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He is Risen: A Family Guide to Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter
With every passing year, it’s easy to let Easter pass by in a whirlwind of egg dying, hunts, and baskets. In the midst of these celebrations, we can lose sight of the true meaning of Easter—the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The First Presidency has encouraged us to recenter our Easter festivities on our Savior’s life and ministry, so we don’t lose sight of His ultimate sacrifice for us. He Is Risen: A Family Guide to Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter is designed to help your family come closer to the Savior during the weeks leading up to Easter With twenty-one daily devotionals–each focused on a sacred title of Jesus Christ–this…
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The Lamb of God
My brother-in-law owns a large herd of sheep. He has been a sheep herder throughout his life. Lambing happens in the spring when all the babies are born, and those baby lambs are adorable. They soon learn who their shepherd is and they willingly follow and submit their will to the shepherd. We read in John 1:29, “ . . .Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John the Baptist is referring to Jesus as the Lamb of God. He could have called him a number of other names including, the Messiah, the King, the Lord, but instead he chose to refer to Him…
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Why A Christ-Centered Easter Matters
Easter often arrives amid baskets, multi-colored eggs, baby chicks, and stuffed bunnies. Families dye eggs, have Easter egg hunts, and enjoy a big family dinner. Most of the decorations center on pastel colors and spring. Many even receive new dresses and cute outfits to wear on Easter Sunday. Beneath all of this is something so much more powerful than candy and hardboiled eggs. Easter is not simply a fun springtime celebration. It is the absolute declaration that Jesus Christ suffered for our sins in Gethsemane, was crucified on the cross, and then rose on the third day in His glorious resurrection. When we focus on the Savior, Jesus Christ, and…
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Jesus Suffered for Us So We Don’t Have To
While in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus Christ suffered for each one of us. He describes this suffering in the following scripture passage and then adds a condition so that we do not have to experience the same kind of suffering. In Doctrine and Covenants 19:15-19 it reads, “15 Therefore I command you to repent—repent, lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth, and by my wrath, and by my anger, and your sufferings be sore—how sore you know not, how exquisite you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know not. 16 For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; 17 But if they would not repent…
