Jesus Christ- Our Only Way to Hope and Joy - Sunday January 10, 2016

Today Megan J. taught lesson #1, "Jesus Christ- Our Only Way to Hope and Joy" from the  manual Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter.

Megan told a story of how this picture of Jesus has been on "5 missions". In very short summary, her brother drew this picture while in the MTC, it was passed on to each sibling and her parents as they served missions. 

"True peace, healing, and happiness come only as a person strives to know and follow Jesus Christ".

• How do you know Christ? 
• How do you follow Jesus Christ?

 "We must know Christ better than we know Him and  remember Him more often than we remember Him"  

"Strive to build a personal testimony of Jesus Christ and the atonement. A study of the life of Christ and a testimony of His reality is something each of us should seek."

"Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? And of course that has to be faith for the whole journey, the entire experience, the fulness of our life, not simply around the bits and pieces and the tempestuous moments..." 

"Brothers and sisters, you have and will have worries and challenges of many kinds, but embrace life joyfully and full of faith. Study the scriptures regularly. Pray fervently. Obey the voice of the Spirit and the prophets. Do all that you can to help others. You will find great happiness in such a course. Some glorious day all your worries will be turned to joys.

As Joseph Smith wrote to the struggling Saints from his cell in Liberty Jail:

Let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed  "[D&C 123:17; emphasis added].