Key Points on Diligence in Priesthood Service

Learn and Act with Diligence

• Learn Your Duty: The importance of learning one's duty in the priesthood and acting diligently in the office to which one is appointed.
• Avoid Slothfulness: Those who are lazy or fail to learn their duties will not be counted worthy to stand.

Overcoming Distractions

• Common Distractions: The ease of being distracted by daily news or the comfort of rest over fulfilling priesthood duties.
• Remembering Christ: Using the example of Jesus Christ as a rallying cry to overcome distractions and fulfill duties diligently.

The Example of Jesus Christ

• Perfect Example: Jesus Christ is the perfect example of diligence in priesthood service, and He goes before us in our duties.
• Easter Reflection: Reflecting on Christ's resurrection and His example in the days leading up to it.

Challenges in Missionary Work

• Questions and Struggles: Missionaries often question why their work is difficult and why success isn't more rapid.
• Salvation is Not Cheap: The belief that missionary work is hard because salvation is not a cheap experience.

Understanding Sacrifices

• Christ's Sacrifice: The need to understand and feel something of the pain Christ felt to bear a moving testimony of the Atonement.
• Walking Christ's Path: Missionaries must be prepared to walk a path similar to Christ's, feeling some of His pain and shedding tears of sorrow.

Persistence and Determination

• Token of the Price: The idea that missionaries and investigators must pay a token of the price that Christ paid for salvation.
• Continued Faithfulness: The importance of persistence in missionary work, conversion, and retention.

The Atonement and Missionary Work

• Carried by the Atonement: The Atonement will carry missionaries and their investigators through their struggles and rejections.
• Standing with Christ: Missionaries stand shoulder to shoulder with Jesus Christ, the only pure and perfect missionary.

Final Counsel

• Pressing On: The Savior's example encourages persistence in priesthood service.
• Ponder and Pray: Persist in prayer and study of the scriptures to understand God's will and act with determination.
• Gratitude and Obedience: Give thanks for the opportunity to serve and seek guidance on what to do next.

Testimony and Blessing

• Living Testimony: Testimony of the living Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, their love, and the restored keys of the priesthood.
• Blessing: A blessing to feel the magnitude of the trust and promises received as ordained priesthood servants.