Latter Day Saint Keep on Trying

"As you and I come to understand and employ the enabling power of the Atonement in our personal lives, we will pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed."

David A. Bednar is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An educator by profession, Bednar was president of Brigham Young University-Idaho from 1997 to 2004.

Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, if we choose to repent and turn our hearts fully to the Saviour, He will heal us spiritually.

Matthew L. Carpenter currently serves as General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter-day Saints should have all the genuine excitement others have in the traditional adventure of learning, including learning secular truths—and we, of all people, should have a little more!

Neal A. Maxwell was an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1981 until his death in 2004.

Hope in God, His goodness, and His power refreshes us with courage during difficult challenges.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Called as an apostle in 2004, he served as Second Counselor to President Monson in the church's First Presidency from 2008 until 2018. 

To all such of every generation, I call out, “Remember Lot’s wife.” Faith is for the future. Faith builds on the past but never longs to stay there. Faith trusts that God has great things in store for each of us and that Christ truly is the “high priest of good things to come.”

Jeffrey R. Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

If you will really try and will not rationalize or rebel—repenting often and pleading for grace—you positively are going to be “good enough.

Elder J. Devn Cornish was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2011. Elder Cornish was granted emeritus status on October 2, 2021.

... dwelling obsessively on what we do wrong is one of the greatest sources of interference to maximizing our potential. Self-doubt is dangerous.

Dr. Craig Manning is a Human Performance Consultant and the bestselling author of The Fearless Mind: Five Essential Steps to Higher Performance. An Adjunct Professor of Performance Psychology at Brigham Young University for over fifteen years, he is also a Mental Strength Coach for the University’s athletic department.

Because of His Atonement, the Savior has the power to succor—to help—every mortal pain and affliction.

Dallin H. Oaks is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a former jurist and educator who since 2018 has been the first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is currently the second most senior apostle by years of service and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

I have learned that healing is a process of restoring and becoming whole.

Elaine S. Marshall is dean of the College of Nursing at BYU. She studied at the University of Utah and served a mission to Colombia. Her clinical research has focused on children’s stress and families with children with disabili­ties. She has served as a member and chair of a general Relief Society and Church curricu­lum writing committee. 

The tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us.

David A. Bednar is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An educator by profession, Bednar was president of Brigham Young University-Idaho from 1997 to 2004.