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[Clark G. Gilbert @ClarkG_Gilbert]

“He Hath Borne Our Griefs”: One of the most evocative and poignant depictions from the Savior’s life is detailed in Carl Bloch’s “The Mocking of Christ.”

You can see blood dropping down from the crown of thorns placed upon the Savior’s head. A soldier stands mocking Him in anger. Yet Christ is not fazed.

He’s looking past the man and not only looking past those who would mock Him, but He’s looking to us.

In this week’s "Come, Follow Me" lesson, we read Isaiah’s beautiful imagery of the sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ:

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4–5).

I hope we can learn from these chapters in Isaiah and see the miracle of the Atonement of Jesus Christ in our lives.

[David A. Bednar @BednarDavidA]

I have spent my entire adult life with young people—including seven-and-a-half years as president of BYU-Idaho.

Susan and I are beyond thrilled to participate in activities this week at the university as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of this remarkable institution of higher education.

You students at BYU-I (@byuidaho) and our other young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are wonderful disciples of the Savior. Please do not be too hard on yourselves.

Be worthy. Be available.

Put the Lord first and all the other parts of life will fall into place.

[John Davis (Modern Parables) @jkdavis89]

You can still find Luke activly engaged in the Lord's work. He shared his testimony at BYU-Hawaii just last week.

"The evidence exists: God lives, Jesus is our Savior and the scriptures are true. The witnesses are many and each of can know for ourselves that those witnesses are true."

[Jeanine Elsholz @JeanineElsholz]

In the words of Jeffrey R. Holland—

“The Lord has probably spoken enough “comforting words” to supply the whole universe, it would seem, and yet we see all around us unhappy Latter-day Saints, worried Latter-day Saints, and gloomy Latter-day Saints into whose troubled hearts not one of these innumerable consoling words seems to be allowed to enter.

Consider, for example, the Savior’s benediction upon his disciples even as he moved toward the pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary.

On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering the world has ever known or ever will know, he said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. . . . Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).

I submit to you that may be one of the Savior’s commandments that is, even in the hearts of otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally DISOBEYED;

And yet I wonder whether our resistance to this invitation could be any more grievous to the Lord’s merciful heart.

I am convinced that none of us can appreciate how deeply it wounds the loving heart of the Savior of the world when he finds that his people do not feel CONFIDENT in his care or SECURE in his hands or trust in his commandments.

Just because God is God, just because Christ is Christ, they cannot do other than care for us and bless us and help us if we will but COME UNTO THEM.

There is not a single loophole or curveball or open trench to fall into for the man or woman who walks the path that Christ walks.

When he says, “Come, follow me”, he means that he knows where the quicksand is and where the thorns are and the best way to handle the slippery slope near the summit of our personal mountains.

He knows it all, and he knows the way.

HE IS THE WAY!

He wishes us to come unto him, to follow him, to be comforted by him.

May we have enough faith to ACCEPT the goodness of God and the mercy of his Only Begotten Son.

May we come unto him and his gospel and BE HEALED.

When the storms of life make this difficult, may we still follow his bidding to “come,” keeping our eye FIXED ON HIM forever and single to his glory.

In doing so we too will walk triumphantly over the swelling waves of life’s difficulties and remain unterrified amid ANY rising winds of despair.

I pray we will hear this very night that sweet utterance from the Savior of the world: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden. . . . And ye shall find rest unto your souls—

BE OF GOOD CHEER;
it is I; be not afraid!”

(BYU Devotional, March 1997)

[Troy Sariah @BlackBlessedLDS]

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[El Jefe de Colorado Tweets @jefe_tweets]

Ezra Taft Benson: "I say to you with all the fervor of my soul that God intended men to..." https://t.co/HQflyxoDBu

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

George Lucas rightly understands that the only thing that really holds a civilization together is a story and the symbols that communicate that story.

If you tear down all the stories, you destroy a civilization.

[⚔️ Love Me When I’m Gone ⚔️ @TSH3_]

Trumps 34 felonies explained by a judge so the next time some liberal starts ranting about Trump being a felon you can rant right back at them about how ridiculous their accusations really are.

[Niels Hoven 🐮 @NielsHoven]

Watched The Lion King with the kids and was struck by how old-fashioned its moral feels now:

You can't just do what feels good
Accept responsibility
Step up and fulfill your obligations

Modern Disney reverses this:

Reject the obligations imposed on you.
Be true to yourself.
Do what makes you happy.

