31 Days to a Better You by Ed J. Pinegar

Author:Ed J. Pinegar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christ;Faith;Principles;Doctrine;Inspiration;Disciple;LDS;Mormon;bestselling;success;secret;savior;change;gospel;motivational;guidebook;guide;goals;nonfiction
ISBN: 9781524402259
Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.
Published: 2016-11-10T23:58:27+00:00

Day 12

Desire Discipleship

Disciples of Jesus Christ follow Him, serve Him, keep His commandments, and seek to become “even as he is” (3 Nephi 27:27). We seek to have a pure heart, magnify our callings, and go about doing good (see D&C 6:8; Acts 10:38). We seek to increase our faith in Jesus Christ. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we have hope in the promise of eternal life. We seek to possess charity from the Father because we are true followers of Christ (see Moroni 7:48) and live with an eye single to the glory of God (see D&C 88:67). Indeed, we will “let [our] light so shine before this people, that they may see [our] good works and glorify [our] Father who is in heaven” (3 Nephi 12:16). And we will have joy as we seek to become a disciple of Christ (see Alma 29:9–10; 3 Nephi 5:13).

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, who certainly speaks with the meekness of a true disciple, has stated, “Disciples, like diamonds, are developed in a process of time and heavy pressures, and both the disciple and the diamond reflect and magnify the light that comes through them. . . . What finally matters, brothers and sisters, is what we have become. There will be no puffed vitas circulating in the next world. They stay here—in the files. What we will take with us—to the degree we have developed them—will be the cardinal qualities that Jesus has perfected; these are eternal and portable” (The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, ed. Cory Maxwell [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 86–87).

Elder Maxwell also observed: “We usually think of balancing our discipleship in words and deeds by stressing more doing and less talking. We are to be “doers of the word,” lest we be hypocrites. Spiritual symmetry requires, however, that “doers” also be willing to be declarative, as was valiant Stephen [Acts 6 and 7]. . . . Discipleship is not simply surviving and enduring; discipleship is a pressing forward, a creative Christianity. Discipleship does not wait to be acted upon, but instead acts upon men and circumstances to make things better (Ibid., 90–91).

Disciples “serve him with all [their] heart, might, mind and strength” (D&C 4:2). “And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify [them] for the work” (D&C 4:5). “The Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind” (D&C 64:34). Then we can become true disciples of Christ. Perhaps the Lord states it beautifully and best: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13: 35).

Gain Your Vision

Do we comprehend the importance of preparing to become worthy disciples of the Lord so we can serve Him with all our heart, might, mind, and strength? Ponder, pray, and meditate on the significance, blessing, and power of being a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Gain Your Desire

Do we feel the need to be a true disciple of Christ? When our

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