Choosing to be Faithful (Hebrews 11)

In Hebrews 11, there is a magnificent sermon on the power of faith and how the faithful have been blessed since creation. Paul names multiple religious celebrities such as Noah and Moses and how their faith brought to pass miracles. Faith precedes miracles, and show that the Lord is pleased with us. It's certainly true that the natural man is rebellious, and it is very easy to give into the temptation to ignore the instructions of God. However, we must not do that! The counsel of the Lord helps us to conquer the darkness in our lives and minds, and put out the "fires" of sin that we started from ignorance. God will always be willing to give us counsel so long as we are willing to turn from the natural man and listen. We must show a change of heart, and turn our rebellion into faith. If we want to please the Lord, then we must believe and have faith in Him.
 I for one want to please the Lord. So, it is crucial that I am always building my faith and remaining faithful, and referring to the examples of the people in the scriptures is always a great place to learn how to improve my faith.
Christ is one of the many examples we can build our faith from, and there are many powerful hymns on living by Christ's example of faith. If anyone was truly faithful during mortality, then Christ was, and by his life so many people also learned to be faithful. He helped those who were struggling, and just like you said, we should also do the same.
When we show our love and faith in the Lord and live by the examples of the righteous, then God will also bless us even in the midst of adversity. It can be difficult to accept or even acknowledge the Lord's chastening, as the natural man wants to flee from anything that damages his/her pride or reveals hidden shame and guilt. However, when we open up to the Lord and fully listen to and accept the chiding of the Lord then we will be humbled and have the unpleasant feelings of guilt and shame washed away. The Lord chastens us because he loves us, and because he wants his children to return to his side. As such, we should not only have the faith to live by the Savior's example, but to have the faith to accept when we have done wrong and so be able to listen to the words of the Lord.

Becoming Full of Goodness

It is important to continually try to become better, and follow Christ’s example. If we wish to be a godly person, we must choose to forsake evil and instead do that which is good and full of righteousness. It is the buildup of sin and temptation that causes us to fall further and further away from the Lord. I rely a lot on prayer and repentance to keep myself clean and to help resist temptation. I find that when I am consistently studying the scriptures it is easier to say no to the whispers of the adversary. I also think that the first and greatest commandment, to love, does much to keep us on the path to righteousness and become more like God.

"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."
(1 Timothy 6:10-11)

In these scriptures Paul is teaching Timothy about how to become a “man of God.” From this we can also learn how to better become a godly people and serve the Lord by our actions. The things of evil he uses as examples are temptation through money, envy, and lust which cause great sorrow for the soul. Paul exhorts his brother to “flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.” I feel like these are basic principles of goodness that help us to become more godly, and make up the kind of person that makes up will continuously forsake evil and improve. Though it may be easy to fall to temptation, we ought to spend time becoming a man or woman of God or else we will fall to temptation, be filled with sorrow from sin, and create distance between ourselves and God.