Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that through service and faith, we can receive spiritual strength beyond our limits.
Henry B. Eyring's quote highlights the transformative power of serving others in alignment with divine principles. It suggests that when we stretch ourselves in our service to God and others, we are granted increased spiritual strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, allowing us to handle our responsibilities and challenges with greater ease. This ability to endure and uplift not only fulfills our obligations but also transforms our very nature, enabling us to bear even more than we thought we could.
In practice
During a church service, a leader might share this quote to inspire members to engage more in community service.
My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember Godβs kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done.
Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.
What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever.
We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever.
It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.
It is hard to know when we have done enough for the Atonement to change our natures and so qualify us for eternal life. And we don't know how many days we will have to give the service necessary for that mighty change to come. But we know that we will have days enough if only we don't waste them.
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.
Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abbaβs Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat the temptations of the Evil One. It is a period of spiritual 'combat' which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. In this way we will be able to celebrate Easter in truth, ready to renew the promises of our Baptism.
Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
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