Following the Prophets and obeying the commandments

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Paraphrasing Amos 3:7 the Lord says that he will do nothing but to reveal his secrets to his prophets, why would it be like this? The Lord glorifies himself on having a perfect line of communication between his church and the people he chooses to guide it.

Prophets warn and exhort us to repent. In 2 Nephi 25:9 we read that the Lord has always warned people through his prophets. Some things do not change that easy, when we are thriving and prospering, we tend to forget to be humble and help others. This is the natural man, nations like the Nephites forgot this and became even worse than the Lamanites at some point Jacob 3:3. They were all invited to repent, they had their chance. Similarly, the Lord is constantly warning us about the consequences of sin. It may not come in the shape of earthquakes, meteors, etc. but they can be because we were drunk, and we crashed and died.

They lead the way so that we will know what God wants us to learn, do, and remember. When we do not pay attention to this, we may feel like nothing has changed in our lives, that we are still happy but when trials come, we remember that there is someone that we can turn to. Prophets do not teach that what it is good of us but that what it is best for us. Being apathetic to their words is nothing but being spiritually dead. 2 Nephi 9:39

The Lord blesses every time we obey, and this is also true concerning prophets. For example, when they command us to do or stop doing certain things, is not their will but the Lord’s. We are promised that we will prosper as we try our best to be obedient to his commandments, who does not want to prosper?  Mosiah 2:22

General Conference is the best place to show we are willing to sustain a prophet. What does sustain the prophet mean? On October 5, 2014 the now prophet Russell M Nelson said, “it means standing behind the prophet, praying for him, defending his good name and striving to carry out the instructions he gives as directed by the Lord.” Do you have a good experience from obeying what the prophet says we should do?? Please share it!! I would love to know about it!