Become Sanctified When We...

 “The scriptures teach us that among other things, we can be sanctified or become more holy when we exercise faith in Christ, demonstrate our obedience, repent, sacrifice for Him, receive sacred ordinances, and keep our covenants with Him. Qualifying for the gift of holiness requires humility, meekness, and patience.”

President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, “Holiness and the Plan of Happiness,” Liahona, Nov. 2019, 100–101.

Let Patience have her Perfect Work

 

Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work, and Count It All Joy!

By Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi

Of the Seventy

We found comfort in the words of Elder Neil L. Andersen in general conference the week before Chad died: “In the crucible of earthly trials, patiently move forward, and the Savior’s healing power will bring you light, understanding, peace, and hope” (“Wounded,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2018, 85).

Chapter 6 of Preach My Gospel teaches key attributes of Christ that we can emulate: “Patience is the capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious. It is the ability to do God’s will and accept His timing. When you are patient, you hold up under pressure and are able to face adversity calmly and hopefully” (Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service, rev. ed. [2019], 126).

Just as the trying of our faith works patience within us, when we exercise patience, our faith increases. As our faith increases, so does our joy....

Sometimes we get impatient when we think we are “doing everything right” and we still do not receive the blessings we desire. Enoch walked with God for 365 years before he and his people were translated. Three hundred and sixty-five years of striving to do everything right, and then it happened! (See Doctrine and Covenants 107:49.)

Rudeness is Contagious

"Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness."

Neal A. Maxwell

Totally Unfair

Keep Trying

By Elder Marvin J. Ashton (1915–94)

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

From “If Thou Endure It Well,” Ensign, Nov. 1984, 20–22.

When family members disappoint us, we especially need to learn endurance. As long as we exercise love, patience, and understanding, even when no progress is apparent, we are not failing. We must keep trying. …

… Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved. …

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Patience is often thought of as a quiet, passive, trait, but as President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said, "Patience is not a passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something . . even  when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well."

"Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being 'willing to submit to all things which the Lord seethe fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father' [Mosiah 3:19]. Ultimately, patience means being 'firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord' [1 Nephi 2:10] every hour of every day, even when it is hard to do so."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Continue in Patience," Ensign, May 2010, 57, 59.