Eleventh Hour

I arrived late 

And sat in the back

Just to partake

Not to be looked at

It's the eleventh hour

And I feel His call

The Lord in His power

Knows I'm fresh from a fall

Though a huge thorn

Keeps getting pushed in

I'm here for the Lord

And everyone sins

May no one cast

A stone my way

That was my past

Christ knows. He paid

I'm here for the Lord

Not rejection and scorn

How I love the Lord

My sorrows He's borne

True to my vow

I left at the hymn

The prayer, my own

With the Lord. Just Him

Renewed I felt

Perfectly clean

By Him, I felt

So loved and seen

I am filled with hope

For a better world

For feeling at home

In my family ward

[Verse 1] I arrived late And sat in the back Just to partake Not to be looked at It's the eleventh hour And I feel His call The Lord in His power Knows I'm fresh from a fall [Pre-Chorus] Though a huge thorn Keeps getting pushed in I'm here for the Lord And everyone sins May no one cast A stone my way That was my past Christ knows, He paid [Chorus] I'm here for the Lord Not rejection and scorn I'm here for the Lord And my heart is reborn True to my vow I left at the hymn The prayer, my own With the Lord, just Him [Verse 2] Renewed I felt Perfectly clean By Him, I felt So loved and seen I am filled with hope For a better world For feeling at home In my family ward [Bridge] Though the road was long And my shame ran deep You found me there When I could not speak Every broken piece You held in Your hand Now I stand and sing I am in Your plan [Chorus] I'm here for the Lord Not rejection and scorn I'm here for the Lord And my heart is reborn True to my vow I left at the hymn The prayer, my own With the Lord, just Him [Outro] I arrived late But I was not lost I came with my need And You counted the cost Renewed I felt Perfectly clean With the Lord, just Him That's where I believe

The Song of Redeeming Love

The tears begin again
Confirming what I know
That Jesus is my friend
His love for me does show

The bands of death, He broke
A captive, I am no more
The chains of Hell, He loosed
Ever, peace, He can restore

As I hold to His word
He keeps me safe from sin
My prayers, through Him, are heard
He speaks to me within

Humbly, I can be His hands
And lift, those who've fallen, up
I can serve on foreign lands
That they, too, might with Him sup

I can raise my voice and sing
The song of redeeming love
His love, peace, and joy to bring
To light from Heaven, above!

Alma 5:26 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask,  ...

https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/03/singing-the-song-of-redeeming-love?lang=eng

In all the Annals of History

In all the annals of history
Jesus is the only one
Who could know sin and misery
Perfectly... to atone

If you could take all that is grand
Of all the days the earth has known
You'd have one speck of a glimpse at hand
Of the perfection it took to atone

This is the one truth most worth knowing
He is peace and security
He can lift us from our burdens- growing
Unto salvation with purity

In life it is expected
That we will all fall to Satan's lure
We came here to be tested,
To find our Savior, repent, and endure

To appease the demands of justice
He stands both willing and able
To extend mercy as we trust Him
And become a covenant people

The One Truth Worth Knowing
President Boyd K. Packer
LDS.org click on post title to go directly to http://lds.org/study/prophets-speak-today/unto-all-the-world/the-truth-most-worth-knowing?lang=eng

There is a Mediator, a Redeemer who stands both willing and able to appease the demands of justice and extend mercy to those who are penitent

According to the Will of the Flesh

According to the will of the flesh
And the evil which is oft there in
The devil hath power to combine and mesh
And control our freedoms from within

The Messiah has redeemed all men
From the effects of the fall
But of wickedness He'll not cleanse
If for our Savior we don't call

Humbly, each of us must come to Him
And keep our covenants we then make
Learning His ways we must do them
Only then, of His ransom we'll partake

thoughts from
2Nephi 2:26-29

26And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

27Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and call things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.

28And now, my sons, I would that ye should look to the great Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments; and be faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life, according to the will of his Holy Spirit;

29And not choose eternal death, according to the will of the flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of the devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he may reign over you in his own kingdom.

Our Redeemer Paid the Price

Our Redeemer paid the price
For the suffering of our sins
So we won't have to for ourselves
As individually He ransoms

To receive this holy blessing
We must do as God commands
Turn our lives to Him confessing
Of the goodness of His plan

Redeem Me from My Sins

Beloved Savior, the Son of God
Thine angels awoke my soul
Now I lay upon repentance sod
From my sins, won't Thou come and make me whole?

