All Things for Our Good
Open talk in Gospel LibraryContents
Before Reading
Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:
- How does Elder Gong illustrate the principle that all things work together for our good?
- What is the role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ in this process?
- How can trials and afflictions be consecrated for our good?
- What does Elder Gong say about the blessings of temples in our lives?
- How can we become our truest, best selves?
Topics
Understanding the Promise of All Things for Our Good
Elder Gong discusses the promise that all things work together for our good. This is a comforting assurance from God Himself and is closely linked to the purpose of Creation and the nature of God. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can be sanctified and holy, and all things can be made right.
Yet, in this world of tribulation, “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” Indeed, as we walk uprightly and remember our covenants, “all things shall work together for your good.”
In a miraculous way, the purpose of Creation and the nature of God are to know beginning and end, to bring about all that is for our good, and to help us become sanctified and holy through Jesus Christ’s grace and Atonement.
- What does it mean that all things work together for our good?
- How does the Atonement of Jesus Christ fit into this promise?
- How have you seen this principle at work in your own life?
- How can you increase your faith in this promise?
Consecrating Trials and Afflictions for Our Good
Elder Gong teaches that with faith and trust in God, trials and afflictions can be consecrated for our good. He shares examples from scriptures and personal experiences to illustrate this principle.
With our trust and faith in God, trials and afflictions can be consecrated for our good.
When we trust God and His love for us, even our greatest heartbreaks can, in the end, work together for our good.
- What does it mean to consecrate trials and afflictions for our good?
- How can trust and faith in God help us in this process?
- Can you think of a time when a trial or affliction in your life was consecrated for your good?
- How can you increase your trust and faith in God during trials and afflictions?
Becoming Our Truest, Best Selves
Elder Gong discusses the importance of personal righteousness in becoming our truest, best selves. He emphasizes the need to put off the natural man or woman and become a child before God.
We become our truest, best selves only as we put off the natural man or woman and become a child before God.
- What does Elder Gong mean by becoming our "truest, best selves"?
- How can we put off the natural man or woman and become a child before God?
- In what ways are you working to become your truest, best self?
- How can you better put off the natural man or woman and become a child before God?
The Blessings of Temples
Elder Gong discusses the blessings of temples in our lives. He encourages us to seek holiness in the house of the Lord more frequently and to consider the blessing of owning our own temple clothes. He also shares a touching story about a grandmother who desired her own temple clothes.
As the Lord, through His living prophet, brings more houses of the Lord closer in more places, temple blessings work together for our good.
As President Russell M. Nelson teaches, “Everything we believe and every promise God has made to His covenant people come together in the temple.”
- What are some of the blessings of temples that Elder Gong discusses?
- Why does Elder Gong encourage us to seek holiness in the house of the Lord more frequently?
- How have you personally experienced the blessings of the temple?
- What can you do to seek holiness in the house of the Lord more frequently?
The Role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ
Elder Gong emphasizes the central role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ in our lives. Through the Atonement, we can be delivered and redeemed from sin and all things can be made right. He shares several examples to illustrate the healing and comforting power of the Atonement.
Jesus Christ’s Atonement can deliver and redeem us from sin. But Jesus Christ also intimately understands our every pain, affliction, sickness, sorrow, separation. In time and eternity, His triumph over death and hell can make all things right.
His triumph over death and hell can make all things right. He helps heal the broken and disparaged, reconcile the angry and divided, comfort the lonely and isolated, encourage the uncertain and imperfect, and bring forth miracles possible only with God.
- What is the role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ in our lives?
- How does the Atonement help to make all things right?
- How have you personally experienced the healing and comforting power of the Atonement?
- How can you better apply the Atonement in your life?
