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Pres. Benson: 'Let us choose to be humble'

"God will have a humble people," President Ezra Taft Benson said in an address at the April 1989 general conference. "Either we can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble. Alma said, `Blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble. (Alma 32:16.)

"Let us choose to be humble."We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are. (See D&C 38:24; 81:5; 84:106.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement. (See Jacob 4:10; Hel. 15:3; D&C 63:55; 101:4-5; 108:1; 124:61, 84; 136:31; Prov. 9:8.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by forgiving those who have offended us. (See 3 Ne. 13:11, 14; D&C 64:10.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by rendering selfless service. (See Mosiah 2:16-17.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by going on missions and preaching the word that can humble others. (See Alma 4:19; 31:5; 48:20.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by getting to the temple more frequently.

"We can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God. (See D&C 58:43; Mosiah 27:25-26; Alma 5:7-14, 49.)

"We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives. (See 3 Ne. 11:11; 13:33; Moro. 10:32.)

"Let us choose to be humble. We can do it. I know we can."

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