That's quite an shift in one generation.

From growing up to perpetual adolescence

[Dr. Jayson, PhD 🌲 @JS_StrngstSldr]

We taught a Marine Corps Captain on my mission in my first area. Looking back, he definitely had PTSD and was an alcoholic.

We left him with a copy of the Book of Mormon. I did not know if he was going to read it.

We returned the next week and he was clean shaven, glasses on, and had a calm demeanor about him. He told us that he hadn't had a drink of alcohol since he started reading the Book of Mormon. His nightmares from the GWOT stopped after reading the Book of Mormon.

This experience has never left me.

“There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book." - Ezra Taft Benson

[Gary E. Stevenson @StevensonGaryE]

Jesus Christ has done everything necessary for you, for us, to have joy in this life and forever.

Even when we make mistakes and feel discouraged or wonder if we will ever be good enough. There is good news—wonderful, hopeful news!

Because God loves us, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who took upon Himself our sins so we can repent, be forgiven, and keep progressing.

#GeneralConference

[D. Todd Christofferson @ChristoffDTodd]

Putting money or something of value at risk to bet on a particular outcome or event is an activity that has plagued mankind almost, I suppose, from the beginning of time.

And time has not made it any more worthwhile or any less harmful. Unfortunately, in recent years, gambling has become incredibly pervasive.

#GeneralConference

[Tad Walch @Tad_Walch]

Pres Christofferson in footnotes:
“Investments tend to make money on average over time, while bets tend to lose money. The returns on investment come from the creation of value to others. In contrast, the winnings from betting come from the losses of someone else.” #ldsconf

[Clark G. Gilbert @ClarkG_Gilbert]

Teach Truth with Love: It takes courage to stand for truth. It takes even more courage to stand for truth with love.

When we try to love others by minimizing God’s laws, we separate ourselves from the one person who loves them the very most. The Savior showed love for the woman taken in adultery. But he also charged her to “go, and sin no more” (John 8:11).

For disciples of Jesus Christ, truth and love always walk together. I believe teaching truth with love will be the hallmark of Christ’s disciples in the last days.

For some this will require greater conviction. For others it will demand greater charity.

I know the Lord will help us as we strive to teach truth with love. #GeneralConference

Artwork: Jesus and the Adultress © GoodSalt.

[Jared Bell @jaredadairbell]

Me when President Oaks started talking about the other lost sheep outside of Jerusalem and the Americas

[Dale G. Renlund @DaleGRenlund]

All human circumstances are within the Savior’s redemptive reach.

The Atonement of Jesus Christ permitted our Heavenly Father to give the Savior all power “in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18).

The power of the Messiah to save and exalt is profoundly intimate and infinite beyond human comprehension; there is more than enough to cover any breach, need, or deficit for all of us, for each of us.

When I consider what Jesus Christ has done for us, I do not think we want Him asking us, “How long will it be ere [you] believe me?” (Numbers 14:11).

Strive to remember all the times He has inclined His ear unto you. #GeneralConference

[Bradford G Smith (Brad) @ALScyborg]

President D. Todd Christofferson closed Saturday morning of general conference with a plea I did not expect to hit this hard.

"The smartphone has transformed gambling from an occasional activity requiring a trip to a casino, racetrack or lottery kiosk into an activity available continuously, privately and almost anywhere." Sports betting, casino games, and prediction markets, in your pocket.

"For us as Latter-day Saints, overarching all other concerns is the fact that gambling is morally wrong. Gambling is built on the desire to obtain something for nothing." Work leads one way. Gambling, even for fun, leads the other. His plea is not only to stop, but to use the time and the money for doing good.

Twelve minutes. Worth it.

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@ChristoffDTodd @Ch_JesusChrist

[Gérald Caussé @Gerald_Causse]

Do you realize that your testimony of Jesus Christ can literally change lives—your own and the lives of others?

I invite you to look each day for opportunities, as prompted by the Holy Ghost, to bear witness of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel—even if only for a minute or two.

A brief and sincere expression of faith can make a profound difference—whether at home with your family, in testimony meetings, in ministering visits and missionary lessons, on social media, or in simple, everyday interactions with others.

Imagine what could happen if all of us—millions of disciples of Jesus Christ—consistently shared our testimonies. Countless lives would be blessed, faith would grow, and the love of Christ would spread more abundantly throughout the world.

#GeneralConference