Brother Dunford

Christ is able to make us holy, but we must open the door and let him in.

We often pray for pain to be removed from our lives. But what if it were? The miracle of allowing us to choose for ourselves requires opposition in all things.

The restoration of the gospel is the greatest manifestation in our day of God's love. But so many are blind to it because of the loss of plain and precious truths from the Bible.

Recognizing the many ways that the Holy Ghost speaks to us and then following wil invite more revelation.

Sometimes Heavenly Fathers does not answer our prayer because He has something much better for us in the future.

Nephite blindness is when our strengths cause us to think we do not need God. Our strengths then become our weakness.

Why was Jesus, a sinless person, baptized? The answer reveals why covenants are essential in our lives.

While faith can CAUSE some miracles to happen, miracles cannot interfere with Heavenly Father's divine purposes in our lives.

We need not be fooled by the imitation happiness of pride. The Book of Mormon provides some wonderful antedotes.

We can claim great blessings, including justification of sin, it we exercize faith. But how do we do so?

One of the most misunderstood principles of the gospel is repentance. We often mistake the lower level of "church" repentance for the higher level of daily repentance.

Continuing our discussion of the miracle of divine guidance, we look at some of the rules of revelation.

Like the Lamanties, the Nephties were also fooled by an imitation happiness that once again fools many today: the addictive belief that I am better than you. This is a major message of the Book of Mormon. Do not foolishly turn away from God because He blesses you.

One of the greatest miracles that happens on a daily basis is the miracle of being divinely driected. We can recieve revelation from on high.

The Lamanties were fooled by an imitation happiness that also fools many today: the always saw their pain as being someone else's fault. The mist that blinded their eyes was their hatred for and anger towards the Nephites.

One of the conditions of justification is that we endure to the end. Jesus come to Earth to show us how to do that.

When we think of miracles, we often think of temporal miracles such as healings. We ought not forget the greatest miracle of all: our redemption.

Story #2 is the story of the Book of Mormon. First let's look for the tree; the manifestation of God's love to the Nephites and Lamanites.

The Savior is willing to apply this infinite payment to justice in our behalf, but we must qualify. His gospel contains the conditions of His justification.

What is today is not the day of deliverance? What does the Savior offer when the burden is not going to be taken away any time soon: miralces of strength or endurance.

We turn now to Nephi's version of the tree of life. Instead of seeing the symbolic version, Nephi is told 3 stories and asked to find each element in that story. The first is the story of the New Testament. New Testament blindness is when we reject Christ because He is not the Messiah we wanted Him to be.

The Savior suffered the totality of the human experience. Every infinite pain, affliction, sickness. Every one of them, to an infinite level. He knows how to succor us, how to save us, and how to judge us.

When we seek a miracle of rescue or deliverance, we need to take a step into the river and trust the miracle will come as I move forward. But I should also remember that He often asks us to row as long as we have strength. But recue us He will.

There are 8 words used to describe the tree of life and its fruit. Each one is given with a superlative. As is: "most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted." Why so much emphasis? And what does Lehi's dream reveal is the protection that comes when we truly believe that the greatest joy in our life comes from the love of God.

After taking a look at why WE need this fallen, mortal world, we now look at what it cost Him to provide it. The Savior's atonement "answered the ends of the law."