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If you cannot already tell, I absolutely love hymns. I think that they are the best way to bring the Spirit so strongly into any setting. This is also a very beautiful piano piece of A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief which is another favorite hymn of mine. To me, this song shows us examples of Christ-like love that we try to emulate. In the last verse, Christ comes to the man and tells him that the good he did was not only to the man who needed his help but also to Jesus Christ himself. Our Savior was the perfect example of love, charity, compassion, and fellowship to everyone around him including complete strangers. The best way we can become like him is to do what he did and help others in any capacity. I have also attached the lyrics to the hymn  here .

6 And he said unto them: Behold, my bowels are filled with compassion towards you. 7 Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy.8 For I perceive that ye desire that I should show unto you what I have done unto your brethren at Jerusalem, for I see that your faith is sufficient that I should heal you. 9 And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude, with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted, and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one as they were brought forth unto him. -3rd Nephi 17:6-9 These verses are some of my favorites about Christ's ministry on the Earth. Even thought the...

While Christ was on the earth, he performed many miracles and served the people around him. Here is a great Ensign article from January 2007 that talks about all the many miracles Christ performed while on the earth.  January 2007

The Living Christ Here is a document released by the Church a couple of years ago that talks about what Christ did on the Earth that is so important and essential in our lives.

Here is a great General Conference talk about some of the gifts we receive because of the birth of Jesus Christ:  gifts

The most memorable Christmas I have ever had was the year we moved overseas to Lisbon, Portugal. We lived in a branch of maybe 40 people on a good day (including our family of five) and where I was the one and only youth. Which means that when our family moved into the branch they had to call a young women's leader and a Sunday school teacher pretty much just for me, until either my sister turned twelve or other youth joined the branch. The young women's president that the branch president called was a wonderful lady in her early twenties who spoke excellent English and was able to teach lessons and speak to me in English, which was great (I don't know if I could have handled all three hours of church in a foreign language I had no previous exposure to). The woman who the branch president called to be the youth Sunday school teacher was an older Portuguese grandma who had never had the chance to learn English, and the only words she knew were "thank you". At the t...

This is the church video from this past Christmas and it is also great!

Every year the church releases a video about Christmas and what it means, and this is probably my favorite one.

I wanted to share pictures of me and my family from past Christmas seasons and here are a few: Christmas Day 2016 me and my sisters before church One of our Christmas card pictures in 2013 The year my Dad dressed up as Santa for the embassy party 2012 I am not sure where this was taken although I assume it was taken in 2000 Since this is my Dad's favorite song, one year my Dad decided to wrap a present addressed to "all the single ladies" since none of us are married. 

The most common account of the Birth of Jesus Christ is in the New Testament of the Bible in the Book of Luke, chapter 2. A family tradition of ours is to read Luke 2 on the night of Christmas Eve to remind us once again of the true meaning and purpose of celebrating Christmas, among the excitement of gift giving. The Gospel According to St Luke Chapter 2 Heavenly messengers herald the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem—He is circumcised, and Simeon and Anna prophesy of His mission—At twelve years of age, He goes about His Father’s business. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed...

Another one of my favorite Christmas hymns.

This is one of my favorite Christmas hymns. It is probably my favorite because it is the only Christmas hymn I could ever play on the piano, and because it is not one of the super popular Christmas hymns :).

Many prophets preached about the birth of the Savior long before it happened. Scriptures tell of the coming of Jesus Christ our redeemer many years before he came including in the Old Testament, New Testament and Book of Mormon. In the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament, Isaiah prophesies of a son being born to a virgin  "14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."  - Isaiah 7:14.  This verse is very similar to one in Mathew:"23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and  shall bring  forth a son, and they shall call his name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." In  Micah 5  where he prophesies about how in Bethlehem a ruler of Israel will be born there.  " 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is t...

I figured a good place to start would be to explain who Jesus Christ is and why he is important. This video is about a minute long and gives the very basics of why he is important in our lives and in the Gospel.

My name is Kimrie Binns and I am studying international studies at Brigham Young University- Idaho. I am finishing out my junior year and am excited that I only have two semesters left. I am currently taking a religion foundations course called "Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel". This class has been an amazing opportunity to further my testimony of Jesus Christ his Gospel.  For our final project, I have decided to create a blog full of my favorite quotes, conference talks and scriptures about Christ and his role in the Gospel.