Day 64- Atonement Insight

Alma 34:32-34

32For behold, this ^alife is the time for men to ^bprepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of ^cthis life is the day for men to perform their ^dlabors.

33And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many^awitnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not^bprocrastinate the day of your ^crepentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the^dnight of ^edarkness wherein there can be no labor performed.

34Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful ^acrisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth ^bpossess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.

The atonement has a cleansing, enabling, and healing power as we repent and come unto Christ. This is our day to do all we can to prepare to meet God. Today, in the moment, is the day to align our desires with God's will. Our preparation now may positively effect the eternities.

Day 63- Atonement Insight

This story is extremely inspirational. When we are in the service of our fellowmen, we are only in the service of our God. (Mosiah 2:17) Anything we do to improve someone else's life is applying the atonement.

Day 62- Atonement Insight

2 Nephi 9:7Wherefore, it must needs be an ^ainfinite ^batonement—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the ^cfirst judgment which came upon man must needs have ^dremained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.

It is amazing to know that we can be resurrected and redeemed and that our flesh will not rot to the earth. The gift is free given to all mankind.

Day 61- Atonement Insight

Helaman 12: 4-8

4O how ^afoolish, and how vain, and how evil, and devilish, and how ^bquick to do iniquity, and how slow to do good, are the children of men; yea, how quick to hearken unto the words of the evil one, and to set their ^chearts upon the vain things of the world!

5Yea, how quick to be lifted up in ^apride; yea, how quick to^bboast, and do all manner of that which is iniquity; and how slow are they to remember the Lord their God, and to give ear unto his counsels, yea, how slow to ^cwalk in wisdom’s paths!

6Behold, they do not desire that the Lord their God, who hath^acreated them, should ^brule and reign over them; notwithstanding his great goodness and his mercy towards them, they do set at^cnaught his counsels, and they will not that he should be their guide.

7O how great is the ^anothingness of the children of men; yea, even they are ^bless than the dust of the earth.

We are considered less than the dust of the earth, because dust is more obedient than His children. We are also called nothingness to remind us of our dependence on the Lord. We are reminded if we don't repent, we cannot be saved. We need to be humbled to the depths of humility and repent and call upon His name forever and ever.

Day 60- Atonement Insight

Mosiah 4:29-30

29And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them.

30But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not ^awatchyourselves, and your ^bthoughts, and your ^cwords, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and ^dcontinue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.

As I read this scripture, I felt the need to repent. There are so many diverse ways to sin that they cannot be numbered. I would like know all the diverse ways to sin. However, the best indicator may be the Holy Ghost withdrawing. We also know as we live in the light, we feel the fruits of the spirit which are love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. The Holy Ghost is our witness if we are on the straight and narrow.

Day 59- Atonement Insight

11For the ^alife of the ^bflesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it isthe ^cblood that maketh an ^datonement for the soul.

Adam and Eve were instructed that “the life of the flesh is in the blood: … for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” We would not have life without blood. We have been given life through the atonement of Jesus Christ that we might live. We are able to be purified and made whole through Him.

Day 58- Atonement Insight

Integrity and Honesty

"Becoming people of integrity and honesty does not occur quickly or all at once, nor is it merely a matter of greater personal discipline. It is a change of disposition, a change of heart. And this gradual change of heart is one that the Lord accomplishes within us, through the power of His Spirit, in a line-upon-line fashion. . . .

"Remember that becoming people of integrity and honesty is not simply a matter of more personal determination, more grit, and more willpower; rather, it is accomplished through the enabling power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.

"I believe the best test of our integrity and honesty is when we personally enforce in our own lives that which ultimately cannot be enforced."

David A. Bednar, "Be Honest," New Era, Oct. 2005, 9

Our desire to have more honesty and integrity is linked to the enabling power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. It may only become part of our disposition through the power of Jesus Christ.