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3/04/03
"It is possible for us to become perfect like God, or the Savior would
not
have commanded it. It is something on which we must begin here and
now, or the
Savior would not have commanded it. It is not an impossible goal
because the
Lord will command nothing of the children of men save he shall prepare
the way
whereby they may accomplish it." — Mark
E. Petersen, January 17, 1962, "BYU Speeches of the Year," p. 3
3/05/03
"A truly committed person does not falter in the face of adversity.
Until
one is committed, there is a chance to hesitate, to go off in another
direction,
or to be ineffective. Members within our ranks who are committed to
living the
gospel of Jesus Christ will not be affected by the rationale of
hecklers." — Marvin J. Ashton, "Be of Good
Cheer," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1987], p. 51
3/06/03
"Would that every officer in the Priesthood quorums could approach his
labors with the spirit and determination of Nephi.... Observe that he
did not
complain that the assignment was difficult, that he had other work
which took
all his time, that they had done the best they could, nor that they
had called
on Laban once and that it would be useless to call on him again. What
he said
was that, 'As the Lord liveth... we will not go... until we have
accomplished
the thing which the Lord hath commanded us.'" —
Marion G. Romney, "Conference Report," October 1942, p. 43
3/07/03
"The knees of the mind bend so reluctantly." — Neal A. Maxwell,
"Not My Will, But Thine," [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1998], p. 4
3/08/03
"Hearing, really hearing, will bring obeying. Those who are thus
submissive
are not content to 'live by bread alone' but instead live 'by every
word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord' (Deuteronomy
8:3; Matthew 4:4)."
— Neal A. Maxwell, "Not My Will, But Thine," [Salt Lake City:
Bookcraft, 1998], p. 66
2/12/17
We are blessed with others in the scriptures who teach us how we
can obtain an easiness and willingness to believe. Nephi, son of
Lehi, is one example. His first act when he heard his father teach
about the destruction of Jerusalem was to cry unto the Lord till
his heart was soft and he believed all the words spoken by his
father (see 1
Nephi 2:16). The Lord spoke directly to Nephi, saying,
“Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast
sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart” (1
Nephi 2:19). Nephi teaches the importance of desire and
diligence in keeping commandments and calling upon God in order to
have the ability to say with ease, “I will go and do” (1
Nephi 3:7). – Michael
T. Ringwood, “An
Easiness and Willingness to Believe,” Ensign (CR)
November 2009