Young Men general presidency on new ‘For the Strength of Youth’ guide
The new “For the Strength of Youth” guide released during October 2022 general conference — like other recent initiatives and efforts by the Church — is designed to help youth focus on the Savior Jesus Christ and seek personal revelation in making decisions.
“We’re moving to a higher and holier way, where the guidance that we receive from the Brethren, from the Church, is less prescriptive and more spiritually based,” said Young Men General President Steven J. Lund, referring to what President Russell M. Nelson has taught.
“We’re being asked to not look to somebody else to decide what our standard should be — but recognizing the weight of membership and the weight of holiness that belongs to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will by itself prescribe how we behave and how we dress and how we comport ourselves. …
“When we speak of a higher and holier way, that calls for us to be more vigilant about making sure that we’re complying to what Heavenly Father would have us do.”
Young Men general presidency: President Steven J. Lund, Brother Ahmad S. Corbitt, first counselor, left, and Brother Bradley R. Wilcox, second counselor, right.
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Brother Ahmad S. Corbitt, first counselor in the Young Men general presidency, referenced what President Nelson told the youth in June 2018: “You are among the best the Lord has ever sent to this world. You have the capacity to be smarter and wiser and have more impact on the world than any previous generation.”
The new guide “is a natural result of that,” Brother Corbitt said of the youth’s capacity. “You see this natural progression of respect and regard for the valiance, ability to choose wisely, make good choices.”
With President Nelson’s quote as a backdrop, President Lund said, youth can think “How can I best accomplish that work for which I was preserved? ... How should I behave? ... How should I look? How does the way I dress affect my ability to be a light in the world, when that’s the reason I’m here [at this time]?”
