This is a REALLY,REALLY good talk by Brad Wilcox.
It is long, but SO worth the time to read. I have read it and listened to it.
SO SO SO GOOD!!
http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=13436&x=59&y=9
Here is the last paragraph:
With Elder Maxwell, I testify that God’s grace is sufficient. Jesus’ grace is sufficient. It is enough. It is all we need. Oh, young people, don’t quit. Keep trying. Don’t look for escapes and excuses. Look for the Lord and His perfect strength. Don’t search for someone to blame. Search for someone to help you. Seek Christ, and, as you do, I promise you will feel the enabling power we call His amazing grace. I leave this testimony and all of my love—for I do love you. As God is my witness, I love the youth of this church. I believe in you. I’m pulling for you. And I’m not the only one. Parents are pulling for you, leaders are pulling for you, and prophets are pulling for you. And Jesus is pulling with you. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
4 months ago
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Thank you Sorena--I teach on Sunday and this was perfect timing to be able to understand and teach about grace more effectively. But I will use this for my own personal life as well. These were my favorite paragraphs: The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can live after we die but that we can live more abundantly (see John 10:10). The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can be cleansed and consoled but that we can be transformed (see Romans 8). Scriptures make it clear that no unclean thing can dwell with God (see Alma 40:26), but, brothers and sisters, no unchanged thing will even want to.
The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can go home but that—miraculously—we can feel at home there. If Christ did not require faith and repentance, then there would be no desire to change. Think of your friends and family members who have chosen to live without faith and without repentance. They don’t want to change. They are not trying to abandon sin and become comfortable with God. Rather, they are trying to abandon God and become comfortable with sin. If Jesus did not require covenants and bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost, then there would be no way to change. We would be left forever with only willpower, with no access to His power. If Jesus did not require endurance to the end, then there would be no internalization of those changes over time. They would forever be surface and cosmetic rather than sinking inside us and becoming part of us—part of who we are. Put simply, if Jesus didn’t require practice, then we would never become pianists.
Thanks again. I feel like that was a tender mercy you played a part in.
i love you
Thanks Danette,
I know, I just love this talk so much. I love the part where he describes Jesus begging us to use the atonement and stay. When I listened to the talk, Bro. Wilcox gets so emotional at that part and at the end. It's awesome!
Thanks for taking the time to read something that I recommended, it means a lot to me.
I love you!
Sorena
I am testing another run at public blogging--it is at the same dashboard as the other one so it should not be hard to find it you want to check it out. Thanks!
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