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20 year old: “I’m not sure if I should serve a mission...” 18 year old: “I don’t know where God wants me to go to college…” 17 year old: “I’m not sure if the church is true. I haven’t felt the Spirit…” 23 year old: “I’m not sure if I should marry him. I haven’t gotten an answer yet.” 29 year old: “We just haven’t felt like we should have kids yet…” D&C 88:63-68 D&C 93:11-20 D&C 93:24-28
“When our wagons get stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer.” Dieter F. Uchtdorf “I don’t know how to get anything done except by getting on my knees and praying and then then getting on my feet and working.” Gordon B. Hinckley “You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness, and then the light will appear and show the way before you.” Boyd K. Packer “He will confirm the correctness of our choice through packets of help found along the way. They are like notes from a loving Father as evidence of His approval. If we begin something which is not right, He will let us know before we have gone too far.” Richard G. Scott
Education Mission Marriage Employment Starting a Family The biggest, scariest, most important decision you’ll ever make in your eternal existence… D&C 88:63-68 D&C 93:11-20 D&C 93:24-28
THE Prayer about Marriage MARRIAGE: A Case Study on Revelation How important is “THE Prayer”? What should “THE Prayer” sound like? What’s your primary job/responsibility when seeking revelation? What is God’s primary job/responsibility when a person seeks revelation? What do most people hope for (long term) when they are choosing an eternal companion? Would God confirm a decision to marry someone that you might have troubles with? In what way does chastity and bridling passions help God in the process? D&C 88:63-68 D&C 93:11-20 D&C 93:24-28 Primary HS Mission College Serious Dating Courtship THE Prayer about Marriage Ring shopping Engaged Wedding Day Honey moon Family
Immortality & Eternal Life Things I want from God What God wants for me Clarity Information, Doctrine, Truth, Testimony, etc Guidance College, Mission, Career, Marriage, etc Comfort Health, friends, happy marriage, successful career, perfect kids, etc Immortality & Eternal Life RECIPE FOR REVELATION Study it out + Make a Decision + Act in Faith (watching for the nudges) + “But if not…” =Prayers God can answer most clearly
“Fear not, little flock. … Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not” (D&C 6:34, 36). “Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause” (Jacob 3:1).