Visiting Teaching Message December 2014
This is part of a series of Visiting Teaching Messages featuring
aspects of the mission of the Savior.
“The Savior is the source of true peace,” said Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior’s Atonement and His grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.”1 Understanding that Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace can help us find inner peace and increase our faith in Him.
Jesus Christ said: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in
me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
Bearing testimony of that truth, Linda S. Reeves, second counselor in the
Relief Society general presidency, said: “The Lord has been merciful to me and
has helped make my burdens light. He has helped me to feel great peace.”2
Elder Richard G.
Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught: “The ideal place for …
peace is within the walls of our own homes, where we have done all we can to
make the Lord Jesus Christ the centerpiece.”3
Additional
Scriptures
From
the Scriptures
Isaiah prophesied of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of
Peace (see Isaiah
9:6). In the Americas, Samuel the Lamanite told of signs that would
accompany Christ’s birth five years later (see Helaman
14:3, 5). As the prophesied day approached, unbelievers threatened to
execute all the Christians if these signs did not occur. The prophet Nephi
“cried mightily unto the Lord all that day; and behold, the voice of the Lord
came unto him, saying: … On the morrow come I into the world” (3 Nephi
1:12–13). The signs appeared, and with the birth of Christ, “the people
began again to have peace in the land” (verse 23).
In Bethlehem, Mary “brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger” (Luke 2:7).
Consider
This
In what ways does the Savior bring peace to your life?
“True
Peace”
cji
12/1/14
True
peace comes within
knowing
obedience in all
wavering
not one whit
the
Savior is the peace
from
Father’s Commands
doing
what is right always
putting
forth all our effort
doing
all we can do here
knowing
not of the world
but of
the peace eternal
learning
to know the Savior
coming
from obedience
within
comes our peace!
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