SKU: 1400809 Now is Your Time
Description
As both the scriptures and modern-day prophets have taught, this life is the time for us “to prepare to meet God” (Alma 34:32). Beyond that, each day of this life offers opportunities to decide how we want to live both now and for eternity. In this concise, approachable book, President Russell M. Nelson shares crucial teachings with the rising generation about making choices now that will lead to true and lasting joy. Sure to instill confidence and inspire faith, this message from a beloved prophet will help youth and young adults boldly progress on the path the Lord has in store for them. As President Nelson declares, “This is a singular time in your life. There won’t be another quite like it. You are establishing priorities and patterns that will dramatically affect not just your mortal life but also your eternal life.” Now is your time!
President Russell M. Nelson was sustained and set apart was the seventeenth president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on January 14, 2018. Prior to his service as head of the Church, President Nelson served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He has served as a member of that quorum since April 7, 1984. An internationally renowned surgeon and medical researcher, President Nelson’s professional work included the positions of research professor of surgery and director of the thoracic surgery residency at the University of Utah, as well as chairman of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Russell M. Nelson was sustained as the seventeenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in January 2018 after serving in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for more than 30 years. Prior to his call as an Apostle, he was a world-renowned cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, medical researcher, and educator. He received his BA and MD degrees from the University of Utah and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, the late Dantzel White Nelson, are the parents of ten children. She passed away in February 2005. President Nelson married Wendy L. Watson, a professor of marriage and family therapy in BYU's School of Family Life, in 2006.