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Changing the world one tweet at a time! A little dramatic? Elder Bednar doesn't think so. I just watched his BYU devotional address and I'm excited. It's all about the way we can use social media to share 'the hope that is in [us]' (1 Peter 3:15). How something as simple as a social media post can help combat negative messages with edifying truth. The Church has already run some brilliant social media campaigns (i.e. #BecauseofHim) inspiring positive online conversations around the world. Here are some excerpts from Elder Bednar's address.

"Social media channels are global tools that can personally and positively impact large numbers of individuals and families. And I believe the time has come for us as disciples of Christ to use these inspired tools appropriately and more effectively to testify of God the Eternal Father, His plan of happiness for His children, and His Son, Jesus Christ, as the Savior of the world; to proclaim the reality of the Restoration of the gospel in the latter days; and to accomplish the Lord’s work. 

Beginning at this place on this day, I exhort you to sweep the earth with messages filled with righteousness and truth—messages that are authentic, edifying, and praiseworthy—and literally to sweep the earth as with a flood."

So go on, share the goodness!