Be Prayerful
“You cannot do it
alone.”
-President Hinckley
Why is it, that in life, we make the easiest things the hardest things? Prayer is one of those easy things. We can pray on a plane, in a train, or in the rain. We pray so that we can develop a relationship with our Heavenly Father. When my companion and I teach prayer, we describe it as a relationship with one of our best friends.
Now
think about your best friend....
*you can tell
them anything
*they are who you go to when you need to talk
*they are who help you
with your problems
* you can always go to them and ask
for a favor
*we always thank them
for the things they do for us
*we
are continually building a relationship with them
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| My Albanian District :] |
That is what our Heavenly
Father is there for. If we were to treat it just like talking to a friend,
we would want to do it all of the time. I learned a lot about prayer while in
the Mission Training Center. In the midst of a reassignment from Albania, I had
to pray to make sure I was supposed to continue. They had told me it might be
better for my health to call it quits... I knew it was not really a decision I
could make without turning to prayer. Those many days I went without a mission
call i did not just say prayers, but i prayed. I poured my heart and soul out
as if I was talking to my best friend. After saying a prayer, I would just
sit and listen to the promptings that would come from the Holy Ghost. I can
tell you prayer became easy, my answer had come. I knew I needed to continue no matter where I was called, and it would still be hard, but my answer was to just go forward and keep praying.... All I can say is that through that entire experience we became best friends.
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| Motra Reynolds, Motra Vati, Motra Read |
“You need His help, and you know that you need His
help. You cannot do it alone. You will come to realize that and recognize that
more and more as the years pass. So live that in good conscience you can speak
with the Lord. Get on your knees and thank Him for His goodness to you and
express to Him the righteous desires of your hearts. The miracle of it all is that
He hears. He responds. He answers not always as we might wish He would answer,
but there is no question in my mind that He answers.”
-President Hinckley
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