One of President Monson's favorite scriptures
D&C 5 For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am amerciful and gracious unto those who bfear me, and delight to honor those who cserve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end.
8 Yea, even the wonders of aeternity shall they know, and things to come will I show them, even the things of many generations.
9 And their awisdom shall be great, and their bunderstanding reach to heaven; and before them the wisdom of the wise shall cperish, and the understanding of the dprudent shall come to naught.
10 For by my aSpirit will I benlighten them, and by my cpower will I make known unto them the dsecrets of my ewill—yea, even those things which feye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.
D&C 42:61 If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive arevelation upon revelation, bknowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the cmysteries and dpeaceable things—that which bringeth ejoy, that which bringeth life eternal.
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Pray for a testimony that was secure that no adversity would affect us.
What would happen if we prayed for the gifts of the Spirit, fruits of the Spirt. Praying more for faith, discernment, healing, writing, working of miracles, gift of ministry of angels, gift of eternal life?
What if I prayed more for the fruits of the Spirit, to be gentle, to be kind, to be Spiritually sensitive, for charity.
If we stay at it long enough, prayer will change us.
D&C 46:30 He that aasketh in the bSpirit asketh according to the cwill of God; wherefore it is done even as he asketh.
D&C 50:30 But know this, it shall be given you what you shall aask; and as ye are appointed to the bhead, the spirits shall be subject unto you.
The words weren't significant, because it was given to them what they pray for. It was their desire.
Oscar McKonkie- When I die, I shall not cease to pray for you, I shall not cease to minister in your behalf.
Joseph F. Smith April 1916 Conference "In the Presence of the Divine"
We Are in the Presence of Heavenly Beings
Sometimes the Lord expands our vision from this point of view and this side of the veil,
so that we feel and seem to realize that we can look beyond the thin veil which separates
us from that other sphere. If we can see, by the enlightening influence of the Spirit of
God and through the words that have been spoken by the holy prophets of God, beyond
the veil that separates us from the spirit world, surely those who have passed beyond, can
see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is possible for us to see to them
from our sphere of action. I believe we move and have our being in the presence of
heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We are not separate from them. We begin
to realize, more and more fully, as we become acquainted with the principles of the
gospel, as they have been revealed anew in this dispensation, that we are closely related
to our kindred, to our ancestors, to our friends and associates and co-laborers who have
preceded us into the spirit world. We can not forget them; we do not cease to love them;
we always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united to
them by ties that we can not break, that we can not dissolve or free ourselves from. If this
is the case with us in our finite condition, surrounded by our mortal weaknesses, short-
sightedness, lack of inspiration and wisdom, from time to time, how much more certain it
is and reasonable and consistent to believe that those who have been faithful, who have
gone beyond and are still engaged in the work for the salvation of the souls of men, the
opening of the prison doors to them that are bound, and proclaiming liberty to the
captives, can see us better than we can see them; that they know us better than we know
them. They have advanced; we are advancing; we are growing as they have grown; we
are reaching the goal that they have attained unto; and therefore, I claim that we live in
their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more
than ever. For now they see the dangers that beset us; they can comprehend, better than
ever before, the weaknesses that are liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths.
They see the temptations and the evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal
beings to yield to temptation and to wrong doing; hence their solicitude for us, and their
love for us, and their desire for our well being, must be greater than that which we feel
for ourselves.
The words weren't significant, because it was given to them what they pray for. It was their desire.
Oscar McKonkie- When I die, I shall not cease to pray for you, I shall not cease to minister in your behalf.
Joseph F. Smith April 1916 Conference "In the Presence of the Divine"
We Are in the Presence of Heavenly Beings
Sometimes the Lord expands our vision from this point of view and this side of the veil,
so that we feel and seem to realize that we can look beyond the thin veil which separates
us from that other sphere. If we can see, by the enlightening influence of the Spirit of
God and through the words that have been spoken by the holy prophets of God, beyond
the veil that separates us from the spirit world, surely those who have passed beyond, can
see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is possible for us to see to them
from our sphere of action. I believe we move and have our being in the presence of
heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We are not separate from them. We begin
to realize, more and more fully, as we become acquainted with the principles of the
gospel, as they have been revealed anew in this dispensation, that we are closely related
to our kindred, to our ancestors, to our friends and associates and co-laborers who have
preceded us into the spirit world. We can not forget them; we do not cease to love them;
we always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united to
them by ties that we can not break, that we can not dissolve or free ourselves from. If this
is the case with us in our finite condition, surrounded by our mortal weaknesses, short-
sightedness, lack of inspiration and wisdom, from time to time, how much more certain it
is and reasonable and consistent to believe that those who have been faithful, who have
gone beyond and are still engaged in the work for the salvation of the souls of men, the
opening of the prison doors to them that are bound, and proclaiming liberty to the
captives, can see us better than we can see them; that they know us better than we know
them. They have advanced; we are advancing; we are growing as they have grown; we
are reaching the goal that they have attained unto; and therefore, I claim that we live in
their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more
than ever. For now they see the dangers that beset us; they can comprehend, better than
ever before, the weaknesses that are liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths.
They see the temptations and the evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal
beings to yield to temptation and to wrong doing; hence their solicitude for us, and their
love for us, and their desire for our well being, must be greater than that which we feel
for ourselves.
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