Initiative
Self-motivated action for good; the scriptural call to be anxiously engaged in a good cause.
38 documents · 7 libraries · 1971–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 5 documents in 1978
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference12 documents
- BYU Speeches10 documents
- Liahona Articles9 documents
- BYU Studies4 documents
- Interpreter1 document
- Religious Educator1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
Liahona Articles
Thankful for Love and Service (opens in a new tab)
Carolyn Winger Asplund, Utah, USA · Jun 2026
BYU Speeches
The Gift of Revelation (opens in a new tab)
John A. McCune · Dec 2025
Liahona Articles
Overcoming Spiritual Burnout (opens in a new tab)
Aria Camo · Aug 2024
Liahona Articles
5 Lessons from Nephi for When Life Isn’t Going as Planned (opens in a new tab)
Abigail Larkins · Jan 2024
BYU Studies
Building an Innovative "Latter-day Saints without Borders" Organization (opens in a new tab)
Warner Woodworth · 2023
General Conference
Faith to Act and Become (opens in a new tab)
Ciro Schmeil · Oct 2021
Scripture Central
What Can We Learn From Abish’s Member-missionary Work? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Aug 2019
Religious Educator
Leadership Lessons from the Book of Mormon: Nephi as a Case Study (opens in a new tab)
Khumbulani D. Mdletshe · 2019
BYU Studies
From the Editor [57:1] (opens in a new tab)
John W. Welch · 2018
Interpreter
The Power is In Them (opens in a new tab)
Daniel C. Peterson · 2017
Earliest
General Conference
Today’s Young People (opens in a new tab)
Harold B. Lee · Apr 1971
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