Have you ever thought about whether you could have done what our Saviour did in Gethsemane and on the cross? In a Sunday School class earlier this year, while discussing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we considered questions like, ‘Would you do what the Saviour did? Would you suffer these things for everyone on earth?’ … Continue reading Our Only Hope
What does the Atonement of Jesus Christ mean for me, daily? How does His work most help me? Well, besides giving me everything, it gives me grace – the power to overcome the world. Continue reading Power to overcome: how Christ’s Atonement saves me in and from my circumstances
It is by “the virtue of the blood” that Jesus Christ has shed that He is able to plead before the Father, in His own name, for those who believe in Him (D&C 38:4/3-5). ~ Matthew Brown, ‘The Plan of Salvation’, p. 76 In reading this, I thought that perhaps, in a similar way (as … Continue reading By virtue of sacrifice
On the one hand, we must recognise that we are nothing; on the other, we learn that to God, we are everything, and He will give us everything. We are His heirs, “joint-heirs with Christ” Continue reading Unprofitable servants and joint-heirs
I’ve heard about Al Fox/Carraway – a woman who joined the LDS church several years ago, and was famous either because she had heaps of tatoos, or some other reason. I don’t go for the famous and popular in the Church (or elsewhere, really) but today when I looked at her blog, I just liked … Continue reading Change and overcoming (wisdom from Al Fox)
Peaceable Treasures 