No other feeling in the soul of man can bring the joy and happiness of knowing you are doing all that you can to become righteous . -William R. Bradford
The perfection of mortality involves qualifying to be sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father, unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot", to be sanctified is to be cleansed by the spirit of the Holy Ghost because of the efficacy of the atonement of Jesus Christ, made possible by baptism into the Lord's church. It leaves one pure and clean. In mortality, it is an ongoing and renewable process, for throughout mortality one keeps overcoming mistakes and progressing. Sins our repented of quickly and regularly, and the seriousness is less and less when compared with the mistakes of earlier development. The cleansing is a type of that which becomes permanent when one enters the Kingdom of God in eternity then that which was known in part is achieved in a fullness, that the one so sanctified may remain in that state forever." -S. Brent Farley
Richard G. Scott taught why we need more than to simply ask for answers: "I am convinced that there is no simple formula or technique that would immediately allow you to master the ability to be guided by the voice of the Spirit. Our Father expects you to learn how to obtain divine help in exercising faith in Him and His Holy Son Jesus Christ. Were you to receive inspired guidance just for the asking, you would become weak and ever more dependent on Them. They know that essential personal growth will come as you struggle to learn how to be led by the Spirit."
The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not. When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everything you are asked to do or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you. -Richard G. Scott
President Joseph Fielding Smith taught, "the spirit of God speaking to the spirit of man has power to import truth with greater effect and understanding than the truth can be imparted by personal contact even with heavenly beings. Through the Holy Ghost, the truth is women into the very fiber and sinews of the body so that it cannot be forgotten.
