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(11/17/02)
"One of the requirements made of the Latter-day Saints is that they
shall be faithful in attending to their prayers, both their secret and
family prayers. The object that our Heavenly Father has in requiring
this is that we may be in communication with Him, and that we may have
a channel open between us and the heavens whereby we can bring down
upon ourselves blessings from above. No individual who is humble and
prayerful before God and supplicates him every day for the light and
inspiration of his Holy Spirit will ever become lifted up in the pride
of his heart, or feel that the intelligence and the wisdom that he
possesses are all sufficient for him." —
Heber J. Grant, "Conference Report," April 1944, p. 11
(11/18/02)
"The subject of prayer deserves the consideration not only of
Latter-day Saints but also of the whole nation, for a belief in God
and prayer has been almost universally professed in the United States.
One of our greatest needs today is to turn to God in true prayer, that
we may conquer Satan and escape the hands of the servants of Satan
that do uphold his work." — Marion
G. Romney, "Conference Report," October 1944, p. 53-54
(11/19/02)
"In our dispensation, the Lord has said in many revelations, 'Pray
always.' He said that to Joseph Smith, to Martin Harris, to Thomas B.
Marsh, to the Church, and to others. (See D&C 10:5; 19:38; 31:12;
20:22.) Now note carefully the Lord's words, which apply to each of
us: 'What I say unto one I say unto all; pray always lest that wicked
one have power in you, and remove you out of your place.' (D&C
93:49.) Regrettably, some of those counseled in the revelations to
pray always did not heed the counsel and were removed out of their
place." — Marvin J. Ashton,
"The Measure of Our Hearts," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1991],
p. 104
(11/20/02)
"Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our
Gethsemanes, prayer-persistent prayer-can put us in touch with God,
our greatest source of comfort and counsel. 'Pray always, that you may
come off conqueror.' (D&C 10:5.) 'Exerting all my powers to call
upon God to deliver me' is how the young Joseph Smith describes the
method that he used in the Sacred Grove to keep the adversary from
destroying him. (JS-H 1:16.) This is also a key to use in keeping
depression from destroying us." — Ezra
Taft Benson, "Do Not Despair," "Hope," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book
Co., 1994]
(11/21/02)
"When our hearts are constantly turned to the Lord, we more fully open
the channel between us and him, which helps us to be more receptive to
his answers to our prayers." — Gene
R. Cook, "Receiving Answers to Our Prayers," [Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book Co., 1996], p. 53
The prophet Lehi
taught a principle for spiritual survival. First, consider his
circumstances: He had been persecuted for preaching truth in Jerusalem
and had been commanded by the Lord to leave his possessions and flee
with his family into the wilderness. He had lived in a tent and survived
on what food could be found on the way to an unknown destination, and he
had watched two of his sons, Laman and Lemuel, rebel against the
teachings of the Lord and attack their brothers Nephi and Sam.
Clearly, Lehi knew opposition, anxiety, heartache, pain, disappointment, and sorrow. Yet he declared boldly and without reservation a principle as revealed by the Lord: “Men are, that they might have joy.” Imagine! Of all the words he could have used to describe the nature and purpose of our lives here in mortality, he chose the word joy! – Russell M. Nelson, “Joy and Spiritual Survival,” Ensign (CR) November 2016
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