1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,100 Welcome to Closer to Christ Through Conference, where two friends who love Jesus share their 2 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:12,960 own approach to general conference. 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,520 So today's talk is going to be Pray He Is There. 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,760 This was done by President Susan H. Porter, general primary president, which was made 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,840 obvious when she said she was speaking to the children, especially. 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:24,840 Love that. 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,560 The Spirit confirmed her she was supposed to be talking to the children. 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:33,560 So let's recap the talk just by way of reminder if you haven't re-listened to that one just 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,560 yet. 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,320 I invite you to pray to know Heavenly Father is there. 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,680 Pray to grow to become like him and pray to show his love to others. 12 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:46,220 And she starts with, I want to talk to you about a very special gift that Heavenly Father 13 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:48,460 has given to you to help you. 14 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:50,000 It is the gift of prayer. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,200 What a blessing prayer is. 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,960 We can talk to Heavenly Father anytime, anywhere. 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,900 She definitely used simple, more childlike verbiage. 18 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:02,000 But for me, right when I was listening to it just before we started filming again, I 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:07,280 was like, my ears are always ready to listen when you're going to be talking to a child 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,160 because it's a level that I'm totally ready for. 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,160 Simplicity. 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,560 And then also, because I'm in the midst of raising children, I'm like, how is she going 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,920 to approach this important topic of prayer to introduce this? 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,400 Your kids might be wild and crazy and doing Play-Doh and building Legos and eating their 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,600 snacks and jumping off the wall. 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,480 And then when she says, I'm going to talk to the children, maybe their ears perk up 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:29,480 a little bit. 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,240 And if anything, they get from conference in that moment, is this talk. 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,240 Totally. 30 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,560 Great foundation to talk about prayer. 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,360 So she's going to talk about these three things. 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:39,360 She's going to hit them pretty hard. 33 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,440 And so the first one she talks about to pray to know. 34 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,240 What did you think about that, Amy? 35 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,640 So this is something that she said. 36 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,380 When you know that Heavenly Father is real and that he loves you, you can live with courage 37 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:54,380 and hope. 38 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:56,160 Pray he is there, speak he is listening. 39 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,160 Love that part. 40 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,720 She referenced the song. 41 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,720 President Nelson has invited you to pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father and then 42 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,320 listen, which was in his 2018 talk. 43 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,760 Listen to what you feel in your heart and to thoughts that come to your mind. 44 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,840 And then in the footnote, this is the talk, President Nelson's talk, Revelation for the 45 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,040 Church, Revelation for our lives. 46 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,520 What will your seeking open for you? 47 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,040 What wisdom do you lack? 48 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,620 What do you feel an urgent need to know or understand? 49 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:24,820 Follow the example of the Prophet Joseph. 50 00:02:24,820 --> 00:02:27,340 Find a quiet place where you can regularly go. 51 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:29,000 Humble yourself before God. 52 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,360 Pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father. 53 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,680 Turn to him for answers and for comfort. 54 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,500 And then I love this part. 55 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:44,040 He says, he says, pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your 56 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,040 weaknesses. 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,040 And then he says, yes, the very longings of your heart. 58 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:52,400 And then listen, write the thoughts that come to your mind. 59 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,640 Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. 60 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:01,760 As you repeat this process day after day, month after month, year after year, you will 61 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,140 grow into the principle of revelation. 62 00:03:05,140 --> 00:03:12,420 This may have been before where it was spelled out so explicitly, like so step by step. 63 00:03:12,420 --> 00:03:15,600 It may have, but this is the time that really caught hold in my heart. 64 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,000 And I took every bit of this and turned it into my own process. 65 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,080 And it has absolutely changed my life. 66 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,120 I love, love that he has that. 67 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,080 Is there anything specific you can point out that like sort of a version of what you were 68 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,080 doing and then what it's made you do? 69 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,000 I actually think you already answered this. 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,320 I totally have multiple times. 