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.
To mark President Dallin H. Oaks’s birthday this week, we’re gathering highlights that trace his clear witness of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel over the last year. Themes include creation and gratitude, love and law, peacemaking, the plan of salvation, and Joseph Smith’s prophetic calling.
He teaches that love and law belong together, and that families facing hard choices should keep loving while keeping the Lord’s commandments. In a difficult moment for public discourse, he invites disciples to reject contention and speak as peacemakers.
He testifies of the living Christ—literal, risen, and central to all history—and of the universal resurrection and the power of His Atonement. God’s plan offers divine helps now and opens into kingdoms of glory, inviting us toward exaltation.
He affirms the scriptural need for a church directed by the Savior and witnesses that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is that restored Church, authorized to administer saving ordinances. He also honors Joseph Smith’s heaven-enabled work that launched the Restoration in a few short years.
President Oaks’ messages remind us that the gospel is clear, hopeful, and meant to be lived—gratefully, peacefully, and with kept covenants.
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Creation Testifies
“We feel closer to God when we witness the beauty of the earth that He created.”
Love and Law Together
“As they ask, ‘What are we to do?,’ the first thing I always suggest is keep loving them.”
Choose Peacemaking
“We need to avoid contention and be peacemakers in all our communications.”
Thank God in All Things
“Jesus Christ is our role model for love.”
The Living Christ
“Jesus Christ is the most important person who ever lived.”
Why a Church
“We affirm that the scriptures, ancient and modern, clearly teach the origin of and need for a church directed by and with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
He Is Risen
“The universal resurrection is certain, and it is literal.”
Divine Helps in the Plan
“Our Heavenly Father’s plan provides powerful divine helps to guide us through our mortal journeys.”
Many Mansions
“A loving Heavenly Father has a better plan for His children.”
Brother Joseph
“Joseph Smith accomplished more than any mortal man could have accomplished in so short a time.”
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Which social media highlight inspired you the most? Share your thoughts and gratitude for President Dallin H. Oaks 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.
They were all great!
I love them all! Every quote was very powerful.