For the devil comes quickly in his mighty winds
To trap me in the whirlwind's shafts
Dragging me miserably as endless wo descends
While, daily, my demise he crafts

Oh, won't Thou help me to stand
Upon the rock which Ye are built
And hold me safely in Thy hand
Away from all the sin filled silt

His gulf is dark and sickening
And ever I feel alone
Won't Thou heal me unto quickening
Through Thy powers which atone

This I prayed curled in a ball
Swallowed up in pain
Ever being prone to fall
Of my needs... I spoke plain

Then something in my heart did pound
As the Spirit in me burned
And I felt as though on holy ground
For upon the Lord's foundation, I'd returned



Helaman 5:9 O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king Benjamin spake unto his people; yea, remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world.
10 And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom, In the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their sins.
11 And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth unto the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of their souls.
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

A New Commandment, Save Thyself and Thy Kindred

Save thyself and thy kindred
There's redemption for the dead
We have two visions of salvation
To the Latter-Days there's revelation

Brother Joseph's vision adds to us light
They which are baptized, though dead, do rise
And, President Joseph F. Smith saw much too
He saw the innumerable dead and we've work to do

They've gospel truths which otherwise aren't found
They've come by way of commandment and we are bound
God's streams of living waters do and yet flow
Giving us the light and knowledge we need to know

From these two visions we must acknowledge
We have received further light and knowledge
His voice is still heard, His words are without end
The gospel has taught us how to save our kindred

-Bruce R. McConkie
A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!,
Ensign, Aug 1976, 7

Corinthians 15:29
Else what shall they do which are baptized
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
why are they then baptized for the dead?

The Atonement of Jesus Christ

The Atonement was won by the Living Son of God
Here stands the foundation upon which all Christianity rests
Upon which every law, principle, and virtue of the gospel draws
As God's plan pivots from the significance of this sole event

Foreordained, the Atonement was the voluntary act
Christ submitted to spiritual anguish and death for our ransom
Now as the Savior of the repentant, He mediates for us, in fact
And He prepares a place for us in Heaven- a mansion

Our Lord continually offers the atonement in our behalf
He stands willing to impart to make salvation a reality
Counting those who have died young*, He has already saved half!
For the reception of redemption there is no neutrality
 
The resurrection is free, each to rise from the grave
Each to be taught the plan, His narrow path to take
Our souls will live on and He is mighty to save
And, thus we grow from the good choices that we make
 
Thus, there will be degrees of acceptance
Some to suffer anguish just as the Savior did
Horrifically great unto complete repentance
To know true sorrow from the sins that they hid

Some will prefer to live a lower law
Where their natural habits can remain 
They will be denied the presence of God
But will be content with nothing to gain

Who has ears to hear and a broken heart to feel?
Who has eyes that long for God and eternity?
Who has a contrite spirit that Christ can heal?
These will be who finds He loves us infinitely!


Elder Holland
The Atonement of Jesus Christ
Ensign, Mar 2008, 32

* We believe children under the age of eight have not come to the age of accountability.

Here is a wonderful book I am reading about the atonement:http://ldspoetrybykellymiller.blogspot.com/p/the-infinite-atonement-by-tad-callister.html

The Infinite Atonement by Tad Callister

Imagine yourself at a spot

Beautiful where ever you gaze

From each new angle your breath is caught

The atonement is like that, always!

The Infinite Atonement

In every extremity

Jesus Christ is there

Demonstrating charity

Offering His care

Every finite frailty

That ever was known to man

The Lord has the ability

To atone for us, He can!

Reflections

Reflecting on the Savior

Kindles a fire of faith

It warms each heart to labor

With His light before one's face

We become most like

Those whom we admire

Living in Christ's light

Truly does inspire

Revelation

The divine invitation

To inquire of the Lord

Oft triggers revelation

For truth has been restored

Knowledge upon knowledge

We apply and learn more

Like a peaceable bridge

Rising between us and the Lord

He Surpasses All

Who is the grandest man

You have ever known?

Jesus surpasses that

With power to Atone

More still He is our light

And warms our souls for worth

He is the Way, the Bread of Life

As in Him we find rebirth

The Savior Stands Alone

For now and throughout eternity

In reverential tones

We experience in solemnity

The atonement stands alone

A solitary act

Offers us new life

In death, we are not trapped!

We have Jesus Christ!

His Atonement Stands Alone

The atonement stands alone

Bringing to man life's extension

To return to our heavenly home

Greater than any invention

Perfect Your Powers of Reason

Perfect your powers of reason

Discover the how's and why's

Explore our times and seasons

And God's mysteries, sublime

In ever small ways we can measure

And mirror the life of the Lord

To more fully feel light to treasure

As we learn from His two edged sword

The doctrines of the atonement

Must be felt and internalized

To find in the most trying times

A close kinship with Jesus Christ

The Essence of Freedom

The essence of freedom

Is to know Jesus Christ

To journey in wisdom

Holding to truth and light

A River of Love

At the gospel root

Is one profound truth

The atoning blood

Is a river of love

God's Life Blood

God's life blood, at the root

Flows out to branch forth

And produce precious fruit

Purely from the Lord

The Compelling Reason

The compelling reason, alone

That the Lord came to this earth

Was to be the lamb and atone

That we might rise unto worth

He was to condescend

From God and perfection

To be our Savior and

Experience rejection

May the Lord Raise You Up High

May the good Lord raise you up high

Like an eagle, to soar the sky

And cause each weakness to become strong

That you may know to whom you belong

May you be as Enoch once slow of speech

Who was given utterance that he could teach

The people trembled much from his words, said

The earth, too, trembled and the mountains fled!