We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet

We thank thee o God for a prophet!

I loved reading through the scriptures this week and feeling so strengthened on my testimony of our prophets. In Helaman 8:12-24, Nephi reminds us of how Heavenly Father has sent prophets ever since the beginning to help guide the way. ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/hel/8?id=p16-p24&lang=eng#p16 ) I feel so grateful for a reminder that our prophet today, President Russell M Nelson, truly is called of God by the same order as it has been since the very beginning. I was thinking about this as I read chapter 10, and I felt that if we pray and ask for a testimony of our own; to know our living prophet today is truly a prophet just as Lehi and Moses, we can have an experience as Nephi did to bring our belief to knowledge. " and it came to pass at me if I went his way towards his own house pondering on the things which the Lord had shown him. " and it came to pass as he was thus thus pondering in his heart, Behold a voice came unto him saying: " blessed art thou Nephi for those things which thou has done... and thou has not feared [this people], and hast not sought thine own life, but hast sought my will, and to keep my Commandments. And now, because thou Hast done this with such unwillingness, behold I Will Bless thee forever"! (See Helaman 10:2-6) I know the prophet today is a true prophet of God and his counsel is from our Savior Jesus Christ who loves us and cares about us and wants us to be happy. Eternally happy! Love, Jillene Smith