Remember Thy Suffering Saints, O Our God

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1. 1 Peter 4:12

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   Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness includes a mortal experience where all of His children will be tested and face trials.

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2. John 9:1

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   His disciples seemed to incorrectly believe, as do far too many people today, that all hardship and suffering in life are the result of sin.

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3. Moses 1:39

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   The work of God is to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life.

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4. Isaiah 48:10

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   The Lord told His covenant people, “I have refined thee … ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Whatever the cause of your sufferings, your loving Heavenly Father can direct them to refine your soul.

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5. Zechariah 13:9

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   The Lord told His covenant people, “I have refined thee … ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Whatever the cause of your sufferings, your loving Heavenly Father can direct them to refine your soul.

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6. 2 Nephi 2:1

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   The Lord told His covenant people, “I have refined thee … ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Whatever the cause of your sufferings, your loving Heavenly Father can direct them to refine your soul.

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7. Revelation 7:13

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   The Lord told His covenant people, “I have refined thee … ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Whatever the cause of your sufferings, your loving Heavenly Father can direct them to refine your soul.

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8. Doctrine and Covenants 121:1

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   “O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?”

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9. Doctrine and Covenants 121:6

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   Second, Heavenly Father is intimately aware of your suffering.

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10. Doctrine and Covenants 121:7

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    “And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high.”

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11. Matthew 10:29

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    I witness that our Heavenly Father, who notes the fall of even a single sparrow, is aware of your suffering.

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12. Philippians 4:13

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    Third, Jesus Christ offers His enabling power to help you have strength to endure your suffering well.

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13. Philippians 4:19

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    Third, Jesus Christ offers His enabling power to help you have strength to endure your suffering well.

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14. Alma 26:12

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    Third, Jesus Christ offers His enabling power to help you have strength to endure your suffering well.

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15. 2 Chronicles 32:7

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    Third, Jesus Christ offers His enabling power to help you have strength to endure your suffering well.

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16. Alma 7:11

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    The Book of Mormon teaches that Jesus Christ would “take upon him” our pains, sicknesses, and infirmities so He can succor us.

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17. 2 Nephi 9:21

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    The Book of Mormon teaches that Jesus Christ would “take upon him” our pains, sicknesses, and infirmities so He can succor us.

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18. Mosiah 24:13

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    The people of Alma entered into the covenant of baptism.

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19. Doctrine and Covenants 6:36

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    “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear

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20. Doctrine and Covenants 84:20

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    We are also blessed by temple covenants and ordinances, where “the power of godliness is manifest.” I visited a woman who had lost a teenage daughter in a terrible accident, then later her husband to cancer.

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21. Doctrine and Covenants 109:22

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    We are also blessed by temple covenants and ordinances, where “the power of godliness is manifest.” I visited a woman who had lost a teenage daughter in a terrible accident, then later her husband to cancer.

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22. 1 Nephi 14:14

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    We are also blessed by temple covenants and ordinances, where “the power of godliness is manifest.” I visited a woman who had lost a teenage daughter in a terrible accident, then later her husband to cancer.

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23. John 11:35

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    Fourth, choose to find joy each day.

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24. Doctrine and Covenants 42:45

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    Fourth, choose to find joy each day.

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25. Mosiah 14:4

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    I testify that our Heavenly Father remembers His suffering Saints, loves you, and is intimately aware of you.

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26. Isaiah 53:4

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    I testify that our Heavenly Father remembers His suffering Saints, loves you, and is intimately aware of you.

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27. Alma 33:23

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    For all who suffer, I pray, “May God grant unto you that your burdens may be light, through the joy of his Son.” In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

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1. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

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   • 2 Nephi 9:21

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     Those who thus early came forth are spoken of as “the saints”; and other scriptures confirm the fact that only the righteous shall be brought forth in the earlier stages of the resurrection yet to be consummated; but that all the dead shall in turn resume bodies of flesh and bones is placed beyond doubt by the revealed word.

   • Moses 1:39

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     So, for the advancement of man from his present fallen and relatively degenerate state to the higher condition of spiritual life, a power above his own must cooperate.

2. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal

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   • 2 Nephi 9:21

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     In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.

   • Alma 7:11

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     In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.

3. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 14: Continuation of Our Lord’s Ministry in Galilee

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   • John 9:1

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     The incident demands our further study.

4. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 18: As One Having Authority

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   • Isaiah 53:4

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     On the day after that of the miracle last considered, Jesus went to the little town of Nain, and, as usual, many people accompanied Him.

5. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry

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   • Moses 1:39

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     The three parables, which appear in the scriptural record as parts of a continuous discourse, are as one in portraying the joy that abounds in heaven over the recovery of a soul once numbered among the lost, whether that soul be best symbolized by a sheep that had wandered afar, a coin that had dropped out of sight through the custodian’s neglect, or a son who would deliberately sever himself from home and heaven.