Did you find a theme among their last words? I found that their last invitations were twofold: to come unto Christ, and a call to faithful action and change... aka repentence. As my mission comes to an end I echo the invitations from these great prophets. Before my mission I believed that the Gospel was true, but I don't think I realized how real and powerful it is. I have not seen the Savior or touched his hands and his feet, but I can promise you that I have experienced the power of His grace. It is real and it will transform your life if you "come unto Him". I know that He lives! It is the greatest message I could ever share.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Last Word
Did you find a theme among their last words? I found that their last invitations were twofold: to come unto Christ, and a call to faithful action and change... aka repentence. As my mission comes to an end I echo the invitations from these great prophets. Before my mission I believed that the Gospel was true, but I don't think I realized how real and powerful it is. I have not seen the Savior or touched his hands and his feet, but I can promise you that I have experienced the power of His grace. It is real and it will transform your life if you "come unto Him". I know that He lives! It is the greatest message I could ever share.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Quick insight from the scriptures... LISTEN to the Spirit
Friday, June 10, 2011
Have a question?
Saturday, May 21, 2011
What is the purpose?
"Our Heavenly Father is a God of high expectations. His expectations for us are expressed by His Son, Jesus Christ, in these words: 'I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect'. He proposes to make us holy so that we may 'abide a celestial glory' and 'dwell in his presence'. He knows what is required, and so, to make our transformation possible, He provides His commandments and covenants, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and most important, the Atonement and Resurrection of His Beloved Son. In all of this, God's purpose is that we, His children, may be able to experience ultimate joy, to be with Him eternally, and to become even as He is... The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become."
Doesn't that make so much sense? So what is the purpose of the gospel? It is a gospel of transformation! The center of the Gospel is Christ's sacrafice, His atonment, which allows us to be cleansed, purified, and transformed as we live His teachings. The covenants and commandments that he gives us are for our growth and development to become more like Christ. The Saviors message is not just one of apathetic belief and not just something to help us feel good about ourselves. In fact, in the scriptures, He doesn't only ask for our commitment, but for our very lives. His message is truly the 'pearl of great price' because it helps us fill our potential. He died for us because He loved us. He taught us because He loves us. And because the Savior loves us He asks us to not only to belief, but to become.
So now... here comes my invitation to anyone who reads this :) I knew you were waiting for it. Prayerfully think of what you want to develop and become- maybe it's strengthening your faith or patience, maybe it's being a better mother or brother- whatever the case I'm sure it's great. Now remember... a to be list without a to do list is just a wish list. So identify specefic things that you can do to become a better person and then do it! I promise that as you do this you will be living the Gospel of Jesus Christ; you will be living your purpose.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
You can do hard things!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
A Shout Out to all those Mothers in the World
Yesterday, I, along with about ten other fellow missionaries met with our mission president and wife at their home here in New York. We talked about Christlike Leadership and how we can better move the gospel forward. . . But we decided to spice up the day a little bit and come up with a song to thank all of our moms at home and mother figures out here on our mission. These are the words.
"Mothers Day... It's such a beautiful day day day.
The Day is all about you... Not!
It's all about our mothers, our moms, our mommies, our mummies.
Mothers Day... It is the Day we co-mme-merate
all the mission moms... You're great,
thank you for all that you do...
And we will love to serve you.
Adjectives about our mothers are amazing, smiley, happy, loving, caring, classy, thrifty, great!
We love you... Thank you for all that you do!"
Well anyways we performed to many of our mother figures out here on our missions and it was a lot of fun. But I want to thank all of the mothers out there for their commitment, love, and sacrafice to their families. I will forever be grateful to my mom. Wow she is the greatest person God created :) I don't know if you good mothers will every truly realize the impact you make on the world. We truly do love you... and thank you for all that you do. Happy Mothers Day!!!
(I tried to upload the video of our song but it didn't work.... will try again soon!)