Patterns of Discipleship
Elder Joseph W. Sitati
Emeritus General Authority
Seventy
“Patterns of Discipleship”
Elder Sitati teaches how we can develop attributes that help us become better disciples of Christ.
Patterns of discipleship are “realities that govern our lives that we cannot change. When we respect and align what we do with these eternal realities, we experience internal peace and harmony. When we don’t, we are unsettled, and things do not work as we expect.”
Pattern of faith: “Whenever we care to notice, we see that Heavenly Father has given us sufficient witnesses of truth to govern our lives so we will know Him and have the blessings of peace and joy.”
Pattern of humility: “Humility inclines the heart of the disciple towards repentance and obedience. The Spirit of God is then able to bring truth to that heart, and it will find entry.”
Pattern of love: “When we focus our best efforts on loving God and others, we are enabled to discover our own true divine worth, as sons and daughters of God, with the complete peace and joy that this experience brings.”
Pattern of service: Love for God and service to others grow into the attribute of charity. “This resonates with the pattern of consecrated service in the kingdom of God that is set before us by the Lord’s living prophets and apostles. We become one with them.”