"When we repent the Lord blesses us, but when we should be the most grateful, we forget Him and what He has done. It is important for us to constantly turn ourselves to Him through fasting and prayer and “offer our whole soul” unto Him."
How true is this?
I often tend to turn to the Lord more often when I am in trouble, when I need his help. And once I am free from that trouble, I forget all about the Lord and the help he gave me.
Thank Goodness!
I have recently realized that I do this.
A few months ago I decided I was going to change how I pray and thank the Lord and do what I have been told to do.
Find yourself upon your knees, both morning and night, reporting to your Father in Heaven both your successes and also your shortcomings.
As easy as this sounds, it is not.
I have struggled with letting my prayers be a link to my Father in Heaven.
But the struggle is what makes the end result worth it.
So When I ask my Father in Heaven for a blessing, to help me with my test, to calm my agitated spirit, to guide me through my thoughts and feelings, I ask and then I believe he will do so.
And he does.
Later, after the problem has been solved, I sometimes forget about the problem for while.
But then there is a moment, always just a moment, when I remember: "Oh, I asked God to help me with that, and he did, and this is how he did it."
I make sure to kneel down or say a prayer in my heart. "Thank you. Thank you for keeping me strong and for giving me ways to increase my faith in thee."
And that increase of faith is what I have decided to study today.
Mainly Enos 1:11.
11 And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my afaith began to be bunshaken in the Lord; and I cprayed unto him with many longd strugglings for my brethren, the Lamanites.
1 Corinthians 15:58 says:
"58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
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So I must be Steadfast in my search for faith. I have faith, but I need more, I need to come to a knowledge. So what must I do?
Keep Moving Forward.
In Matthew 8:11-13 There is a Centurion. His servant is sick and he goes to Jesus for help.
1) He is a Roman
2) He is in the Roman army
3) The Romans and the Jews didn't normally get along.
Three good reasons he had to not to to Jesus.
1) He had faith
2) He needed Help
3) He was not afraid
4) He was not prideful
5) He was kind
6) He cared about other people, even if their station was 'below' his
5) He was kind
6) He cared about other people, even if their station was 'below' his
Six good reasons he went to Jesus. He knew Jesus could heal his servant and when he asked Jesus to do just that.
But in response to that the Centurion said no, with the defense of I am not worthy to have you come into my house.
His humility came out right there.
10 aWhen Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them thatfollowed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great bfaith, no,not in Israel.
What I want to know is how the Centurion gain his faith.
But I already know.
He observed the Miracles Jesus preformed. He studied it out in his mind (D&C 9:8). He prayed. He fasted. And he came to the conclusion that Jesus was a holy man, and he, the Centurion, was not worthy to be in his presence. But no other man could help him.faith
confidence or trust in a person or thing
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