Sacrament Service
First Speaker
“The sad irony is that, too often, those most in need turn away from their one perfect source of help—our Savior, Jesus Christ.” (Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, “Turn to the Lord”, October 2017 General Conference)
Isaiah 42:10
10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
“Our Savior feels and knows our temptations, our struggles, our heartaches, and our sufferings, for He willingly experienced them all as part of His Atonement.” (President Dallin H. Oaks, “What Has Our Savior Done for Us?”, April 2021 General Conference)
“The Atonement of Jesus Christ provides the ultimate corrective and healing measures to every wounded body, damaged spirit, and broken heart.” (Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, “Turn to the Lord”, October 2017 General Conference)
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Alma 40:4
4 Behold, there is a time appointed that all shall come forth from the dead. Now when this time cometh no one knows; but God knoweth the time which is appointed.
Luke 23:1-5
1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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Galatians 2
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Matthew 14
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
When Peter had his focus on Jesus he was able to walk on water. When he took his focus off the Savior and focused on the waves and the wind he began to sink.
Acts 2 - Peter’s testimony - starting in verse 14
1 Nephi 19:9
9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.
John 16
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
The atonement of Christ is perfect and infinite.
3 Nephi 18:7
7 And this shall ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shown unto you. And it shall be a testimony unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
DnC 20:77,79
77 O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them; that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
79 O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them; that they may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
We get the spirit back, when we lose it through our thoughts or actions, by remembering Christ.
“Christ’s agony in the garden is unfathomable by the finite mind, both as to intensity and cause. … It was not physical pain, nor mental anguish alone, that caused Him to suffer such torture as to produce an extrusion of blood from every pore; but a spiritual agony of soul such as only God was capable of experiencing. No other man, however great his powers of physical or mental endurance, could have suffered so; for his human organism would have succumbed, and syncope would have produced unconsciousness and welcome oblivion. In that hour of anguish Christ met and overcame all the horrors that Satan, ‘the prince of this world’ could inflict. …
“In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world” (Elder James E Talmage, “Jesus the Christ”, p613).
Luke 22:44
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Luke Luke 22:45
45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
Was the feeling of what was happening in Gethsemane palpable to the apostles?
DnC 19:18-19
18 Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—
19 Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.
John 10
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
“Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings.” (Bible Dictionary, “Prayer.”)
Moses 1:39
39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
“This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God.” (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “You Matter to Him”, October 2011 General Conference)
1 Corinthians 15:5
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
He met first with Peter, he who was given charge over the Church after Christ’s death. He then met with the twelve apostles who are second in authority to Peter and who had to lead the Church in the areas they traveled to.
Teacher Council
When teaching small children, you are mostly teaching the vocabulary of the scriptures and the Gospel and not as much the details.
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