Atonement Quotations
Elder Bednar said, “There is no physical pain, no spiritual
wound, no anguish of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I
ever confront in mortality that the Savior did not experience first. In a
moment of weakness we may cry out, ‘No one knows what it is like. No one
understands.’ But the Son of God perfectly knows and understands, for He has
felt and borne our individual burdens. And because of His infinite and
eternal sacrifice (see Alma 34:14), He has perfect empathy and can extend to
us His arm of mercy. He can reach out, touch, succor, heal, and strengthen us
to be more than we could ever be and help us to do that which we could never
do relying only upon our own power” (David A. Bednar, “Bear Up Their Burdens with
Ease,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 90).
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Elder Oaks taught, “The Atonement also gives
us the strength to endure ‘pains and afflictions and temptations of every
kind,’ because our Savior also took upon Him ‘the pains and the sicknesses of
his people’ (Alma 7:11). Brothers and sisters, if your faith and prayers and
the power of the priesthood do not heal you from an affliction, the power of
the Atonement will surely give you the strength to bear the burden” (Dallin
H. Oaks, “He Heals the Heavy Laden,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2006, 9).
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