March 31--Easter--5th week Bishopric Message

Fifth Sunday Bishopric message We started by singing hymn 194 There Is a Green Hill Far Away. The theme for this meeting is Easter. The bishop said that the Savior gives the bishop a perspective centered on the Atonement. That it only takes a few seconds of courage to tell him what you have done in order to access the Atonement. The bishop said he was given inspiration in a little town in France many years ago that Christ has atoned for all the good that is not in us yet. Then he turned the time over to the ward to bear testimonies. BrotherGalloway testified said he was reminded in the temple that we should be advocates of Jesus Christ and there is only one mighty to save. In all that we do and all that we say, if that is our longing and greatest desire, then we will have done good in this life. He said Easter is his special day in the year. Charlene Farnworth testified that she learned about the Savior on her mission. Her mission president told her to learn about Jesus. She had to go through emergency surgery in primitive situation with little anesthesia and she learned He is her Savior. She learned about grace the last four years while working on her PhD and found she lacked and all the lacks have been made up for her gaps.Her motto has been "I can do hard things through the Savior." Sister Byrne said she listened to a Christian leader during the presidential campaign who did not know that Romney had Christ written on his heart and it made her sad that he did not understand how much we know and love the Savior. She told of her conversion and two dreams she had about the Savior that showed her His love. She said we should keep the commandments to show Him we love Him to feel closer to Him. Brother Jonathan Mikkelson spoke of how he knows the Savior lives and is the Son of God and the only one who can pay for our sins. He really did that and we can repent. John Nielson spoke of how he loves the Savior and know that He lives. He told of Elder Bruce Hafen said that the Atonement not only pulls the weeds but also makes the garden grow. We need to allow the Savior to change us. He understands us enough to know how we need to change to become like Him. Erin Christensen said she has been teaching the thirteen year olds about the Atonement. She has come to u understand more about the capacity of the Atonement. Without it she would not have been able to change enough to meet her husband. Ted Gibbons told about the remarkable  qualities of the Savior the one he thinks of now is empathy and how He feels for us. In Mark 5 it tells Us of how Jairus asked for Jesus to heal his daughter who had died. One the way a woman with an issue of blood just touched His clothes. the principle is that He knows when we reach out to Him. He will always know. When Brother. Gibbons had surgery last week he could tell that God knows and cares and that will be enough. Stacie Card bore her testimony that t he Savior loves each and every one of us the same and died so we co uld come back to him and o u r Father in Heaven. Steve Greene told of a fireside where the  young people  were blindfolded and given objects that represented what Jesus had done in His life. each of these objets brought recollection to Steve of the Savior's life and tears fell. This morning he saw in the paper that the people in Provo and Orem believe more than anyone else in the nation that Jesus is the Christ and therefore we h ave a duty to spread the Gospel. Another brother bore his testimony of coming home from his mission and how are it was and how he was weighed down by the world. He would ask himself who he loved. his grateful for the Atonement because of through it he is made capable.