Example of Faith: New General Authority Vs. Evil Spirit
I read, Yearning for the Living God, by F. Enzio Busche a few years ago. He was a Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The account I have quoted is informative on many levels. I hope you can feel Elder Busche's testimony and gain understanding about the workings of the spirit; both the spirit of God and an evil spirit, as you read this.
Example of Faith: Ministering Angel Intervenes
I enjoy reading accounts from the Ensign magazine of member prayers being answered.
Mette Hansen, "‘Save My Life ... Comfort My Children'," Ensign, Sept. 1987, 52-53
It was twilight on a cold and rainy October day in 1968, and I was riding my bicycle home from work in Copenhagen, Denmark. My husband was in Canada on an assignment at that time, and I was alone with two children, a boy ten and a girl seven years old.
On my way home I had to cross a very busy four-lane road with a bicycle lane. For safety, I had made it a habit to get off my bike and walk it across the intersection. On this particular day I got halfway across the street and stopped in the middle to let the cars go by. A small car stopped in the lane to my right, and the driver signaled for me to cross. A big truck stopped in the lane beside the small car, and the truck driver also signaled to me, so I continued across the street. Just as I passed the truck I saw a Volkswagen coming toward me, illegally in the bicycle track, at full speed. There was no time for me to escape, either backward or forward.
In that split second, countless thoughts of my children, my husband, my widowed mother, and my job flashed through my mind, and I prayed more fervently than ever before: "Please, dear Lord, whatever happens-spare my life."
Example of Faith: Marion G. Romney–Prayer Answered
Note: I thought I would slip in this example of receiving an answer to prayer before posting Part 3 in my series on receiving answers to prayer.
The following example of faith is quoted from Elder F. Burton Howard's biography of President Marion G. Romney:
In 1967 Sister Romney suffered a serious stroke. The doctors told then--Elder Romney that the damage from the hemorrhage was severe. They offered to keep her alive by artificial means but did not recommend it. The family braced themselves for the worst. Brother Romney confided to those closest to him that in spite of his anguished, personal yearning for Ida's restored health and continued companionship, above all he wanted "the Lord's will to be done and to take what he needed to take without whimpering."