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The Uses of Adversity

… My message, however, is that the present and future adversity can serve a healthy purpose and even be a blessing. … faith in Jesus Christ. Sweet indeed will be the uses of adversity if it binds us closer to Him. Jacob counseled that …

Adversity: The Refiner’s Fire

… Lord Jesus Christ. Of life’s many kinds of experiences, adversity is most like a refiner’s fire. If we allow it to do … against the next siege, if we endure. And the antidotes to adversity’s accompanying discouragement and despair are ever …

Grim Lessons from a Torrent of Flames in California

… that to do so would inevitably require us to undergo adversity. President Spencer W. Kimball wrote: We knew before … any discussion of adversity has already been pointed out. Adversity’s presence in our lives is essential if we are to …

Lessons from Liberty Jail

… discipleship when a person feels forsaken by God amid adversity of an indeterminable length and extreme degree yet … of inspiration” offered a bigger picture of the present adversities: • They would “be but a small moment” (D&C …

Peter’s Principles: An Approach to the First Epistle of Peter

… of any age questioning the value of maintaining faith in adversity will find comfort and strength in Peter’s words. … and eternal goals is especially important in the face of adversity and persecution. He reminded the Saints that …

Enduring It Well (D&C 121:8)

… thou shalt have many” (D&C 24:8). Later, Joseph said that adversity had become “second nature” (D&C 127:2) and that it … and instill within us a hope that cannot be dimmed by our adversities. Three months after the organization of the …

Bitter and Sweet: Dual Dimensions of the Tree of Life

… of bitterness, whether it be sin or natural trials and adversity—there always seems to be a divine deference that … otherwise, extended spiritual reveries or immunities from adversity might induce in us a regrettable forgetfulness of …

Think It Not Strange Concerning the Fiery Trial

… of trial is peculiar in that it consists of a period of adversity caused by a contrast between our current earthly … it. The only question is how we will react to it. Will our adversities be stumbling blocks or stepping stones?” [4] The …

Instruments in the Hands of God

… (Alma 17:11). This verse indicates that the Lord would use adversity to refine them, to make them better instruments. … fulfilled. After these missionaries had experienced much adversity, Ammon declared, “We have been made instruments in …

Growing Old Graciously: Lessons from a Centenarian

… the importance of the auxiliaries. What role has adversity played in your growing old graciously? Losing my … this life is good but that the next life is better. My own adversities have made me understand other people’s …