December 22-28
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
The Living Christ, paragraph 1
The Living Christ, paragraphs 8-10
The young men and young women in the Church...can offer gifts of love and testimony in the baptismal fonts of our temples...An increasing number of missionaries participate with the Savior and their companions to offer the gift of eternal life. With the change in age of eligibility for missionary service, many more will feel the joy of offering that priceless gift...Families also offer priceless gifts of love and testimony at Christmastime through music as well as words…It is my prayer that the Spirit will bless us this Christmas and in the years to come with the power to offer other gifts of love and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel.
- President Henry B. Eyring, The Perfect Gift
“He went about doing good.”
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
The Living Christ, paragraph 2
As we are kind and serve each other as the Savior would, even in the smallest of ways, we can become a channel of God’s grace to help those in our circle of influence feel the Savior’s love and hope…As I have continually studied the life of the Lord Jesus Christ, I have marveled at His matchless example of kindness…opportunities await each of us this Christmas season to reach out and show kindness with Christlike love and compassion and to make a difference...Jesus Christ is love and hope—J’Aime et J’Espere. We too can partner with Him and share His love and hope with others through selfless acts of kindness.
- President Henry B. Eyring, The Gift of Kindness
“He rose from the grave.”
I can “offer [my] testimony” to celebrate Jesus’s birth
“His priesthood and His Church have been restored.”
The Living Christ, paragraphs 3-7
Marvelous is the chronicle that began with the singing of angels at Bethlehem and ended on Golgotha’s cruel cross..nothing is so wonderful, so majestic, so tremendous as this act of grace when...He who had condescended to come to earth as a babe born in Bethlehem, gave His life in ignominy and pain so that all of the sons and daughters of God of all generations of time, every one of whom must die, might walk again and live eternally…This is the wondrous and true story of Christmas...There would be no Christmas if there had not been Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but another baby without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection.
- President Gordon B. Hinckley, The Wondrous and True Story of Christmas
“His priesthood and His Church have been restored.”
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
“His priesthood and His Church have been restored.”
The Living Christ, paragraph 11
We now have in the restored Church apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists, as spoken of by Paul to the Ephesians. These priesthood offices were established by the Savior when He organized His Church in the meridian of time. We recognize the two orders of the priesthood and the offices contained within them…We believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration of the original Church established by Jesus Christ...I am grateful that the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel has taken place in our time.
- James E. Faust, The Restoration of All Things
“He will someday return to earth.”
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
The Living Christ, paragraph 12
I…recalled…a shopping mall in the Midwest that...put up a large banner that read, “If Christ came tonight, to whom would He come?”…As I contemplate the…banner...two thoughts come to my mind. First, we know that when the Savior comes for the second time, we will not know the day or the hour. Second, when Jesus Christ comes, as President Russell M. Nelson taught at the recent general conference, “[He] will return to the earth as the Millennial Messiah.”... Accordingly, the banner might more properly have said, “If Christ came tonight, who would be prepared to greet Him?”
- Quentin L. Cook, Being Prepared to Meet the Savior
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
“He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”
The Living Christ, paragraph 13
During our lives there will be times when the sun may go down on our hopes and dreams... But because Jesus Christ came to earth and rose on the third day, triumphant over sin and death, there will be no permanent darkness at the going down of the sun. We can seek and find His life-giving light…As we keep our focus on the Savior of the world, He will light our way to hope and healing... the Lord is our everlasting light! I bear my witness that Jesus Christ came to earth to bring joy and hope as He lights our way home. I love Him. I worship Him. “God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son.”
- Susan H. Porter, The Everlasting Light