Suggested Hymns:
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Hymns 136)
Lord, I Would Follow Thee (Hymns 220)

Visual Aid:
Display a painting of Christ in Gethsemane. In addition, you might display a painting that shows Christ helping or comforting others.

Read:
Alma 7:11-12

"Note the kinds of problems Alma said the Atonement would remedy--pain, affliction, sickness, sorrow, temptation, and infirmities of every kind, as well as spiritual sin and physical death. This doctrine is central to the full meaning of the mission and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ....In this life as well as the next, Christ 'restoreth my soul' and administers 'goodness and mercy...all the days of my life.' " (Jeffrey R. Holland, Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997], 113)

"[Christ] 'suffer[ed] pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind....that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.' (Alma 7:11-12.) I believe we will come to know that truth as we try, as His agents and a covenanted people, to 'bear one another's burdens...and are willing to mourn with those that mourn...and comfort those that stand in need of comfort' (Mosiah 18:8-9), as we strive to 'lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.' (D&C 81:5.) I believe with President Kimball that 'God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.' " (Carolyn J. Rasmus, A Heritage of Faith: Talks Selected from the BYU Women's Conferences [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988], 49)

"What a magnificent concept: Christ did take on all our suffering so 'that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people.' To succor suggests 'to relieve, benefit, avail, be of some good help, befriend, lend or bear a hand, be the making of, or to see one through.' Succor is what those who understand and practice charity do. To succor means that we are fulfilling a dimension of charity. Charity is the pure love of Christ, a love that never fails. When we succor, we come near the Savior-like attitude of mercy. We do what the Master Himself would do, and we do what He would have us do." (Vaughn J. Featherstone, The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995], 21)

Discuss:
Name temporal problems in today's world that cause pain, affliction, sickness, and sorrow.
What do we learn from these passages about the Atonement's power to address temporal problems?
As followers of Christ, what can we do to alleviate suffering in our world?

Activity:
Make a special Easter offering of time or money to a cause that addresses some kind of temporal suffering or need.