Christmas is the celebration of a birth. All of us have felt the wonder of seeing a newborn child. We feel humbled as we see the miracle of the tiny features and the promise of the future. We feel tenderness. We feel gratitude. We feel peace. And there comes a feeling of love into our […]
Peace and good tidings; good tidings and peace. These are among the ultimate blessings that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings a troubled world and the troubled people who live in it, solutions to personal struggles and human sinfulness, a source of strength for days of weariness and hours of genuine despair. – Jeffrey R. […]
What about Jesus is worthy of our study? “The New Testament writers … cared nothing for [Jesus’s] stature, the clothes he wore or the houses he lived in. … He was born in a stable, worked in a carpenter’s shop, taught for three years, and then died on a cross. … The New Testament was written by men […]
Each of us came to earth having been given the Light of Christ. As we follow the example of the Savior and live as He lived and as He taught, that light will burn within us and will light the way for others. – Thomas S. Monson, “Be an Example and a Light,” Ensign (CR) November 2015
Being aware of all that is necessary for us in this life, the Savior invites us to seek Him in every thought and to follow Him with all our heart.3 This gives us the promise that we can walk in His light and that His guidance prevents the influence of darkness in our life.4 – Ulisses […]
The main reason we celebrate Christmas is because of Easter. – Russell M. Nelson, “The Answer Is Always Jesus Christ,” Liahona (CR) May 2023
Inevitably, the spirit of Christmas inspires kind deeds, touches human hearts, and prompts one’s mind to reach back to that humble stable in faraway Bethlehem, to a time when the prophecies of the prophets, both in that area and here on the American continent, became a living reality. Christ the Lord was born. – Thomas […]
From the beginning down through the dispensations, God has used angels as His emissaries in conveying love and concern for His children…. Usually such beings are not seen. Sometimes they are. But seen or unseen they are always near. – Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Ministry of Angels,” Ensign (CR) November 2008
A few years ago I visited Jerusalem shortly before Christmas. The streets were cold and dreary; there was political tension in the air. Yet peace filled my heart to know that this was the city he loved so much, the very place of his eternal sacrifice; to know that here had lived he who was […]
As I read the account of the birth of my Savior, I long to have the experience the Wise Men had—to be led by a star; or to experience what the shepherds did—to be invited to Bethlehem, invited by a choir of angels. I want to kneel at the manger and smell the clean straw […]