A Switch
Pride is a switch that turns off priesthood power.21 Humility is a switch that turns it on. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Pride and the Priesthood,” Ensign (CR) November 2010
Humility
Improved Hearing
I believe that our ability and our willingness to hear can be increased and that our ears can be opened to hear clearly the voice of the Lord. In section 136, verse 32, we find a guideline which will help to do this: “Let him that is ignorant learn wisdom by humbling himself and calling […]
Credit
As God works through us, the adversary may tempt us to take credit for any accomplishments. However, we can emulate the Savior’s humility by deflecting personal praise and glorifying the Father (see Matthew 5:16; Moses 4:2). When a reporter tried to recognize Mother Teresa for her life’s mission to help the poor, she retorted: “It’s [God’s] work. […]
Keeping Your Eye on the Ball
Brothers and sisters, I testify that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God’s kingdom on the earth today. This kingdom will roll forward with or without us as individuals. Men and women who even momentarily take their eyes off of God’s glory and seek to exalt themselves, or who become entangled in […]
4 October 2018
When we have received a forgiveness of sins, a broken heart serves as a divine shield against temptation. Nephi prayed, “May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!” (2 Nephi 4:32). King Benjamin taught his people that if they would walk in […]
13 February 2018
I think sometimes of what life would be like if we all possessed greater humility. Imagine a world in which we would replace I as the dominant pronoun. – Marlin K. Jensen, “To Walk Humbly with Thy God,” Ensign (CR) May 2001