71 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,560 Well, in the last episode, just in the very last episode, when you recognize that it was 72 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:44,440 an impression by the prophet to grow your own testimony, that that was done by trial 73 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,080 and through experiences, but through prayer. 74 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,240 Yes. 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:53,280 And you know, I just feel like too, that he said it in a specific way when he said, um, 76 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,120 you know, all the things you can talk about, your concerns, your fears, your weaknesses, 77 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,580 the longings of your heart. 78 00:03:57,580 --> 00:03:58,640 And this is the part I love. 79 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,200 He said, and then listen, write the thoughts that come to your mind because it may have 80 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,520 been said a different way. 81 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,660 And it didn't click with my mind in my heart that the thoughts that came to my mind were 82 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,040 the answer to the prayer. 83 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:15,080 I thought it might have to be a certain way or feel a certain way or hear a, you know, 84 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,080 a voice. 85 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,960 But he said, write the thoughts that come to your heart after you've prayed, after 86 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,960 you found a quiet place, after you've been humble. 87 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:28,840 It just like, I just feel like he, for me, almost spiritually created this beautiful 88 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:33,040 place that would look like when I prayed and sought personal revelation. 89 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,280 And I just kind of walked inside of it and became like that became part of me. 90 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:38,280 So I loved it. 91 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:41,360 He was very just step by step. 92 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,800 I appreciate that. 93 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:47,920 I appreciate it too, and I'm just sitting here reflecting on this conversation and thinking, 94 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:54,560 I put maybe too much importance and effort into the how my child prays. 95 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,240 You know, we thank him for things before we ask for things and we try not to be so repetitive, 96 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,680 like if we kind of get into the same prayer on the meal or whatever. 97 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:08,280 And from like multiple episodes back, like you talked about Adam asking for specific 98 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:13,960 things to pray with your family about trying to incorporate that it's a ministering opportunity. 99 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,600 So a lot of that happening last week, like as a group, these family units are trying 100 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,600 to bond and get closer together and they were creating these like notes list. 101 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,640 And so whoever was in charge of the prayer that night was definitely praying on behalf 102 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,680 of multiple situations going on as a group collectively. 103 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,300 And I thought, what a neat thing. 104 00:05:29,300 --> 00:05:32,240 So that's a how to pray. 105 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,080 What's the limit on what you can ask for? 106 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,260 You know, how do you communicate with them? 107 00:05:35,260 --> 00:05:36,260 How formal is it? 108 00:05:36,260 --> 00:05:37,260 How do you visualize? 109 00:05:37,260 --> 00:05:39,520 Like Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ. 110 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,940 As we're praying, like, you know, that's a thing. 111 00:05:43,940 --> 00:05:52,960 And as you were talking, I was thinking, am I as good at like I know that I teach my kids 112 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,900 a lesson that he hears those person, he will answer them. 113 00:05:56,900 --> 00:06:02,000 But it's a learning skill of like, where that silent time is going to come in that you're 114 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,520 going to allow the answers to come from the prayers or knowing that some of them aren't 115 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,640 going to be like immediately after you rise off your knees or, you know, if you're asking 116 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,280 for like your stuffy, something to be found, like you sit there and wait for it to land 117 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:18,300 in your lap, like what action comes from it. 118 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:23,320 So there's like multiple pieces of what we can do as parents to create this relationship 119 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,960 they can have in that in prayer. 120 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,960 I totally agree. 121 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,920 You definitely maybe reconsider like where I'm at on that. 122 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,480 I can teach them while they're in the safety of our home. 123 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:40,880 And it's not just you can pray anytime, anywhere, anyhow, whatever that that kind of model to 124 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:47,000 and then what how like how ready are you to receive the answer to the prayer that you've 125 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 just offered? 126 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Right? 127 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,240 Like you said, and then listen, and you're like, Oh, shoot, but then I said, just write 128 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,440 down the thoughts that come to your mind. 129 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,160 You're like, I can do that. 130 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,720 I can do that. 131 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:58,720 I was praying over my children. 132 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,040 I was going to be gone last week. 133 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,200 And my more fearful daughter, she she had girls camp coming up and she was nervous about it. 134 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,520 And so first time, yeah. 135 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:11,840 So we had a prayer together and I was like, she a blessing from her father would be very 136 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,840 valuable. 