March 2015 Visiting Teaching Bookmark

Visiting Teaching Bookmark February 2104

Our Savior, Jesus Christ, was the only one capable of making an atonement for mankind. “Jesus Christ, the Lamb without blemish, willingly laid Himself on the altar of sacrifice and paid the price for our sins,” said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.¹ Understanding that Jesus Christ was without sin can help us increase our faith in Him and strive to keep His commandments, repent, and become pure.“Jesus was … a being of flesh and spirit, but He yielded not to temptation (see Mosiah 15:5),” said Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “We can turn to Him … because He understands. He understands the struggle, and He also understands how to win the struggle. … The power of His Atonement can erase the effects of sin in us. When we repent, His atoning grace justifies and cleanses us (see 3 Nephi 27:16–20). It is as if we had not succumbed, as if we had not yielded to temptation. As we endeavor day by day and week by week to follow the path of Christ, our spirit asserts its preeminence, the battle within subsides, and temptations cease to trouble.”

Happy Valentines Day! I Love You All So Much!

Visiting Teaching Handout- January 2015

I'm addicted to making a handout for each visiting teaching message. The thoughts expressed are so relevant and moving I just have to add a photo and a few embellishments.  I hope you use and enjoy this months message! 

Love you lots and hope your New Year is filled with faith, family, friends, and  LOVE!

For the full visiting teach message click here

I was not available to create a November bookmark...in the hospital.  I'm much better now and here is the bookmark for December.

Here is the message from the website.

                                                                                                                           A Savior Is Born, by Joseph Brickey

“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

Isaiah 9:6; Luke 2:14; John 14:27; 1 Nephi 13:37; Doctrine and Covenants 59:23

From the Scriptures

Consider This

In what ways does the Savior bring peace to your life?

Isaiah prophesied of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace (seeIsaiah 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).

October 2014 Visiting Teaching Bookmark

Can you answer this question:

When we come unto Christ, 
how does he nourish us?

View Jeffery R. Holland's message about Christ filling the hungry with all good things.

Here is this months bookmark. I hope you enjoy visiting you sisters this month. I know I will enjoy mine coming.

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September 2104 Visiting Teaching Bookmark

The message for September's Visiting Teaching is:

 The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Comforter.

President Thomas S. Monson said: "Our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. THERE WILL BE NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN DEFEAT US."

Listen to President Henry B. Ering's talk on "A Promise of Comfort." It takes only one minute and will really give you hope when you feel alone or in need of peace and comfort.

The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Messiah

I am thankful for the Messiah. I love to sing of Him, pray to Him, rely on Him and be forgiven, loved, and strengthen by Him. 

My hope is that I may improve each day and become more like Him and return to Him with fewer regrets as I employ the atonement in my life.

Why is it important to understand the Savior's role as the Messiah?

Click this link for the Visiting Teaching Message or view the video 

" The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent" 

to help you with your thoughts.