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1/3/07
"Now,
you may wonder how to acquire the faith, testimony, and consecration of
spirit necessary to overcome the adversary. Let me assure you that these
qualities are already within you. You simply need to recover them. To
that end, allow me to make three suggestions.
"First, do as young Joseph Smith did. Find a quiet place and pray to your Father in Heaven. Do so regularly and earnestly. Prayer is a precondition to revelation. The more regular and earnest the prayer, the more frequent the revelation. When received, revelation provides the evidence or assurance of things unseen, which is the foundation of faith.
"Second, learn to hear the voice of the Lord. His is a still, small, and whisper-like voice. It is one that is felt more than it is heard. It comes in the form of thoughts, feelings, and impressions. To hear such a voice, you must be still and quiet in your own soul, laying aside your excess laughter and light-mindedness. While it may not seem easy to so discipline your life, hearing the precious, loving voice of the Lord will sustain you in every circumstance and is therefore worth every effort.
"Third, obey the word of the Lord as it is given to you. His word will not only love and comfort but invariably instruct and correct. Do as He bids you to do, no matter how hard it may seem to you, and do it now. It is in doing the will of the Lord that knowledge of Him and love for Him accrue to your soul, which leads you to be ever more willing to lay down your own life and follow Him." - James J. Hamula, "Winning the War against Evil," General Conference, October 2008
12/18/16
With
torn and broken bread, we signify that we remember the physical body
of Jesus Christ—a body that was buffeted with pains, afflictions, and
temptations of every kind, a body that bore a burden of anguish
sufficient to bleed at every pore, a body whose flesh was torn and
whose heart was broken in crucifixion. We signify our belief that
while that same body was laid to rest in death, it was raised again to
life from the grave, never again to know disease, decay, or death. And
in taking the bread to ourselves, we acknowledge that, like Christ’s
mortal body, our bodies will be released from the bonds of death, rise
triumphantly from the grave, and be restored to our eternal spirits. –
James J. Hamula, “The
Sacrament
and the Atonement,” Ensign (CR) November 2014
12/20/16
With a small cup of water, we signify that we remember the blood
Jesus spilled and the spiritual suffering He endured for all
mankind. We remember the agony that caused great drops of blood to
fall in Gethsemane. We remember the bruising and scourging He
endured at the hands of His captors. We remember the blood He
spilled from His hands, feet, and side while at Calvary. And we
remember His personal reflection on His suffering: “How sore you
know not, how exquisite you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know
not.” In taking the water to ourselves, we acknowledge that His
blood and suffering atoned for our sins and that He will remit our
sins as we embrace and accept the principles and ordinances of His
gospel. – James J.
Hamula, “The
Sacrament and the Atonement,” Ensign (CR) November 2014