137 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:18,000 And then because of your your like lessons to me, I recorded I typed it up for her to 138 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 carry with her. 139 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,080 So she had her dad's words. 140 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,200 Like she had the best time at camp and I knew she would but that's because I have the perspective 141 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,360 of knowing, you know, what the experience is gonna be like for her. 142 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,240 And I just knew she was just really anxious about whatever. 143 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,880 So that was that was good. 144 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:43,320 But what if we'd had this prayer together and she'd had she'd had the impression rather 145 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,120 than me like, would you I said, like, would you like I didn't tell her you have to have 146 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,880 a blessing for your dad, I suggested, would you like a blessing from your dad? 147 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:56,040 If I have if I was, if this had sunk into my heart, you know, more like last week than 148 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,640 I'd say we'd pray together and then I would say from our prayer, was there anything that 149 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,240 you could think of that would be helpful? 150 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,160 And if she didn't come to the idea of a blessing immediately to ask for that, then as a mom, 151 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,920 I certainly could help her like look at that as an option. 152 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,640 But how cool would that have been if she'd be like a blessing would be good. 153 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,960 So we can always learn. 154 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:15,960 I think you did awesome. 155 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:16,960 How do you always learn? 156 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,360 I feel good about where we got to in the end. 157 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,120 And she had an awesome experience like I knew she would. 158 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,120 But very cool. 159 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,120 Love this. 160 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,600 I love it when somebody talks to children because I'm a child and this resonated with 161 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,600 me. 162 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,600 I feel the same way. 163 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:29,600 In the eternal scheme of things. 164 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,600 I'm young. 165 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Okay. 166 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,360 So just to make sure that we've answered the question, what are some ways that we can 167 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,920 pray to know like as the first point of this talk? 168 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,920 Yes. 169 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,080 Sometimes you may want to know why something I love this part. 170 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,400 And I've heard this over and over now. 171 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,120 It's been in two talks consecutively. 172 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,720 She says sometimes you may want to know why something hard is happening in your life or 173 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,560 why you didn't receive a blessing you prayed for. 174 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:57,960 And then this is it. 175 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:03,360 Often the best question to ask Heavenly Father is not why, but what Heavenly Father will 176 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,080 guide you when you ask him what you can do and what you can learn. 177 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,080 Huge. 178 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,680 What is so huge? 179 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:15,240 It's actually like a springboard rather than why is just kind of like a, but there's a 180 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,680 wall in front of you and you just hit it. 181 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:17,880 You know what I'm saying? 182 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,240 It's kind of an angry way to approach the trials that come our way. 183 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,240 Agreed. 184 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,440 When we all kind of know that those trials are the growing periods and that we're going 185 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,440 to get something amazing out on the end of it. 186 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,600 As we're learning in the middle of it, maybe we can feel the joy of the learning in the 187 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:33,600 middle of it. 188 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,880 But most of us get to the end of the trial and we're like, oh man, that really grew me 189 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:36,880 in this way. 190 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:37,880 Yes. 191 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:38,880 You change it to what? 192 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,440 It feels like you're inviting him to... 193 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,440 Using agency. 194 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:46,280 You're using your agency to invite him to resolve, allow him, the atonement of Jesus Christ, 195 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,040 to play their fair share in helping you through. 196 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:51,040 Totally. 197 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,240 Then it doesn't really feel that burdensome. 198 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,240 No. 199 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,200 It's very important. 200 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:02,960 We did some skill development on this last week and it was like, they would just present 201 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,160 like, why did this happen to me? 202 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,680 And then they would rephrase that question and to find the power in what steps could 203 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,200 be taken when they turned it to the what. 204 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,200 Yeah. 205 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,200 What can I learn? 206 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,200 I didn't know that it came from this talk. 207 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,200 There's another one too. 208 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,200 I know. 209 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,200 Who was it? 210 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,200 It is Piper, Elder Piper. 