Choose Eternal Life | RANDALL K. BENNETT

After listening to this talk three times in a row to prepare for this morning's visiting teaching appointment, I've had this stuck in my head.  It's great!  Every time I feel like wasting time (or am wasting time), this question pops into my head:

Are you choosing eternal life?

When I am mad or annoyed at someone, am I choosing eternal life by staying mad?  When I'm on Facebook or Pinterest, am I choosing eternal life?  Choosing eternal life is not just a one-time deal--it's a choice we make every day many times a day.  It's a good question to ask.

Preparation & Diligence

We are being prepared for priesthood service that will become more challenging with time. For instance, our muscles and our brains age as we do. Our capacity to learn and remember what we have read will diminish. To give the priesthood service the Lord expects of us will take more and more self-discipline every day of our lives. We can be prepared for that test by building faith through service as we go.
The Lord has given us the opportunity to prepare by something He has called “the oath and covenant [of] the priesthood.”3
It is a covenant we make with God to keep all His commandments and give service as He would give it if He were personally present. Living up to that standard as best we can builds the strength we will need to endure to the end.
Great priesthood trainers have shown me how to build that strength: it is to form a habit of pushing on through the fatigue and fear that might make you think of quitting. The Lord’s great mentors have shown me that spiritual staying power comes from working past the point when others would have taken a rest.

Preparation in the Priesthood: “I Need Your Help” | HENRY B. EYRING