“Christ can also heal us when we sin. We sin when we knowingly break one of God’s laws. When we sin, our soul becomes unclean. No unclean thing can dwell in God’s presence. “Becoming clean from sin is [to be] healed spiritually.” God the Father knows we will sin, but He has prepared a way for us to be redeemed. Elder [...]
I have a great love of the temple. Every time I go, I feel closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ. I feel the love that they have for me there and for all of the children of the world. I feel the love that my ancestors have for me and I feel more love for them [...]
“When we sincerely repent, no spiritual scar remains, no matter what we have done, how serious it was, or how many times we repeated it. As often as we repent and seek forgiveness with real intent, we can be forgiven. What a remarkable gift from our Savior, Jesus Christ! The Holy Ghost can assure us that we have been forgiven. As [...]
“Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for sin does not by itself change anything for the better. Only repentance leads to the sunlit uplands of a better life. And, of course, only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning [...]
“The temple is His house, and He should be uppermost in our minds and hearts—the majestic doctrine of Christ pervading our very being just as it pervades the temple ordinances—from the time we read the inscription over the front door to the very last moment we spend in the building. Amid all the wonder we encounter, we are [...]
“The word repent connotes “to perceive afterwards” and implies “change.” In Swedish, the word is omvänd, which simply means “to turn around.” Real repentance must involve faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, faith that He can change us, faith that He can forgive us, and faith that He will help us avoid more mistakes. This kind of faith makes His Atonement [...]
“Changing our behavior and returning to the “right road” are part of repentance, but only part. Real repentance also includes a turning of our heart and will to God and a renunciation of sin…. The fact that we can repent is the good news of the gospel! Guilt can be “swept away.” We can be filled with joy, receive [...]
“When we look at our lives and see a hundred things to do, we feel overwhelmed. When we see one thing—loving and serving God and His children, in a hundred different ways—then we can work on those things with joy. This is how we offer our whole souls—by sacrificing anything that’s holding us back and consecrating the rest [...]
”Sacrifice and consecration are two heavenly laws that we covenant to obey in the holy temple. These two laws are similar but not identical. To sacrifice means to give something up in favor of something more valuable…We all have things, large and small, we need to sacrifice in order to follow Jesus Christ more completely. Our sacrifices show what we truly value. [...]
“Those who wholeheartedly turn their lives over to our Savior and serve God and fellowman discover a richness and fulness to life that the selfish or egotistic will never experience. The unselfish give of themselves. These may be small gifts of charity that have a grand impact for good: a smile, a handshake, a hug, time spent in [...]
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