Tag: covenants
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Covenant Relationships: Healing After Mistakes
“I testify that while God cares about our mistakes, He cares more about what happens after we make a mistake. Are we going to turn to Him again and again? Are we going to stay in this covenant relationship?” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025…
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The Joy of Christ’s Atonement: Love and Sacrifice
“Our Savior was willing to suffer the pain of His Atonement because He loves you. In fact, you are ‘the joy that was set before him’ (Hebrews 12:2) while He suffered.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t…
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Your Repentance: A Source of Joy for Christ
“If you saw someone drowning, wouldn’t you reach your hand out and rescue them? Can you imagine your Savior rejecting your outstretched hand? I imagine Him diving into the water, descending below all things to lift us up so we can take a fresh breath! No one can sink lower than the light of Christ shines.”…
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Covenants: The Foundation of Our Relationship with God
“When we receive the ordinances and covenants both at baptism and confirmation and in His holy house, we are not done learning about covenants and priesthood power. We are not done learning about the Lord and His ways. We are not done learning about who we really are. “Receiving the ordinances and covenants of the Savior’s gospel is just the beginning.” -Kristin…
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Ordinances of Love and Hope
“Without a doubt, the priesthood ordinances of baptism, confirmation and sacrament are ordinances of love, ordinances of hope and ordinances of joy. As we receive them, and remain true to the faith, we can experience the power of godliness in our lives.” -Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, Second Counselor in the 16th Young Women General Presidency This…
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The Power of Christ’s Resurrection in Our Lives
“I love to celebrate Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice and His resurrection for us all. … Thanks to Him, our hearts can be transformed. Because who wants to be the same as the day we came to earth and be the same without changing a thing — nothing — the day that we leave…
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The Youth of the Christ are Trustworthy
“The one thing that I have learned about the youth of this generation is they can be trusted. They can be relied upon. They are strong. And they are receiving revelation and ideas. And they have a vision that is going to help this Church move to a higher and holier way of living, and…
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Inseparable Bonds: Our Covenant with Christ
“You and I have made covenants that link, attach, and connect us to Christ. But saying they bind us connotes something more to me, that we are stronger because of our covenant relationship with Christ—inseparable, even unstoppable, if we choose to be.” -Tamara Runia Tamara Runia served as first counselor in the General Young Women Presidency. This…
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Understanding Temple Ordinances for Exaltation
“Temple ordinances lead to the greatest blessings available through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. They are those ordinances necessary for our exaltation in the celestial kingdom.” -Rosemary Wixom Rosemary Mix Wixom was the 12th General Primary President from 2010-2016. This quote is taken from her talk, “Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us,”…
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Empowering Women Through Keeping Covenants
“We are covenant-making women of all ages walking the path of mortality back to His presence. Keeping covenants protects us, prepares us, and empowers us.” -Rosemary M. Wixom Rosemary Mix Wixom was the 12th General Primary President from 2010-2016. This quote is taken from her talk, “Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us,”…
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Women’s Priesthood Power in the Familial Order
“Each covenant a woman or man individually makes in the temple is part of the process of entering into the patriarchal /familiar familial order, otherwise known as the new and everlasting covenant. Whether married or single, each woman or man therefore is individually receiving promised priesthood privileges and blessings associated with the patriarchal order of…
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The Importance of Women’s Temple Covenants
“Since the temple is the Lord’s house, all that we do in the temple – every covenant we make and every ordinance we participate in – reminds us of, is symbolic of, draws us closer to, and helps us to become more like Jesus Christ.” -Barbara Morgan Gardner This quote is taken from The Priesthood…
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The Joy of Redemption: Embracing Divine Help
The Savior “descended below all things” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:6) and is in a divine position to lift you and claim you from the darkest abyss and bring you into “his marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9). Through His sufferings, He has made a way for each of us to overcome our personal weaknesses and sins.…
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Eternal Worth and Power as Covenant Daughters
“As covenant daughters, we draw upon an endowment of God’s power. His power within us enables us to rise above our own capabilities. His power can mend or repair our weakness, refresh our life, give us strength against the attacks of the adversary and stronger hope, trust, and confidence. His power within us will increase…
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Understanding Atonement: Jesus Christ and Priesthood Covenants
“Priesthood covenants are the way we receive the Savior’s Atonement into our lives.” -Ruth Renlund Ruth Renlund is the spouse of Elder Dale Renlund. This quote is taken from a BYU Devotional she presented on 3 December 2019, titled “The Power to Change.” What is a Priesthood Covenant? We receive the holy priesthood by an…
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