“Labored with All Diligence”

Two components of effective communication with God are praying and laboring with all diligence. The Hebrew word avodah means both “worship” and “work.” True worship of God involves talking and doing: speaking while on our knees, then working while on our feet.Elder Dallin H. Oaks has taught that testimony is knowing and feeling; conversion is doing and becoming. 6

“I Had Prayed and Labored with All Diligence”

Two components of effective communication with God are praying and laboring with all diligence. The Hebrew word avodah means both “worship” and “work.” True worship of God involves talking and doing: speaking while on our knees, then working while on our feet.Elder Dallin H. Oaks has taught that testimony is knowing and feeling; conversion is doing and becoming. 6