211 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,200 It's the next one I'm doing. 212 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,200 Trust in the Lord. 213 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,200 So it's coming out. 214 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,200 Yes. 215 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,880 So it was just a really heavy, heavy message, this conference. 216 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,360 And are they referencing something, Prophet, if you look on the footnote? 217 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,520 I'm always like, oh, that's where... 218 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,320 Are they like echoing and reverberating? 219 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,320 I'll look again. 220 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:35,320 Yeah. 221 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:36,800 Because I mean, it's definitely the better way to go. 222 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,000 That is an action item. 223 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,840 It's like Sandberg's cheer in the beginning of the talk. 224 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:46,840 But if something is going on in your life and you feel inclined to ask why, if you write 225 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,000 the why down and then you rephrase it and you put it into a what, that's a power statement. 226 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 It is for sure. 227 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,600 It's like the best step to resolving whatever's going on. 228 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,660 Not only that, but what can I learn from it? 229 00:10:56,660 --> 00:10:59,320 Because the what you get to take with you into your next challenge. 230 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,320 Yeah. 231 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,320 The why. 232 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,320 The why is like a... 233 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,320 Means nothing. 234 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:04,320 Yeah. 235 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,320 Like you just put yourself in neutral and then you're just angry. 236 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Totally. 237 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,120 And it's not to say that we haven't each put ourselves in the why, but I mean... 238 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,120 It just doesn't get you anywhere. 239 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,120 Yeah. 240 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,400 If you want to go somewhere, ask the what. 241 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:13,900 If you're happy, just... 242 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:16,640 If you're feeling good right now, just being in the why, that's totally fine. 243 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:17,640 And... 244 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,360 Sit there for a minute, but there's a way out and it's with the what. 245 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:21,360 It's true. 246 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:26,960 So next part of the talk talked about how we can pray to grow. 247 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,800 Do you want to grow in patience or honesty? 248 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,460 Do you want to grow in a skill? 249 00:11:30,460 --> 00:11:32,520 Maybe you're shy and want to grow in courage. 250 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:33,520 Pray he is there. 251 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,800 Through his spirit, your heart can change and you can receive strength. 252 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:42,560 So that was kind of this little take home snippet. 253 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:46,680 What experience can you share with us on maybe how you've applied the process of praying 254 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:47,680 to grow? 255 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:48,680 Thank you, Abby. 256 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:49,680 You know what? 257 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:50,680 I can look back. 258 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:54,720 I think it's been about eight years now of my life, which that's kind of a lot, but yeah, 259 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,440 since we moved, made our first big move. 260 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:02,080 And we have been out of our comfort zone practically the entire time. 261 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,440 We've done something new every single year and that has brought growth. 262 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:12,080 We prayed for growth and then we've had, then we followed gentle nudges from the spirit 263 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,240 when we felt to move forward. 264 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,200 And if we pray from this is how I feel. 265 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,800 If we pray from the beginning and then also along the way with our desire to gain experience 266 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:25,480 for us and for our children, we contrasted the opportunities placed in our path that 267 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:30,160 feel right to follow will bring us our desired destination. 268 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,380 So this is something that happened. 269 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:36,240 Now it's been for four and a half years. 270 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,040 So it was right after the very week that I ended cancer treatments. 271 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:44,880 I spoke at a lightkeepers convention or yeah, convention at Roots Tech. 272 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:45,880 What's lightkeepers? 273 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,360 You think you maybe mentioned it in a previous. 274 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,240 It was a family history for women. 275 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Awesome. 276 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,240 And it was fantastic. 277 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,240 Loved it. 278 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:55,240 And this is what I wrote in my journal. 279 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,240 You were called to that, right? 280 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Like you had a missionary tag for best service. 281 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,440 Yes, I was a family search, social media missionary. 282 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:01,440 Yeah. 283 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,040 And you're still in the gospel library app with that information. 284 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,440 I don't know if I am, but my companions are. 285 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,440 Yeah. 286 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:08,440 Well, let's look while you're talking. 