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September 2015 Visiting Teaching Message

The attribute of Jesus Christ that the visiting teaching message discusses this month is "Powerful and Full of Glory."

Photo:  The face of the Christus statue, with the caption: "The Savior uses His power to redeem and empower us."


I love this idea.  I know that when I am actively working on strengthening my faith, I feel empowered.  I am better able to deal with the frustrations of life and I am better able to accomplish the tasks of the day.  Not only does the Savior help me in the future, He helps me in the present.  


One place where I can always feel close to Jesus Christ is in the temple.  For the handout this month, I decided to take the photo above, print it on vellum paper, and attach it (using small white brads) to a photo of a temple (which was printed on photo paper.)
Photo:  The Christus photo above, printed on vellum paper and attached to a photo of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.
If you would like to use this idea, you are free to right-click on the Christus photo and save it to your computer.  Then print it as two 4x6s on a sheet of vellum paper.  You could use any 4x6 photo of a temple as a background.  You are also welcome to use the one I used:
Photo:  Front of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, framed by green trees


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Thanks for the enabling power of Jesus Christ.

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