Showing posts with label Grace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grace. Show all posts
Thursday, June 4, 2015
My Thoughts on the Grace of God
We are all sinners and every day we make mistake and wrong
choices that would keep us from ever returning to our Father in Heaven. Because of the Grace of God offered to us
through the Atonement we can be saved.
It is a free gift for all of us and He is waiting for us to receive
it. When we realize just what it means
to us personally, all we want to do is to serve Him and obey His
commandments. Not only does grace make
it possible for us to be forgiven, but it also gives us the enabling power to
overcome our weaknesses and work towards our potential. Without grace we would be doomed. With it our possibilities are limitless.
Tryng to Understand the Gift of Grace
Trying to understand God’s gift of
grace with all our heart and mind gives us all the more reasons to love and
obey our Heavenly Father with meekness and gratitude. As we walk the path of
discipleship, it refines us, it improves us, it helps us to become more like
Him, and it leads us back to His presence.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf - April 2015 General Conference "The Gift of Grace"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf - April 2015 General Conference "The Gift of Grace"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng
God's Grace Leads Upward
We have all “sinned,
and come short of the glory of God”10 and because “there
cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God,”11 every one of us is
unworthy to return to God’s presence.
Even if we were to serve God with our whole souls, it is not enough, for
we would still be “unprofitable servants.”12 We cannot earn our
way into heaven; the demands of justice stand as a barrier, which we are
powerless to overcome on our own. But
all is not lost. The grace of God is our
great and everlasting hope.
The grace of God does not merely restore us to our previous innocent state. If salvation means only erasing our mistakes and sins, then salvation—as wonderful as it is—does not fulfill the Father’s aspirations for us. His aim is much higher: He wants His sons and daughters to become like Him. With the gift of God’s grace, the path of discipleship does not lead backward; it leads upward. It leads to heights we can scarcely comprehend!
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf - April 2015 General Conference "The Gift of Grace"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng
The grace of God does not merely restore us to our previous innocent state. If salvation means only erasing our mistakes and sins, then salvation—as wonderful as it is—does not fulfill the Father’s aspirations for us. His aim is much higher: He wants His sons and daughters to become like Him. With the gift of God’s grace, the path of discipleship does not lead backward; it leads upward. It leads to heights we can scarcely comprehend!
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf - April 2015 General Conference "The Gift of Grace"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng
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