With American Thanksgiving mere hours away I thought it would be appropriate to post a video produced by one of the LDS Church’s official YouTube Channels, Mormon Messages. The video, In the Spirit of Thanksgiving, interviews random people on the streets of New York City and asks them: What are you thankful for?

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving Mormon Message Video

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving may we also remember what we are all thankful for not just tomorrow but year-round. You can see more videos like this at the official Mormon Messages YouTube Channel and in our Mormon Videos section.

My Words Never Cease is a talk given by Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2008 General Conference. Mormon Messages, one of the official YouTube channels of the Mormon Church recently released a video entitled “My Words Never Cease” with a clip from Elder Holland’s talk.  My Words Never Cease is an excellent talk about the principle of continuing revelation in the Mormon Church.  Mormons believe that God still talks to a Prophet and Apostles today and that the Bible is not the end of God’s words to men. Elder Holland, directly but eloquently lays out this belief in his talk of ”My Words Never Cease.”  This is one of my favorite talks of all time and I love Elder Holland’s messages and am glad that Mormon Messages has made the My Words Never Cease video.  Enjoy!

Mormon Messages-My Words Never Cease Video

Hers is a link to the actual My Words Never Cease talk by Jeffrey R. Holland. We’ve also some brief thoughts previously, My Words Never Cease.

It is exciting to see the success of this video as just recently another video released through this same method did quite well as far as viral videos go. I refer of course to Why Mormons Build Temples and the high number of views it had in a short period of time.

These successes seem to indicate several things. First and foremost, the Mormon Church is becoming more proficient and adept at using new technology to spread their message.  That is not to say they haven’t been so in the past but this is clear evidence that they are on top of the ball as always.  It is promising to see as in the future as they continue to produce high quality content they have a large base that will quickly disseminate them, which ties into my second conclusion.  That is, it seems that members have taken to heart the admonishment to participate in online conversations and not allow the media and others to define what we believe and tell our story for us. Rather every-day members are now part of a huge force on the Internet striving to clarify misconceptions and provide clear explanations as to exactly what Mormons believe. Most importantly they are testifying of why their membership in the Mormon Church makes them so happy and how exactly they know for themselves that this IS The Church of Jesus Christ.  Lastly, without a doubt many of the views were from members of the church but who knows how many were from people who are not currently members of the church.  There is of course many that seek happiness but know not where to find it and it is refreshing to think that many are being touched by the Spirit as they come across these resources from The LDS Church.

Hat tip to LDS Media Talk for posting this video!

The video below is one that I actually saw a General Priesthood meeting last night in my Stake. I particularly liked it and wanted to share it.  (For our Facebook followers, you’ll have to come to the actual blog to see this video.)