As Jesus Christ’s faithful disciple, you can receive personal inspiration and revelation, consistent with His commandments, that is tailored to you.
Four ways to increase your spiritual capacity to receive revelation.
- Be Intentional about Creating Time and Space to Hear God’s Voice
- Act without Delay
- Get Your Errand from the Lord
- Believe and Trust
As you use your agency to carve out time every day to draw close to God’s voice, especially in the Book of Mormon, over time His voice will become clearer and more familiar to you.
Distractions can so occupy our minds and hearts that we leave no room for the gentle promptings of the Holy Ghost.
God reveals Himself “to individuals in private, in their chamber; in the wilderness or fields, and that generally without noise or tumult.” -Joseph Smith
Satan wants to separate us from God’s voice by keeping us out of … quiet places.
Just imagine what would happen if we were as intent on staying connected with heaven as we are on staying connected to Wi-Fi!
Pick a time and place, and listen for God’s voice every day. And keep this sacred appointment with exactness, for so very much depends on it!
When you receive promptings and then act with intention, the Lord can use you. The more you act, the more familiar the voice of the Spirit becomes.
You can pray and ask the Lord for an errand. As you do, He can use your ordinary skills to accomplish His extraordinary work.
The Lord sends revelation to those seeking to help others.
Each of us has a different mission to perform, and at times the Spirit may call us in “another way.”
The Lord is mindful of those who obey and, in the words of Nephi, will “prepare a way for [us to] accomplish the thing which he commandeth.
Do we miss or dismiss personal errands from the Lord because He has prepared “a way” different from the one we expect?
The Church’s new program for children and youth is built on the foundation of learning to seek revelation, discovering what the Lord would have us do, and then acting on that direction.
Each one of us, regardless of age or circumstance, can strive to seek, receive, and act.
As you follow this eternal pattern ordained for our day, you will draw nearer to Jesus Christ—His love, His light, His direction, His peace, and His healing and enabling power.
Here is the full talk:https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/15craig?lang=eng
-Sherri Jorgensen
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