How to access Jesus Christ's Atonement in Our Lives?

 Good Morning, or Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

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~ How does accessing to Jesus Christ's Atonement has been a blessing to all of your friends including your non-member friends? ~ How does accessing to Jesus Christ's Atonement has been a blessing to you in your life so far? ~ How does accessing to Jesus Christ's Atonement has been a blessing to your immediate family members and your extended family members?  

It has been a huge blessing for me to being able to access Jesus Christ's Atonement everyday and every night no matter what time it is throughout the daytime and nighttime. I have access to Jesus Christ's Atonement by choosing and acting upon to forgive others, and myself, seeking repentance through my daily and every morning prayers. 

I know that everyone has made many choices throughout their lives thus far, and most of them are looking forward to making many more choices for the remaining of their lives. I know that they just do not want to think about several or some of the potential consequences can happen in the future based on their current choices. 

Have you ever taken a moment to think about how you have accessed to Jesus Christ's Atonement in the past? Have you ever wondered how you gotten through your past challenging days, your past difficulties, your past struggles, your past trials, your past bad friendships, your past hardships with your relatives, and so forth? 

"All that is unfair about life can be made right
through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
- Linda K. Burton." 

When we have the acknowledge of Jesus Christ's Atonement and knowing how to access to it; it has helps us to know that we can continue getting through the following: our current challenging days, our current difficulties, our current struggles, our current trials, our current bad friendships, our current hardships with our relatives, our current doubts, our current lacking of faith if we have any, our current temptations, our current weaknesses, our bad habits, and so forth.

When was the last time did you face a challenging day? When was the last time did you face a difficulty? 

When was the last time did you face of losing a friendship? When was the last time did you face a hardship? 

When was the last time did you face a temptation? When was the last time did you face a struggle? 

When was the last time did you face a trial? 

Stay Tuned until next time. 

Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ ~ Part Two

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This post focuses on October 2015 General Conference talk, and it is called "Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ" by Elder Dallin H. Oaks. This post is part two, and I hope that you would be able to learn something new while you are reading this post. 

Elder Oaks has mentioned the following; "... What cures us is our Savior and His Atonement? ... 

I am still speaking of mortal infirmities not caused by our sins. Some are born with physical or mental disabilities that cause personal suffering for them and struggles for those who love and care for them. For many, the infirmity of depression is painful or permanently disabling. Another painful affliction is the circumstance of singleness. 

... Few disabilities are more crippling to our temporal or spiritual lives than addictions. ... That disabling grip can also be relieved by the decisive strength available from the Savior. So can the severe challenge experienced by those sent to prison for crimes. ...

IV.

Who can be succored and strengthened through the Atonement of Jesus Christ? Alma taught that the Savior would “take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people ” and “succor his people ” (Alma 7:11, 12; emphasis added). 

Who are “his people” in this promise? Is it all mortals - all who enjoy the reality of resurrection through the Atonement? Or is it only those select servants qualified through ordinances and covenants?

The word people has many meanings in the scriptures. The meaning most appropriate for the teaching that the Savior will succor “his people” is the meaning Ammon employed when he taught that “God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in” (Alma 26:37). 

... Because of His atoning experience in mortality, our Savior is able to comfort, heal, and strengthen all men and women everywhere, but I believe He does so only for those who seek Him and ask for His help. The Apostle James taught, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up” (James 4:10). We qualify for that blessing when we believe in Him and pray for His help.

“It is a fundamental truth that through the ATONEMENT
OF JESUS CHRIST we can be cleansed.”
 - Elder Richard G. Scott,

There are millions of God-fearing people who pray to God to be lifted out of their afflictions. ... As Elder Neal A. Maxwell taught, “Having ‘descended below all things,’ He comprehends, perfectly and personally, the full range of human suffering.” 

We might even say that having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us and give us the strength we need to endure our afflictions. We have only to ask.

Many times in modern revelation, the Lord declares, “Therefore, if you will ask of me you shall receive; if you will knock it shall be opened unto you” (for example, D&C 6:5; 11:5; see also Matthew 7:7). 

