Prayer

Sis. Kate Merkley Madagascar mission - farewell
Prayer is a form of work and is a means of achieving the highest _____. What happens when communication ceases? The relationship ceased when work at it ceased. Prayer is that work for our relationship with God. Answers do not come simply because we have moved our lips. We need to be actively looking for His answers.

"Pray even when ye have no desire to pray" -Richard G. Scott

The reason many of us don't pray is because we have lost confidence in our relationship with God.


Michael Nasella Brazil Porto Allegre South Mission - farewell

Prayer

We are each children of God
He knows it. How?
Through personal prayer.
The Book of Mormon is true. It was translated by Joseph Smith. We have a living prophet on earth today. Jesus Christ is who He said He is. How does he know it?
Through personal prayer.

Moroni 10:4-5
"4And when ya shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. 5And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."

"He will invariably answer your prayers. But His answers will rarely come while on our knees. But in the quiet moments." -Richard G. Scott

You can't just show up on game day, and play your best. You need to practice and work for it all week before.
Pray continually. But more importantly pray that the Spirit will be with you constantly, unceasingly.


Brother Peterson - speaker
"Pray continually in things both temporal and spiritual." D&C 78:19

"He let's us experience pain, loneliness, suffering so that we may experience faith." -Kahlil Gibran, 'The Prophet'

Prayers for peace, guidance, protection.

We can train ourselves to hear and receive answers to our prayers.

Bro. Peterson early in his career as a physician was asked to take blood pressure of a man in a full room. It was noisy. He couldn't hear the man's pulse. He had to say, "I'm sure he has a pulse, I just can't hear it." Later in his career, he now knows just what to listen for. He has trained himself to hear"

A feeling of peace is the most common answer saying 'Yes. That/This is correct.'