“The word abide denotes remaining fixed or stable and
enduring without yielding. Elder Holland explained that ‘abiding’ as an action
means ‘to stay, but to stay forever.’ That is the call of the gospel message to
everyone in the world. Come, but come to remain. Come with conviction and
endurance. Come permanently, for your sake and the sake of all the generations
who must follow you. Thus, we abide in Christ as we are firm and steadfast in
our devotion to the Redeemer and His holy purposes, in times both good and bad.
We begin to abide in the Lord by exercising our moral agency to take upon
ourselves His yoke through covenants and ordinances of the restored gospel. The
covenant connection we have with our Heavenly Father and His resurrected and
living Son is the supernal source of perspective, hope, power, peace, and
enduring joy; it also is the rock-solid foundation upon which we should build
our lives.” – Elder David A. Bednar
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