man I sat by this guy on a crowded new york subway, he stood up and told jokes the whole time. His jokes were so funny no one wanted to get off. When the subway pulled up to the next stop no one got off. He proceeded to entertain us for the next 45 mins. Afterwards we all clapped and thanked him for his jokes.

He is my seminary teacher and wow! This is amazing. He's so good at what he's doing and it makes me feel the spirit so strongly. He's truly found something amazing to do and it has personally influenced me.

We are so lucky to have you as our seminary teacher Brother Jones. We love you!!!!

Stephen's talk actually invited the spirit into my heart in such a way it caused me to ask God a fundamental question I have never considered to ask, and I am 51 and a life long active member of the church. Thank you very much!

I know him and he's just like that everyday, he's a spiritual force to be reckoned with in our ward! This is what I needed to hear as well!!

These "Hope Works" videos are amazing! They've given me so much inspiration. Thank you guys for sharing!

I came across this at the "Perfect" time. I am going to be homeless and I am scared. I know my Heavenly Father loves me, I just need to find out for myself that he is REAL! Stephen, thank you for your gift of teaching and really giving me something to think about. I know in my heart that there is something out there for me, I just haven't found it yet, and that's ok. Please keep us in your prayers, and THANK YOU for your inspirational message. Merry Christmas!!!

I love that he talks about overcoming the fear of decision-making by ACTING. Often times, God just wants us to make the best decision we can at the time, then He'll tell us if it's right or wrong.

Wow, I knew Stephen back in Tallahassee on my mission!! Awesome guy.

I'm having some struggles in my life right about now. I just finished watching this video and I'm tearing up for what ever reason. But I'm in this almost exact situation right now. I'm not sure what this means but I feel better now after watching him speak. Thank you for your perspective.

This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you Stephen Jones!

Even watching 4 years after this was posted I felt like he was talking just to me. Heavenly Father has created some amazing people 💕

Who else wants him as their teacher? ?!!

Coming back to this video because I’m still in the same situation I was in the last time I watched it. I’ve never known what I wanted to do with my life. I want a career that leaves me fulfilled and excited to go to work everyday. I have bounced and job hopped just trying to make a living without being depressed, but every job ends up the same way. I am going to put my notice in at work tomorrow. I know the Lord knows what I need and He will provide for me. I will probably be stretched to my financial limit, but I’m willing to do what it takes to find what makes me happy. I was in tears when he asked “who am I?” This has been my lifelong struggle and I can’t take it anymore. I need to know, I need to keep searching. I know there is something better out there for me and I want to trust that the Lord will help me find it if I act.

You don't even know how much my husband and I needed this message right now. Thank you Stephen.

Thank you so much for posting this. I actually stumbled on it through an Instagram add, and I feel like it was divinely sent. Heavenly Father works through many ways to reach us, and He has reached out to me again through Stephen's words. Thank you.

Stephen Jones... you were one of my idols in college. I'm glad I found this video. Thank you for the inspiration. God perfectly timed me finding your speech.

He's my bishop and he's amazing! So glad to have him!

I'll just add my voice, that even though the details were different, God and Christ did this for our family too. No work for 9 months, then perfect job and baby #3 on the same day

Stephen Jones is awesome! Love hearing him speak. He's one of the best comedians!

He is amazing I love the message and you will matter for 1000 years.

Having heard this will matter to me in a thousand years. Thank you.

Love this guy!!!!!!! Brother Jones was my seminary teacher in 9th grade, it was one of the most powerful experiences in my life. Everyday I would come to seminary just excited beyond belief to hear something that will give me hope. In that class the spirit would work so hard on me and I started to build a relationship with god. We would study inspiring words from the book of mormon, and I would leave that class everyday with a message that applied to me personally and that I felt was designed just for me at that moment. What I learned brought value that will last longer than 1,000 years.

He teaches seminary and I was in one of his classes, Bro Jones is a good teacher

This is not only entertaining but has also touched my soul. Thanks for making my day!

People, our relationships, will matter in 1000 years. Invest in people, first and foremost!

I love this so much! This might be my 10th time watching it. I love it so much. I watch it all of the time This helped me so much and I do use his one question. He has changed a life

He's my seminary teacher

What an inspiring message. Spike straight to my heart. Thank you!!

Thank you very much bro!!! I really need this message today!!! And I think your speach will matter in a 1000 years!!!

What an awesome lesson! I'm all the way over here in Windsor, England watching this, so glad I did.

I really like will it matter in a thousand years.

This guy is really funny... god bless you buddy!

So very happy to be a part of this church.

Got me thinking what I am worried about that won't matter in a thousand years & What I can start doing that will matter in a thousand years i needed to hear this and this will matter for a thousand ++ years !!

The answer to God's question "Do you trust me?" -- needs to be YES. The struggle is opening our hands to him and saying YES.

Great message, very timely in my life as well. Distraction and discouragement are two of the adversaries most effective tools against people with potential. Any ol' way he can try to prevent us from letting our "lights so shine" - so that all may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven - he will do it. Let's not be deceived, eh? Let's act, like Stephen says. Thanks for posting this!

Failure is a part of life and where we learn and grow. Challenges make us stronger... Good talk/speech.

Brother Jones is seriously amazing!! 😊👍

That was a amazing video thank you for sharing that incredible story!!!

This is an amazing presentation, these HW sessions really are food for the soul. This brother has given some beautiful counsel to reflect on. Thank you for the insightful perspective with the thought provoking question of 'Will it matter in 1000 years?' God bless.

Thank you, Stephen, God Bless you for sharing those wonderful, God-given talents with the rest of us instead of hiding them under a bushel. You really are a great teacher.

