Watch the new Mormon Messages video “Sitting on the Bench: Thoughts on Suicide Prevention.” Every human soul is precious. Don’t give up. Show love to those who are struggling. Help guide people to resources that are available (see below).

Elder Ballard: “I say we keep our antennas up, we watch out for each other, we love one another, and we leave the eternal judgments to our Heavenly Father and to the Lord Jesus Christ who know all things.”

Resources about suicide:

• Gospel Topic “Suicide“
• “Suicide: Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not” by Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Mormon Messages video “Sitting on the Bench: Thoughts on Suicide Prevention“
• “Left Behind By Suicide” interview with a family about ways the gospel of Jesus Christ helps individuals and families who have been left behind by suicide