflect on how you protect meaningful spiritual practices during a busy season.

Rejoice in Christ’s Redeeming Love

Elder Kearon uses Ammon’s praise to show the profound change that Christ’s redemption brings. Those who experience darkness and bondage can enter God’s light and become encircled by His love. This spiritual lift inspires gratitude that words cannot fully express.

They had been “encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction” and were then “brought … into … everlasting light, … encircled about with the matchless bounty of [God’s] love”—redemption from the ultimate sink to the ultimate lift!

Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.

The language of the Spirit of God is not a language of words.

• Jesus Christ offers deliverance from spiritual darkness and bondage.
• Redemption brings people into God’s light and love.
• Ammon directs his gratitude and praise toward the Lord.
• Deep spiritual joy can exceed our ability to describe it.
• A simple, sincere testimony can communicate gratitude without explaining every feeling.

• Reflect on an experience of repentance or renewed faith that helps you feel God’s love more deeply. What is appropriate to share?
• Recall a moment when gratitude to the Lord feels greater than your ability to express it.
• Consider how Ammon’s words help you describe a change in your own relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Think about a time when someone’s simple testimony helps you recognize the joy of redemption.

Learn from Faithful Guides and Help Others Rise

Elder Kearon encourages us to learn from faithful people, join those who draw closer to Christ, and help others find spiritual lift. As children of the covenant, we participate in the Lord’s work of blessing His children. Sharing the Saviour’s light brings joy as we rise together.

As children of the covenant, we are privileged with the responsibility of assisting the Lord in fulfilling His promises to all His children.

Helping others turn from sink and into the lift of Jesus Christ is our glorious opportunity and brings joy beyond compare.

Find a faithful guide and learn from them where lift is found.

Join those who are climbing. Do what they do.

And when you find lift yourself, show someone else where and how to rise!

If ye do these things blessed are ye, for ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

• Faithful guides help us recognize practices and choices that lead toward Christ.
• We benefit from companionship with people who seek spiritual growth.
• Covenant belonging includes responsibility to help bless God’s children.
• Helping others find Christ’s lifting power brings shared joy.
• We can share what helps us draw closer to the Saviour.
• The Saviour connects doing His works with being lifted up at the last day.

• Identify a faithful guide whose example helps you come closer to Jesus Christ. Which specific action illustrates that influence?
• Consider a friendship or Church community that encourages your spiritual growth.
• Recall an opportunity to help someone turn toward the Saviour. What does the experience teach you about His love?
• Think about a simple way you can help another person find spiritual lift without assuming you understand every part of their struggle.