The Comforter

The Comforter
Henry B. Eyring

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(remember I am using the "language of faith" meaning I am wording the counsel and teaching "as if" I already believe or am already doing it. All bold type is my insertion.)

• The Savior is at the center of my life
• I remember him in music, prayer, and word.
• I appreciate the Savior's infinite compassion for all.
• I know the Savior knows me, loves me, understands all my sorrows, and wants to succor me.
• I am surrounded by children of God whom he also knows and loves.
• I am an important part of His giving comfort to those who need comfort and of their prayers for help in carrying burdens of:
• grief
• loneliness
• fear 
• As a faithful servant, I 
• come to Christ with the heavy labors I must carry in life; 
• take his easy yoke and light burden upon me 
• learn of him 
  and he gives me rest. 

• I feel compassion for the burdens of the good people that I love and help them.
• I wanted to be counted in the fold of God and to be numbered among His people, so I made covenants that have changed my heart and nature. I promise to:
• willingly help lighten the burdens of others
• willingly mourn with those that mourn
• comfort those in need of comfort
• stand as a witness of God at all times and in all things and in all places
• He promises to redeem my soul and raise me up in the first resurrection unto eternal life.
• The gift of the Holy Ghost gives me the power to help lighten the loads of others, help them find relief and the strength to endure when they:
• grieve
• fear for their future
• feel uncertain of their capacity to move forward
• The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Truth and:
• teaches me all things
• brings the words of Christ to my remembrance
• brings me peace
• replaces fear
• I pray to know how I can help THE LORD comfort others.
• I tell them that I love them.
• I express to them that I have felt the Lord's love for them.
• With FEW words, I tell them that I mourn for them, but only the Lord knows and has experienced perfectly their pain and grief.
• I listen with love while they talk about their feelings.(much more than I talk...)
• When others feel the comfort of the Holy Ghost, I give thanks for His influence that has come bringing hope, courage, and increased strength to all of us.
• The Lord eases our burdens, even that we cannot feel them while we are still in bondage, SO that we will witness afterwards and know for sure that it s GOD that does visit us in our affliction.
• I submit cheerfully and patiently to all the will of the Lord.
• The best way I lighten the loads of others and help them better bear their burden, is to help the Lord strengthen their faith through bearing witness of Him and his Atonement.
• It is my witness of the Savior that gives me the strength to endure as I pass through mourning and the lack of comfort from others who cannot see the joy that comes to the faithful after passing faithfully through their trials.  
• My strength grows as I continue to ask for it and live for it.
• Blessings come in this life and the next.
• The witness of the Spirit of the Second Coming of Christ sees me through the tests God has intended for me.
• The Atonement provides me with the hope that comforts me no matter how hard the way home to Him may be.
• Joy always comes after sorrow.
• I witness to others that peace and comfort come from only one sure source (even after all I do)
• Only God can truly say, "I know how you feel."
• Charity never faileth and is the pure love of Christ. His love NEVER fails.
• The peace He promises never leaves me as I serve others for Him.
  
  GENERAL CONFERENCE CHALLENGE:
  
  PRAY:
• To know how to help the Lord comfort others
• For my witness of the Savior; His Atonement and His Second Coming to increase - so my strength will increase
• For charity and peace as I serve others for Christ.
  
  ACTION:
•   Keep the Savior at the center of my life 
•   Act on my feelings of compassion for others to lighten burdens, mourn, 
   and witness of God 
•   Express my love and the love of the Savior for them, and then LISTEN 
•  Express gratitude for and give credit to the Holy Ghost for the comfort
   received
•  Submit cheerfully and patiently to all the will of the Lord
•  Always witness of the Atonement.