Principles of Unity
Being of one heart and one mind.
It started as a discussion about what was true and became an argument about who was right.
The gift of unity from our Heavenly Father cannot be given to us as individuals. We must achieve unity as groups (e.g. families, communities)
Speak well of each other.
The Atonement brings the same changes in all of us.

The Lord Jehovah will return to live with those who have become His people and will find them united, of one heart, unified with Him and with our Heavenly Father.

My message is that we are doing better. Fathers and mothers are pleading for unity in their homes, and those prayers are being answered.

The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord’s way. Our hearts will be knit together in unity. God has promised that blessing to His faithful Saints whatever their differences in background and whatever conflict rages around them.

We yearn, as spirit children of our Heavenly Father, for that joy which we once had with Him in the life before this one. His desire is to grant us that sacred wish for unity out of His love for us.

He cannot grant it to us as individuals. The joy of unity He wants so much to give us is not solitary. We must seek it and qualify for it with others. It is not surprising then that God urges us to gather so that He can bless us.

When testimony about the Savior was borne, the Holy Ghost verified it. On those nights we felt our hearts being knit together.

In addition to ordinances there are principles we are following as a people which are leading to greater unity.

• One of those principles is revelation.
• A second principle is to be humble.
• Another principle of unity is to speak well of each other.

I watched as two people – good people – began with a mild disagreement. It started as a discussion of what was true but became a contest about who was right.

We must follow that same principle as the Lord gathers more and more people who are not like us. What will become more obvious to us is that the Atonement brings the same changes in all of us. We become disciples who are meek, loving, easy to be entreated, and at the same time fearless and faithful in all things.

I leave you my blessing that you will enjoy unity in your homes and in the Church. And I leave you the Lord’s promise that you will have the righteous desire of your heart for that joy in unity.