287 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,880 So this is what I wrote in my journal at the time. 288 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,600 Saturday night after speaking at lightkeepers, I wanted to fall into bed victorious and sleep 289 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,080 like a tranquilized elephant. 290 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:21,240 Instead, I thought of the looming mountains that are next to climb and I geared up as 291 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,160 I lay in bed and prayed for strength to climb these next mountains that there were three 292 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,360 in particular. 293 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:33,440 As I thought about them, I felt the Lord whisper, what if they're all the same mountain? 294 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,680 I know that God is a multiplier. 295 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,180 He multiplies and consecrates our efforts. 296 00:13:39,180 --> 00:13:43,480 Why not have all the desires of my heart wrapped into one project, one great work? 297 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,600 I told God I didn't see how I could have the bandwidth to conquer cancer treatments 298 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,840 and also climb the next mountain. 299 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,280 Because at this point, I wasn't sure if I was going to start another round. 300 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:53,280 That's how it always went. 301 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,960 I would finally finish one and I would start another one again. 302 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,920 So I didn't know if I had the bandwidth to continue cancer treatments and also climb 303 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:05,280 the next mountain, but if he thought I could, then I asked for strength and then I fell 304 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,280 asleep. 305 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,000 Then I will tell you one mountain is that we felt compelled to buy a lodge in another 306 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:17,480 state and it had 12 acres, 12 tiny cabins on a mountainside and a river ran through 307 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,320 it. 308 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:26,160 I will just say that that was one of the things that like I said, if we're talking to the 309 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Lord and we're working with him, then he is going to consecrate all of the things that 310 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:32,720 we're doing. 311 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,960 And it has been that way. 312 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,120 All the things that I wanted to do that I wanted for my family and for my children, 313 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,600 it kind of has been all one big mountain. 314 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 They're all the same. 315 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,280 I think that's pretty cool, right? 316 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,280 Like one of them- 317 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,280 It's cool on the side of it. 318 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:51,280 Yeah, right. 319 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:57,560 It is so overwhelming, but also because I took a moment to look, I will share this really 320 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,160 quick thing that I didn't know at the time. 321 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:06,680 My parents have been in church service for, they were in it for like 17 years of my married 322 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,280 life, 15 years. 323 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,280 I forget what it's been. 324 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,000 It's been a lot and I didn't see them a bunch. 325 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 They were always gone, right? 326 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:19,080 They were always at different parts of the world and buying this place with the cabins, 327 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,860 they decided to come, we live in a very hot area in Arizona, and they decided to come 328 00:15:23,860 --> 00:15:26,640 up to Wyoming for the summers. 329 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:32,680 And I just, I can't even tell you the joy that it brings to my heart that we had a place 330 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,440 where my parents, they didn't feel like a burden because they're not staying in my 331 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,440 house. 332 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,320 They're just in a tiny cabin that's literally a few steps from my house. 333 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,520 You know what I mean? 334 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:50,400 But I feel like the Lord has given me a compensatory blessing for their service and now I get to 335 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,400 see him way more than I did for those years that they were in service. 336 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:55,640 It's all but made up for it. 337 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,520 I could never say, heavenly father, you took my parents from me. 338 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,440 I feel like he's more than made up for it. 339 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,400 And I never would have dreamed in my life that my parents would have summered at my 340 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:10,000 place, that my little boy can jump into our side by side and go take granny an egg because 341 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,720 she needs it or whatever it is. 342 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,840 The Lord has totally, he's made good on that promise. 343 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,240 Nicole And not that you're not enough reason to 344 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,840 attract siblings to the area, but two siblings have chosen to eventually get out of here. 345 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,040 Amy Lovell Yeah, they will have a place here at some 346 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,040 point. 347 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,040 Nicole I love that. 348 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,800 That's a great way, that's a great recognition of the compensatory blessing from the sacrifice 349 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,040 because it was worth just the sacrifice for the sacred sacrifice. 