President Joy D. Jones | Trust in God and Seek His Guidance

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sister Joy Jones, Primary General President, shares through her experiences that we can choose how we react to circumstances and replace fear with faith. She talks about the passing of her son, and the things she’s learned about relying on Heavenly Father through challenging times. Sister Jones encourages listeners to simplify their expectations, intentionally seek direction from God, and share His love through our willingness and desire to serve. Resources: • Church News Article: President Jones on women and priesthood — Do you feel diminished? https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2020-05-26/women-priesthood-covenant-president-jones-authority-power-diminished-blessed-184168 • Church News: 7 Tips for Preparing Primary Children for Their First Temple Experience https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/7-tips-for-preparing-primary-children-for-their-first-temple-experience?lang=eng • Temple and Priesthood Preparation https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/primary-organization/my-calling/temple-and-priesthood-preparation?lang=eng Transcript: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/latter-day-saints-channel/bc/mormon-channel/images/audio/lds-women/pdf/Joy-D-Jones.pdf

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.4	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.4	I'm Shailen Back.
0:17.6	And I'm Carly Geimann. We are your co-hosts.
0:19.8	And today we are so excited to welcome
0:22.0	Sister Joy Jones, the primary general president to the podcast. Sister Jones, welcome. And thank you for
0:27.4	being here. Thank you so much. Delighted to be here. We're so happy to have you. We've been looking
0:32.3	forward to this. I think I say that every time. But we really are looking forward to all of these
0:37.3	conversations.
0:38.3	And so we're so glad to have you here.
0:40.9	Just as a brief introduction, Sister Jones is currently serving as the 13th general president of the primary.
0:46.6	And remind us when you were called.
0:48.1	It's been almost five years ago.
0:50.2	That's amazing.
0:50.8	Yes, in April.
0:52.0	So in the primary, you serve the church's one million children around the world. And we're just excited to get to know you a little better in these experiences you've had over the past almost five years and talk about your role as the president of the primary and as a general officer in the church. So thank you again for being here. Thank you.
1:11.6	In preparation for this interview, Carly reached out to one of your daughters, Ashley. She has a
1:16.3	connection with her and asked if there was anything we should be sure to ask you. And it was pretty
1:21.2	fun, so we're lucky to have that friendship between her and Carly. But she responded with a few
1:25.1	ideas of things that she said she would love to talk
1:27.9	with you about right now, topics that she discusses often with her friends and your other daughters.
1:34.1	And one of the questions in particular seemed especially timely and relevant to where we are now.
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