Indeed, because of Their all-encompassing love, our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, hear and suitably answer the prayers of all who seek Them in faith. 

... I know these things to be true. Our Savior’s Atonement does more than assure us of immortality by a universal resurrection and give us the opportunity to be cleansed from sin by repentance and baptism. His Atonement also provides the opportunity to call upon Him who has experienced all of our mortal infirmities to give us the strength to bear the burdens of mortality. 

... The healing and strengthening power of Jesus Christ and His Atonement is for all of us who will ask. I testify of that as I also testify of our Savior, who makes it all possible. One day all of these mortal burdens will pass away and there will be no more pain (see Revelation 21:4). 

I pray that we will all understand the hope and strength of our Savior’s Atonement: the assurance of immortality, the opportunity for eternal life, and the sustaining strength we can receive if only we will ask ..."

If you would like to read the whole talk either now or in your own time, here is the link below.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/strengthened-by-the-atonement-of-jesus-christ

Stay Tuned until next time.

Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ ~ Part One

 Good Morning or Good Afternoon or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately three minutes to read from start to finish.

This post focuses on October 2015 General Conference talk, and it is called "Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ" by Elder Dallin H. Oaks. This post is part one, and I hope that you would be able to learn something new while you are reading this post. 

Elder Oaks has mentioned the following; "In mortality we have the certainty of death and the burden of sin. The Atonement of Jesus Christ offsets these two certainties of mortal life. But apart from death and sin, we have many other challenges as we struggle through mortality. Because of that same Atonement, our Savior can provide us the strength we need to overcome these mortal challenges. ...

I.

Most scriptural accounts of the Atonement concern the Savior’s breaking the bands of death and suffering for our sins. ... Alma described ... the Savior’s Atonement: “And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people” (Alma 7:11; also see 2 Nephi 9:21).

Think of it! In the Savior’s Atonement, He suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.” As President Boyd K. Packer explained: “He had no debt to pay. He had committed no wrong. Nevertheless, an accumulation of all of the guilt, the grief and sorrow, the pain and humiliation, all of the mental, emotional, and physical torments known to man - He experienced them all.”

Why did He suffer these mortal challenges “of every kind”? ... President James E. Faust taught, “Since the Savior has suffered anything and everything that we could ever feel or experience, He can help the weak to become stronger.” Our Savior experienced and suffered the fulness of all mortal challenges “according to the flesh” ...

He therefore knows our struggles, our heartaches, our temptations, and our suffering, for He willingly experienced them all as an essential part of His Atonement. And because of this, His Atonement empowers Him to succor us to give us the strength to bear it all.

"The enabling power of the ATONEMENT 
strengthens us to do and be good and to serve
beyond our own individual desire and natural
capacity." - David A. Bednar.

II.

... The Book of Mormon records His healing those “that were afflicted in any manner” (3 Nephi 17:9). ... Isaiah taught that the Messiah would bear our “griefs” and our “sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4). 

Isaiah also taught of His strengthening us: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee” (Isaiah 41:10).

... Speaking of some of his own mortal challenges, the Apostle Paul wrote, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). 

And so we see that because of His Atonement, the Savior has the power to succor to help every mortal pain and affliction. Sometimes His power heals an infirmity, but the scriptures and our experiences teach that sometimes He succors or helps by giving us the strength or patience to endure our infirmities. 

III.

What are these mortal pains and afflictions and infirmities that our Savior experienced and suffered?

- We all have pains and afflictions and infirmities at one time or another. Apart from what we experience because of our sins, mortality is filled with frequent struggles, heartaches, and suffering.

- We and those we love suffer sickness. At some time each of us also experiences pain from traumatic injuries or from other physical or mental difficulties. All of us suffer and grieve in connection with the death of a loved one. We all experience failure in our personal responsibilities, our family relationships, ... 

- When a spouse or a child rejects what we know to be true and strays from the path of righteousness, we experience particularly stressful pain, just like the father of the prodigal son in Jesus’s memorable parable (see Luke 15:11–32)."

Stay Tuned until next time.