LDS Alive in Christ …my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not

27Nov/070

Receiving Answers to our Prayers-Part 1 A Problem with Experts?

Before reading on I suggest you read Gene R. Cook's Challenge , Nov 11, 2007 blog.To start a discussion on prayer I feel it is important to underscore a fact that we experience everyday. People differ in their abilities. To illustrate this consider two disparate activities; running a 5K race and taking an algebra class. Suppose there are 100 people participating in each endeavor. What would you expect to happen as the race and the math class progressed? Based on my experience, I would expect there would be a range of abilities manifest in both efforts; fast and slow runners, fast and slow students-with the majority being average.

I think it is safe to say that the same is true when it comes to our abilities to receive answers to prayer[1]. The point I want to make is that even though we may be at different places in our abilities to receive answers to prayer, it is important to understand that we all have access to our Heavenly Father. We are promised that our prayers will be answered, but how, and when, they are answered can vary[2].

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21Nov/071

Testimony: Spencer W. Kimball

Following is an excerpt from a talk given in General Conference by Spencer W. Kimball when he was called to be an apostle. Note his testimony about prayer (highlighted).

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11Nov/072

Gene R. Cook’s Challenge

Years ago at a Stake meeting I heard Gene R Cook talk about a book he was to publish. It was to be on the subject of receiving answers to our prayers. For the next two hours he spoke on this idea. To introduce his subject he did the most interesting thing I have ever heard in a church meeting. He issued a challenge to all those in attendance to take out a pen and paper and write down something they wanted from the Lord. There were about 250 people at the meeting and he asked us to do this several times until we complied.

Instead of hearing what he did next from my account—I have taken the following from page 12-13 of his book, Receiving Answers to our Prayers which was published the following year. This is what he said that evening.

“To me, knowledge is not nearly as important as knowledge combined with the willingness to apply it. When we learn, then, we must decide to repent, to exercise faith, and to do whatever else is required to make what we've learned operational in our lives.

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6Nov/070

Losing the Gift of the Holy Ghost

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