Motions of a Hidden Fire

Jeffrey R. Holland · April 2024 · Saturday Morning Session

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Luke describes Jesus’s descent into His expiation as requiring Him to pray “more earnestly.” How does one who was perfect pray more earnestly?

Christlike Poise

Mark A. Bragg · April 2023 · Saturday Evening Session

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In the Garden of Gethsemane, in unimaginable agony, as “he sweat as it were great drops of blood,” He exemplified divine poise with the simple yet majestic statement “Not my will, but thine, be done.” Under the immense pressure to enable the salvation of all humankind, Jesus demonstrated three important conditions that help us understand His great poise.

Wholehearted

Michelle D. Craig · October 2022 · Saturday Evening Session

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When hard times come, I try to remember that I chose to follow Christ before I came to earth and that challenges to my faith, my health, and my endurance are all part of the reason I’m here.

Consider the Goodness and Greatness of God

Dale G. Renlund · April 2020 · Saturday Afternoon Session

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Much like Tom, each of us has received gifts that we could not provide for ourselves, gifts from our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, including redemption through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

The Seven Christs

Bruce R. McConkie · October 1982 · Saturday Afternoon Session

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In Gethsemane he bowed beneath a load none other could bear.

The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven

D. Todd Christofferson · October 2017 · Saturday Morning Session

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First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

Our Father’s Glorious Plan

Weatherford T. Clayton · April 2017 · Saturday Morning Session

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being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

No Greater Joy Than to Know That They Know

K. Brett Nattress · October 2016 · Sunday Afternoon Session

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I am also grateful for a loving Heavenly Father and for His Son, Jesus Christ.

The Sacrament and the Atonement

James J. Hamula · October 2014 · Sunday Morning Session

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With torn and broken bread, we signify that we remember the physical body of Jesus Christ—a body that was buffeted with pains, afflictions, and temptations of every kind, a body that bore a burden of anguish sufficient to bleed at every pore, a body whose flesh was torn and whose heart was broken in crucifixion.

Ponder the Path of Thy Feet

Thomas S. Monson · October 2014 · Sunday Morning Session

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He was “in an agony and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

Obedience Brings Blessings

Thomas S. Monson · April 2013 · Sunday Morning Session

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When faced with the agony of Gethsemane, where He endured such pain that “his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground,” He exemplified the obedient Son by saying, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

All Things Work Together for Good

James B. Martino · April 2010 · Sunday Afternoon Session

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Third, when we face our challenges, we must seek greater help from God.

None Were with Him

Jeffrey R. Holland · April 2009 · Sunday Morning Session

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Of course others among the believers had their difficult moments as well.

Ask in Faith

David A. Bednar · April 2008 · Sunday Afternoon Session

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“Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other” (Bible Dictionary, “Prayer,” 752–53).

Why Are We Members of the Only True Church?

Enrique R. Falabella · October 2007 · Saturday Morning Session

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I am filled with wonder at the love my Savior Jesus Christ showed by descending from the heavenly mansions and coming to a world where the majority rejected His message, and even though they did not have the power to take His life, they condemned Him to death.

The Atonement and the Value of One Soul

M. Russell Ballard · April 2004 · Sunday Afternoon Session

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Thankfully, Jesus Christ courageously fulfilled this sacrifice in ancient Jerusalem.

The Lifeline of Prayer

James E. Faust · April 2002 · Sunday Morning Session

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Jeremiah counsels us to pray with all our heart and soul.

The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope

James E. Faust · October 2001 · Saturday Morning Session

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He suffered so much pain, “indescribable anguish,” and “overpowering torture” for our sake.

Hope, an Anchor of the Soul

James E. Faust · October 1999 · Sunday Morning Session

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being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

The Atonement

Russell M. Nelson · October 1996 · Saturday Afternoon Session

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The ordeal of the Atonement centered about the city of Jerusalem.

“This Do in Remembrance of Me”

Jeffrey R. Holland · October 1995 · Sunday Morning Session

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He was in agony and “prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground”

“Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ”

Dallin H. Oaks · April 1994 · General Young Women Meeting

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his mission. “And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and he sweat as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground”

Spiritual Revival

Glenn L. Pace · October 1992 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:44)

I have tried to understand why we must experience tribulation before we can experience the ultimate communication.

The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice

David B. Haight · October 1989 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:44)

When they had sung a hymn, Jesus and the Eleven went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Supernal Gift of the Atonement

James E. Faust · October 1988 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:44)

It has been almost two thousand years since the wondrous occasion when death was conquered.

“Overcome … Even As I Also Overcame”

Neal A. Maxwell · April 1987 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:44)

I turn now to the conclusion of Jesus’ mortal Messiahship.

“He Is Not Here. He Is Risen”

David B. Haight · April 1980 · Saturday Morning Session

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being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as great drops of blood falling to the ground”

The Paths Jesus Walked

Thomas S. Monson · April 1974 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:42, 44)

being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

“And Always Remember Him”

Henry D. Taylor · April 1973 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Luke 22:44)

being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground.”