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Most Christians are well familiar with John 3:16, as you can often see the verse on posters at football games etc.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The verse following it is not quite as popular, but really [...]

Luke 6:12 reads:
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
I found this scripture rather interesting. I found myself pondering what Jesus may have been praying about all night. I try to pictures him speaking with his father all [...]

We all sin and fall short of our own expectations. We can really get down on ourselves. We may pray for forgiveness and feel that because of our sins our prayers do no make it past the ceiling. In these desparate times we may feel like we are unforgivable.
Isaiah 54:7 reads “For a small moment [...]

Here is an interesting thought about repentace.
When we sin, we naturally feel bad. But it isn’t the sin that we should feel bad about (condemning ourselves), but rather we should feel bad about what Christ went through for our sins and how we caused him to suffer. That is godly sorrow and will keep us [...]

There are many symbolisms of the sacrifice of the Savior in the story of Abraham and his son, Isaac. Not only is it similar in that a son was being sacrificed, but consider these points:

Abraham had to travel a three day journey to get to Moriah, the place where the Lord
commanded him to sacrifice [...]

Christ hath trodden the winepress alone. (Isaiah 63:3, D&C 76:107). As obvious as it seems to me now, I never really understood the meaning of the phrase. I think I could also put it in these words: “Christ smashed the grapes by himself.”
Quoting from “Gethsemane” by Andrew C. Skinner:
Anciently, winepresses and olive presses [...]