happy easter!
mosiah 12: 1 - 16
abinadi boldly testifies of Jesus Christ in these verses. today we celebrate Christ's resurrection. what is your personal testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.
--> 1 nephi 15:14 says "they shall come to a knowledge of their Redeemer and the very points of His doctrine, that they may know how to come unto Him and be saved."
i've often thought about how we come to know. i believe in Jesus Christ. i believe that He lived a great life and performed miracles and loved the people He served. i believe that He died for me to atone for my sins and provide the way back home. but how do you come to know? what has to happen in our lives before we can say, with surety, i know Jesus Christ lives!
today, i am writing to you as a witness of Jesus Christ. i, sara michelle ence, know that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world because of the following reasons:
- i feel peace enter my heart when i hear or sing the song "i stand all amazed"
- there have been multiple days this year when i knew i couldn't pick myself up off my bed and go throughout the simple tasks of the day. i knelt in prayer and pleaded with Heavenly Father to be with me, and as i stood, physically felt picked up and carried
- my best friend annie flew here from california in december just to come to church with me, after 6 years of invitations and dead ends
- i have prayed about the book of mormon and gained a witness for myself of its truth. the purpose of that book, the very intent it was written, was to convince jew and gentile alike that Jesus is the Christ. so, because i know the book of mormon is true, i know that Jesus Christ is my Savior. He lives
- a mission companion and i felt inspired to change our plans and stop by a certain house at a specific time, to discover we saved a woman from suicide
- i've sat across the desk from a loving bishop as he said the words, "sister ence, you are forgiven of this sin" and literally felt a tangible weight being taken off my shoulders, allowing a certain happiness to flow back into my life
- i watched bill maki give up everything he had and enter the waters of baptism for a God he didn't even know existed yet
- i've sat in church and listened to heartfelt testimony from countless members about the power of the atonement and the power of change and conversion
- i sat with president tingey on april 19, 2012 and heard him say the words, "well done, thou good and faithful servant, the Lord has accepted your service"
- i felt a certain peace at the funeral of my uncle steve barlow, knowing that although it seemed unfair that he was taken from this earth when he was in the way that he was, that it was part of God's perfect plan, and that we will indeed be with him again
- i felt inspired to change my lesson just one hour before giving it to the relief society when colin dumke bore an inspired testimony of the power of righteous women in the world. with that inspiration to change the lesson came the words to say in a time of need, and one of the most powerful relief society lessons i've been a part of
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i testify that there are tangible evidences all over our lives that Jesus Christ lives, that He is intimately involved in the details of our lives. that He cares. i invite each of you to open your eyes and see those evidences everyday. open your eyes and stand in awe at the love Jesus offers you.
He lives. and that is the most beautiful truth i know.
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