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“If prayer is only a spasmodic cry at the time of crisis, then it is utterly
selfish, and we come to think of God as a repairman or a service agency to help us only in our emergencies. We should remember the Most High day and night—always—not only at times when all other assistance has failed
and we desperately need help”Howard Hunter
“The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were
picking up the telephone and ordering groceries—we place our order and
hang up. We need to meditate, contemplate, think of what we are
praying about and for and then speak to the Lord as one man speaketh to
another”Gordon Hinckley
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him
ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 1:5–6
“I understand this to mean the necessity to not only express but to
DO, the dual obligation to both plead and to perform, the requirement to
communicate and to act” Elder Bednar, GenConf April 2008
ASK
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK MATTERS.
ASK
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK MATTERS.
63. Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
D&C 88:63
I know not by what methods rare, But this I know — God answers prayer.
I know that He has given His Word, Which tells me prayer is always heard,
And will be answered, soon or late. And so I pray and calmly wait.
I know not if the blessing sought Will come in just the way I thought;
But leave my prayers with Him alone, Whose will is wiser than my own,
Assured that He will grant my quest, Or send some answer far more blest.
- Author Unknown
ASK
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK MATTERS.
ASK
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
KNOCKING IS THE PHYSICAL EFFORT TO COME CLOSER TO GOD. TRUST IN HIS TIMING, BE OPEN TO HIS ANSWERS.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK MATTERS.
I got up early one morningAnd rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplishThat I didn't have time to pray.
I got up early one morningAnd rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplishThat I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about meAnd heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.He answered, "You didn't ask."
I got up early one morningAnd rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplishThat I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about meAnd heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,But the day toiled on gray and bleak.I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."
I got up early one morningAnd rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplishThat I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about meAnd heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,But the day toiled on gray and bleak.I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."I tried to come into God's presence,
I used all the keys at the lock.God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."
I got up early one morningAnd rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplishThat I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about meAnd heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,But the day toiled on gray and bleak.I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."I tried to come into God's presence,
I used all the keys at the lock.God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."I woke up early this morning
And paused before entering the day,I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray. - Grace L. Naessens
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