Thursday, November 21, 2024
How to invite and recognize the Spirit
When seeking the Spirit and personal revelation, it’s important to do so within the correct framework. Quoting Preach My Gospel, Elder [Gary E.] Stevenson said: “‘Having the guidance of the Holy Ghost in your life requires spiritual work. This work includes fervent prayer and consistent scripture study. It also includes keeping your covenants and God’s commandments. … It includes worthily partaking of the sacrament each week’ [Preach My Gospel, 101].”
He then provided four additional guiding principles for “inviting and recognizing the promptings of the Spirit”:
- 1. Stand in Holy Places: “Our temples and homes are the most sacred of these dedicated spaces.”
2. Stand with Holy People: “If you hope to feel the Spirit, be with people with whom the Spirit can easily dwell.”
3. Testify of Holy Truths: “The Comforter always shares his voice when we testify with our voice.”
4. Listen to the Holy Spirit: “He speaks in subtle, quiet tones. … Find a quiet place, a holy space where you can seek to receive direction from the Spirit.”
As quoted in
When Spiritual Experiences Are Different from What You Expected
Seeing your body as your temple can positively influence your decisions about how you will care for your body and how you will use it
“Each time you look in the mirror, see your body as your temple. That truth—refreshed gratefully each day—can positively influence your decisions about how you will care for your body and how you will use it.”
"Decisions for Eternity"
What Can I Say to Others about the Temple?
This entire article: "What Can I Say to Others about the Temple?"
By Jessica Anne Lawrence, Church Magazines
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2024/08/07-what-can-i-say-to-others-about-the-temple?lang=eng
Key snippet:
For example, we can share that “an endowment is literally a ‘gift.’” The temple endowment is a gift of sacred blessings from God to each of us, and some of those blessings include:
1. “Greater knowledge of the Lord’s purposes and teachings.
2. “Power to do all that God wants us to do.
3. “Divine guidance and protection as we serve the Lord, our families, and others.
4. “Increased hope, comfort, and peace.
5. “Promised blessings now and forever.”
We can also talk about the covenants we make in the temple. The beautiful thing about the temple is that it allows us to draw closer to God and strengthen our relationship with Him by making additional promises with Him. These covenants are:
- “Law of Obedience, which includes striving to keep God’s commandments.
- “Law of Sacrifice, which means doing all we can to support the Lord’s work and repenting with a broken heart and contrite spirit.
- “Law of the Gospel, which is the higher law that He taught while He was on the earth.
- “Law of Chastity, which means that we have sexual relations only with the person to whom we are legally and lawfully wedded according to God’s law.
- “Law of Consecration, which means dedicating our time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed us to building up Jesus Christ’s Church on the earth.”
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