Welcome to Guideposts! Guideposts is a roundup of inspiring social media posts from Church leaders and organizations. This series highlights key messages, quotes, and teachings shared across various platforms, offering you valuable insights and encouragement to strengthen your faith and live the gospel in meaningful ways.
As we celebrate the birthday of Elder Quentin L. Cook, ten of his recent social media messages offer counsel about eternal marriage, welcoming others, spiritual truth, covenant belonging, and deliberate faith in Jesus Christ. Together, they speak to disciples navigating family responsibilities, technological change, opposition, and the daily demands that compete for their devotion.
Across these messages, Elder Cook acknowledges a world filled with persuasive voices, abundant information, and priorities that easily crowd faith to the edges of life. His counsel points disciples toward scripture, prayer, the Spirit, living prophets, sacred covenants, and loving service as reliable anchors amid that complexity.
The clearest thread throughout this collection is Elder Cook’s confidence that Jesus Christ draws His followers closer to Him as they seek truth, honor their covenants, and turn outward in love. His words invite us to see how testimony shapes not only what disciples believe but also how they build families, welcome fellow Saints, use their gifts, and direct their attention.
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Heaven Blesses United Families
“When they work together in love and righteousness, their decisions are heaven blessed.”
Become One Before the Lord
“To be one with the Lord, we must be one before the Lord.”
Immerse Yourself in the Book of Mormon
“The best approach for both gaining and maintaining a testimony is to immerse yourselves in the Book of Mormon, so you can experience the ongoing witness of the Spirit.”
Let Prophets Guide the Way
“The Lord’s prophets will help this generation move forward and confidently accomplish His purposes.”
Make Love a Lifelong Offering
“We don’t fully comprehend the Atonement, but we can spend our lives trying to be more loving and kind, regardless of the adversity we face.”
Grow Closer Through Covenants
“I promise to you on this Easter day that as you adhere to His ordinances, covenants, and commandments, you will grow closer in your relationship with our Savior as well as your appreciation and gratitude for the sealing keys that have been restored in this dispensation.”
Choose Truth When Deception Is Easy
“My invitation for you is to choose truth when deception is easy. Slow down enough to listen to the Spirit and allow Him to direct you.”
Offer Your Gifts to the Lord
“I invite each of you to find and recognize your gifts so that you can use them to bless others and move the Lord’s work forward.”
Seek Your Own Spiritual Witness
“By studying for ourselves and praying to God with real intent, we can gain a spiritual witness that the Book of Mormon is true.”
Give Faith Your Attention
“We cannot expect to have faith at the center of our lives if all of our efforts are expended on skills, knowledge, making money, or other pursuits.”
Elder Cook’s Witness of Christ-Centered Living
Across these ten messages, Elder Cook presents discipleship as an intentional pattern of seeking revelation, grounding truth in eternal principles, strengthening covenant relationships, and serving God’s children. His testimony centers on Jesus Christ, whose Atonement and Resurrection give purpose to covenants, whose Spirit directs sincere seekers, and whose command to love shapes a Zion people.
Elder Cook’s birthday offers a meaningful opportunity to consider how his counsel has strengthened our own commitment to the Savior and His gospel. His messages leave us with a personal invitation to place faith at the center of life and let that faith govern what we seek, choose, cherish, and give.
Which social media highlight inspired you the most? Share your thoughts and appreciation for Elder Cook and his faithful leadership in the comments!
Holly Wallace is a writer and storyteller drawn to meaningful questions and overlooked details. Her work explores Latter-day Saint life and culture through faithful inquiry, inviting readers to pause, consider, and engage more deeply with what matters most.
