January 11, 2017
Dear family and friends,
Here are my thoughts about revelation for you this week.
How to feel and recognize the spirit in our lives:
I have learned how to feel and recognize the spirit by exercising faith. We
all hear that faith is a principle of action, and yet we often still wait
for revelation to come, despite doing any sort of action or, even worse,
not being willing to act on the revelation that we might receive. We must
be willing to act on the revelation that we might receive. We must be
submissive to God's will, and be prepared to do whatever His will is; only
then can we receive revelation.
My mission President taught me about revelation when I asked him a question
similar to yours. This was on my first day in the mission field, and it has
guided me since then: He told me to close my eyes, and ask my question. He
said when I had an idea come to my head, to look up. I did so, and when I
looked up he looked at me and said, "That is revelation." I, maybe like
you, always thought that revelation was something bigger, something that
was at least a really strong feeling, and revelation does come that way
too, but most often it comes through the thoughts and feelings of our
hearts.
One of my teachers in the MTC taught me to never question whether it is my
thoughts or whether it is the spirit. If it is good, act on it, don't worry
about whether or not it is just your own thoughts. All good things come
from God. The spirit gives you revelation through your own thoughts and
feelings. 2 Nephi 32:3 is my plaque scripture. That scripture teaches that
through study and application of the scriptures we are promised that we can
be guided in all things.
Lastly, my mission prep teacher, who was a previous mission and MTC
President, and then at that time a sealer in the temple, taught us every
single class about a quote from President Brigham Young, "Your spiritual
life can only be as strong as your prayer life." I have found this quite to
be absolutely true and I challenge each of you to take this quote and
ponder about the strength of your prayers.
I have learned how to feel and recognize the spirit by exercising faith. We
all hear that faith is a principle of action, and yet we often still wait
for revelation to come, despite doing any sort of action or, even worse,
not being willing to act on the revelation that we might receive. We must
be willing to act on the revelation that we might receive. We must be
submissive to God's will, and be prepared to do whatever His will is; only
then can we receive revelation.
My mission President taught me about revelation when I asked him a question
similar to yours. This was on my first day in the mission field, and it has
guided me since then: He told me to close my eyes, and ask my question. He
said when I had an idea come to my head, to look up. I did so, and when I
looked up he looked at me and said, "That is revelation." I, maybe like
you, always thought that revelation was something bigger, something that
was at least a really strong feeling, and revelation does come that way
too, but most often it comes through the thoughts and feelings of our
hearts.
One of my teachers in the MTC taught me to never question whether it is my
thoughts or whether it is the spirit. If it is good, act on it, don't worry
about whether or not it is just your own thoughts. All good things come
from God. The spirit gives you revelation through your own thoughts and
feelings. 2 Nephi 32:3 is my plaque scripture. That scripture teaches that
through study and application of the scriptures we are promised that we can
be guided in all things.
Lastly, my mission prep teacher, who was a previous mission and MTC
President, and then at that time a sealer in the temple, taught us every
single class about a quote from President Brigham Young, "Your spiritual
life can only be as strong as your prayer life." I have found this quite to
be absolutely true and I challenge each of you to take this quote and
ponder about the strength of your prayers.
Love,
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Elder Conover
Elder Conover
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