When You Feel Like Giving Up, Watch This — God Is Working
You've prayed about the same thing for months and heard nothing back. It's easy to read that silence as God's absence — or worse, His disappointment. But what if the waiting itself is the work?
In this video, four apostles and prophets — Robert D. Hales, Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and Neal A. Maxwell — reveal a pattern hidden underneath unanswered prayer: God does not delay His blessings out of distance or displeasure. The delay is how He prepares you for what you asked Him for.
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Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, “Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!”
Read the full talks
- Robert D. Hales — Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done (October 2011)
- Jeffrey R. Holland — “An High Priest of Good Things to Come” (October 1999)
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf — Continue in Patience (April 2010)
- Neal A. Maxwell — “Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds” (April 1991)
- Neal A. Maxwell — Patience (BYU devotional, November 27, 1979)
Go deeper with the speakers
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Elder Neal A. MaxwellApostle (1981–2004)Book: Not My Will, But ThineAmazon Deseret Book
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President Dieter F. UchtdorfActing President of the Quorum of the TwelveBook: Forget Me NotAmazon Deseret Book
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President Jeffrey R. HollandPresident of the Quorum of the Twelve at death (apostle 1994–2025)Book: Christ and the New CovenantAmazon Deseret Book
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Elder Robert D. HalesApostle (1994–2017)Book: ReturnAmazon Deseret Book
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