Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Be not afraid, Only believe......
This is a continuation of The Invitation, a previously posted
blog challenge. We are now on Day 8. Please feel free to read the
other days and start at anytime! Incorporate this challenge to fit you!
Weekly, monthly, daily however it will work for you! All material is original blog material written by Dixie. ( I just borrowed the idea ;)
Scripture suggestions are from my personal study, all thoughts and
challenges are from my personal history and my future as I too continue
to strive for more closeness to Christ.
Thought for the day: In order to walk with Christ, we must not only appreciate what he has done for us, but also to understand it. The Atonement, the greatest gift to mankind, its what we need to believe in. Yet, beliving in and then accepting the Atonment requres a special effort, but it is something we must do, we must not be afraid to believe. The Atonement is the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to help us overcome sin, adversity, and death. Jesus’s atoning sacrifice took place in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary. He paid the price for our sins, took upon Himself death, and was resurrected. The Atonement is the supreme expression of the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We refer to Christ as our great Redeemer. In the Guide to the scriptures this is the definition of redeem: To deliver, to purchase, or to ransom, such as to free a person from bondage by payment. Redemption refers to the atonement of Jesus Christ and to deliverance from sin. Jesus’ atonement redeems all mankind from physical death. Through his atonement, those who have faith in him and who repent are also redeemed from spiritual death. Atonement in the Bible Dictionary means To reconcile man to God. As you study and ponder today think about these key principles of the Atonment:
All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
The Atonment helps us to overcome the “natural man” and become true diciples of Christ.
The Atonment is evidence of the love Heavely Father has for us.
Penny in the shoe: everytime you feel the penny in your shoe today, think about the Atonment, in a real literal sense, think about it as if it actually happened, because it did…..
Challenge for the day: Prayer. Humbly pray to Father in Heaven and ask him for a wittness of the truth of the Atonement of his son Jesus Christ, ask him for guidence in understanding. Think about what the attonment has done for you in your life, or what it can do for you in your life, think about its inclusiveness for loss, disappointment, discouragment, forgiveness, pain, heartache and so on…….
Suggessted Scripture Reading (reading made easy just click to view) :Romans 5:8, 10–11 View Matthew 4 View John 13
Journaling Thought: Some feel weighed down with discouragement about the circumstances of their personal lives, even when they are making sustained and admirable efforts. Frequently, these feelings of self-disappointment come not from wrongdoing, but from stresses and troubles for which we may not be fully to blame. The Atonement of Jesus Christ applies to these experiences because it applies to all of life. The Savior can wipe away all of our tears, after all we can do.- Bruce C. Hafen
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Thought for the day: In order to walk with Christ, we must not only appreciate what he has done for us, but also to understand it. The Atonement, the greatest gift to mankind, its what we need to believe in. Yet, beliving in and then accepting the Atonment requres a special effort, but it is something we must do, we must not be afraid to believe. The Atonement is the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to help us overcome sin, adversity, and death. Jesus’s atoning sacrifice took place in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary. He paid the price for our sins, took upon Himself death, and was resurrected. The Atonement is the supreme expression of the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We refer to Christ as our great Redeemer. In the Guide to the scriptures this is the definition of redeem: To deliver, to purchase, or to ransom, such as to free a person from bondage by payment. Redemption refers to the atonement of Jesus Christ and to deliverance from sin. Jesus’ atonement redeems all mankind from physical death. Through his atonement, those who have faith in him and who repent are also redeemed from spiritual death. Atonement in the Bible Dictionary means To reconcile man to God. As you study and ponder today think about these key principles of the Atonment:
All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
The Atonment helps us to overcome the “natural man” and become true diciples of Christ.
The Atonment is evidence of the love Heavely Father has for us.
Penny in the shoe: everytime you feel the penny in your shoe today, think about the Atonment, in a real literal sense, think about it as if it actually happened, because it did…..
Challenge for the day: Prayer. Humbly pray to Father in Heaven and ask him for a wittness of the truth of the Atonement of his son Jesus Christ, ask him for guidence in understanding. Think about what the attonment has done for you in your life, or what it can do for you in your life, think about its inclusiveness for loss, disappointment, discouragment, forgiveness, pain, heartache and so on…….
Suggessted Scripture Reading (reading made easy just click to view) :Romans 5:8, 10–11 View Matthew 4 View John 13
Journaling Thought: Some feel weighed down with discouragement about the circumstances of their personal lives, even when they are making sustained and admirable efforts. Frequently, these feelings of self-disappointment come not from wrongdoing, but from stresses and troubles for which we may not be fully to blame. The Atonement of Jesus Christ applies to these experiences because it applies to all of life. The Savior can wipe away all of our tears, after all we can do.- Bruce C. Hafen
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My Lesson on the Atonement
I had been praying over a period of several weeks to better understand the Atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
One morning while helping my young son Kyle get ready for school, I
found myself growing impatient as time drew near to catch the school bus
and he wasn’t ready. A neighbor girl stopped by to walk with Kyle to
the bus stop. Worried she might miss the bus, I sent her ahead. This
meant Kyle would also have to walk alone, and he complained bitterly to
me.
I knelt down and looked him in the eye and roughly
scolded him for taking so long to get ready and then complaining to me
about walking alone. As I looked at him, I saw his eyes fill with tears,
and he pulled his hat down over his eyes so he wouldn’t have to look at
my angry face. I realized how vulnerable and tender children are and
how loud and reproving I had been. I stopped and tried to apologize,
helped him get his boots on, and sent him off to school.
As I watched this discouraged little person run for
the bus stop, I thought of my inappropriate actions. Of all places and
all people in this world, home and mother should be a refuge—a place to
find peace and love. I berated myself for my carelessness and failings
as a mother and felt absolutely terrible.
Suddenly a gentle and loving thought came into my mind: this is what the Atonement is for. Tears came, and I prayed for forgiveness.
I pleaded with Heavenly Father to bless my son so he would not suffer
for my mistakes. I still felt sad, but I knew that through the Atonement things could be made right again.
Weeks later I shared this insight with a friend. As I
talked, I pondered why I had been blessed with such a powerful
testimony of the Atonement. Again, a
gentle thought came into my mind that this had been in answer to my
prayers. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find” (Matt. 7:7). Even though I had been praying for more understanding of the Atonement, I had failed to see a direct answer to my prayer until that reminder came to me.
I know Heavenly Father loves each of us and wants us
to repent of our shortcomings and also to rid ourselves of feelings of
discouragement. How grateful I am for the Atonement, which brings healing and forgiveness into our lives
Love From Dixie
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