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. [...]
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).
…I recall two or three years ago, when Brother Lee was giving his maiden address as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ from this [...]
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 [...]
The scripture teach that the gift of the Holy Ghost comes to those who “diligently seek” for it. I agree, but I also believe that this gift is experienced by our youth (an adults too) who don’t fit this description of diligence. I can remember as a young man having experiences with [...]