Wow thank you! Exactly what I needed! God bless!

The 1,000 year question. Interesting, I have witnessed the universe actually line up for a work of merit by the standards of God’s wisdom. Time and space seems to align perfectly. People enter my life at the ideal moment. A new star appears in the firmament. A thought…and then a seemingly coordinated shift across all dimensions. Sounds New Age, yet I’ve seen it happen a few times in my life.

im working for health insurance 😭 ty God for bringing me here. 🙏❤

oh gosh! I love him!! 😊

Excellent! Thank you for presenting this bit of wisdom! This struck a deep chord in me. I’ll never forget it!

Love it. Thanks Stephen!

Awesome message. I will make use of it. Great teacher.

Amazing! I needed this message today, to ask what truly matters and to act upon them. Thank you for this video!

Beautifully said!

Epic!! so so good! thank you for sharing Stephen Jones :)

Powerful. Thank you

This Is Most Awesome!!! Thank You Now!!! and in a Thousand Years!!!

love this

Thank you so much! That was exactly what I needed to hear, precisely when I needed to hear it!

AMAZING!!!

STEPHEN JONES!!! Good work, son!

I LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!

Thank you for uploading such a great video...I love it and make me feel what I'm worried right now and what I want do....I love being teachers..but my English is not very good...my boyfriend introduce me this video...I wish after watching this video...and I can reach my dream 💗💗💗

Loved loved this 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽❤️❤️❤️

Brother Jones, thank you so much. You are a wonderful man in the gospel and you taught me so much in this short time.

Thank you much!:-) Very helpful!

My soul just breathed.

Awesome

Thanks .

Loved this! Thank you for sharing your message of hope, inspiration and energy to keep on trusting God !

thanks....

Talking about the power of prayer.

Brother Jones...one of the most genuine men on the planet! Danielle...one of the sweetest women on the planet. Their children are so beautiful it makes me want to spontaneously combust! I send you my love, Jones Family!

I'd love to meet this guy in person.

Stephen, good job. Together with our Heavenly Father we are strong :) :)

That was epic.

Hope works has good teachings

“What are you worrying about that isn’t going to matter in a 1000 years?” “What are you going to do that does matter in a 1000 years?”

I believe people should say, it’s not going to matter in 50 or 100 yrs. great talk brother jones!

#Inspiring

Now I have to watch that Old Spice Library skit

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I heard this at the perfect time ,just after watching the YSA face to face with elder and sister rasband # hear him

Just realized he's on Random Acts now!!!

Is there a way I can get in contact with Stephen? I want to email him my response to this video, I have a feeling he could help me.

I know this might not be read by the channel broadcaster .But is it possible for these to be done for the members in Africa too ? I think it would be a blessing to us. That said, Great video

“Keeping a job for health insurance” dang that hit me

Queria em português 😫

From a Parallel universe Micheal Keagan Key 😂

why can't we have these kind of speakers in sacrament? lol

It sounds like He just figured out what the most important Job title there is in this world; Teacher.

I think a desire for hope creates a void for something we convince ourselves holds that hope. Like religion. I don't think the idea of "hope" as it is used in the church is truly hope. I see it as possibly a placebo for the natural feelings of despair that come with problems in life we can't fix. We lock onto wishful thinking and suddenly all those worries fall into a pickup bin that fills up and increases our desperation for faith. We constantly work to hold onto certainty in uncertainty and logically and physically separate ourselves from possibilities that don't give us convenient answers. We use logic and critical thinking only to the point where it doesn't threaten our hope. Therefore, the more reason there is to disbelieve, the more we separate ourselves from those possibilities and believe out of pure faith without evidence. Slowly that baseless hope turn into a form of delusion. It may be possible that religion is correct, but it becomes increasingly unlikely the more contradictory it shifts against what physical evidence suggests. Therefore, religion evolves through natural means to pacify its followers, moving as much as is convincing towards a more current view of the world and becoming more inviting to potential converts. Religion can only survive by attracting people. There are over 4,000 current religions being practiced today on Earth and tons more that have faded away in the past or possibly fell into apostasy (as believers of those religions would agree if they saw theirs die off). It seems likely that Christians and Jews don't sacrifice animals anymore not because of revelation not to, but because it became an outdated practice looked down upon and religion evolved. I used to be Mormon. I still could be Mormon if I just chose to believe to satisfy my strong desire for hope. But I'd rather look at life through a lense of probability, not hope in a religion that denies all possibilities that go against its doctrine. Just doesn't seem right, you know?

Lori Vallow at 1:35?!! LOL

noice

BE BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME, BY WATER AND BY THE HOLY SPIRIT !!!!!!!!

REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND !!!!!!!!!!

The ONLY thing that matters is what have you done with Jesus the Christ? He who has the Son has Life, he who does NOT have the Son does not have eternal life. So the only way anything is going to matter in 1000 years from now is if you are able to be alive to see it. Whosoever honors the Son honors the Father who sent Him. Whosoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father either. What will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world yet lose his soul? OR What will a man give in exchange for his soul?

I remember when blacks wern't allowed in LDS.

Wow! Is he blackish? My prospective changed a lot after the Sutherland church shootings, why would Jesus let something like that happen? Or for that matter how could the holocaust happen? If Jesus could have stopped those things but didn’t why would anyone worship him? Religion is an industry a multi billion dollar tax free industry. Based on lip service. BS spewing from people’s mouths. Sad really.

Doesn't he realize that his religion taught that he was neutral in the battle in heaven which is why hes born black

This really helped me 🩵