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Pray, read scriptures, pay tithes to grow closer to God, President Russell Nelson tells Colombian Latter-day Saints

In the second stop of his five-nation Latin American tour, President Russell M. Nelson rattled off steps Colombian Latter-day Saints can undertake to grow closer to Christ.

“Study the scriptures as families. Pray together. Renew your baptismal covenants by regularly participating in the sacrament [the weekly communion],” the 94-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told thousands of members at an arena in Bogota, according to a church news release. “Pay your tithes with grateful hearts. Attend the temple as often as your circumstances allow. There you can receive the blessings God has for his faithful children.