I once saw a man who had a name plate on his office door which read, "People Builder". I hope when I die that can be what is said of me, "She was a People Builder." The gospel of Jesus Christ can build people on a solid foundation, a foundation "whereon if men build they cannot fall." (Helaman 5:12) Christ is that foundation.
The word Advocate comes from the latin advocāre, meaning to call to one's aid; a pleader. Ad and Voco = to call.
Advocate is defined as:
1. a person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc.
2. a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor.
3. a person who upholds or defends a cause; supporter, counselor.
Christ is my Advocate, my Protector, my Defender, my Supporter, my Intercessor, my Pleader, my Counselor.
The bases of my life has become this: I want to be His advocate in this life. When I was baptized I covenanted to be His disciple - a witness of Him in all times, in all things and in all places. This means to be His advocate here I must master how to love people as He loves me.
"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."
(Matt 10:32)
"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another."
(John 13:35)
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