“When we read in the scriptures of man’s ‘weakness,’ this term includes the … weakness inherent in the general human condition in which the flesh has such an incessant [or constant] impact upon the spirit (see Ether 12:28–29). Weakness likewise includes, however, our specific, individual weaknesses, which we are expected to overcome (see D&C 66:3; Jacob 4:7). Life has a way of exposing these weaknesses” (Maxwell, Lord, Increase Our Faith [1994], 84). “Whereas Satan would have us avoid facing our faults so that we may appear better than we really are, the Lord requires us to acknowledge our faults so that we may actually become better” (Bednar and Peterson, Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons, 124).