350 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,840 I actually got to listen to a podcast that Amy's dad did just recently on another podcast 351 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,200 and it was amazing to think of the years of service that he put in. 352 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,280 Because I'm not the one that sacrificed my father, grandfather, whatever, to the service 353 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,320 of the Lord, it's probably not fair for me to have this opinion about it. 354 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:02,360 But I thought, if each of the siblings thought back to the blessings, if they look back and 355 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:07,320 think where they're at in their life right now financially or the little decisions that 356 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,600 they've made along their path, that maybe they can recognize that as compensatory blessing 357 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:17,680 also because they definitely didn't have to give up grandma and granny for many, many 358 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:18,680 years consecutive. 359 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:19,680 Nicole Right, because the Lord's a multiplier. 360 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:20,680 He can make that happen. 361 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:21,680 Amy Lovell He is a multiplier. 362 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,680 I love it. 363 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,720 And really, when you think about the blessings of all the lands that they touched and the 364 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,320 work that they did, it's like you can't even put a number to how many lives they touched 365 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,240 because you were willing to sacrifice that loved one. 366 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,320 So if I heard you right, basically, when you pray to grow, plan on a trial coming your 367 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:39,320 way. 368 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,320 Is that what I heard? 369 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,320 Nicole That's a challenge. 370 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:42,320 He's going to give you the tools to make it happen, right? 371 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,320 Amy Lovell Well, that's the great thing. 372 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:44,320 Nicole They don't just grow. 373 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,320 Amy Lovell When it doesn't feel like you can conquer 374 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,280 that mountain by yourself, you got a good hiking buddy if you involve him, if you use 375 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,760 your agency to invite him along. 376 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,240 He'll carry the pack too. 377 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,240 It's great. 378 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:57,240 It's nice of him. 379 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,240 All right. 380 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,600 Should we jump to the third piece of this talk? 381 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,600 Nicole Sounds great. 382 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,080 Amy Lovell So it was prayed to show you can pray for 383 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,160 help to show Heavenly Father's love to others. 384 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,160 Oh, that's great. 385 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,160 Nicole I know, huh? 386 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,400 Amy Lovell Well, and I kind of thought it was by no 387 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,280 coincidence that it was... 388 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,400 Nicole Susan Porter? 389 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:16,360 Amy Lovell Well, no, the steps of it. 390 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:19,960 You need to pray to know the truth of something for yourself. 391 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,960 It's like when you're on an airplane and if the cabin pressure changes, you fix your own 392 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,600 mask and then you would help the person adjacent to you. 393 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,600 Nicole Totally. 394 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,880 Amy Lovell So to be able to share any light, you need 395 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,720 to have the light yourself. 396 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:39,080 Then because you trust in the process and you know God's word and you know the plan 397 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,840 that's been put in play for us, then you can approach opportunities to grow just like you 398 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:48,800 were talking about, being able to look past multiple years of experiences and what seemed 399 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,080 hard and insurmountable and what blessings you're reaping from that hard sacrifice in 400 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,440 this moment in your life. 401 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:55,440 Beautiful. 402 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,520 So then we're on to pray to show. 403 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,400 Now is our opportunity to take the love we feel for ourselves and try to influence others 404 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,400 to feel that same love. 405 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,400 Nicole Susan Love that. 406 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,400 Amy Lovell So what thoughts can you say? 407 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,400 Nicole Susan She had some points that... 408 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,720 And I just loved them. 409 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,440 Through His Spirit, Heavenly Father will help you notice someone who is sad. 410 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,680 Remember, she's speaking to children, who is sad so you can comfort them. 411 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,160 He can help you show His love by forgiving someone. 412 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:24,400 He can give you courage to serve someone and share with them that they are a child of God. 413 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,840 Those who are praying for blessings for your family and others you love, don't give up. 414 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,800 Heavenly Father will show you what you can do. 415 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,200 Amy Lovell What is the example of her little granddaughter 416 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,880 that was feeling alone on the playground in this particular section? 417 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:36,880 Because I wasn't looking at it in print. 418 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,880 Nicole Susan It was either a friend or a granddaughter, 419 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,880 yes. 420 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:40,880 Amy Lovell It was her granddaughter. 421 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,400 I just don't know if it was in this, but she kneels down to pray and tells Heavenly Father 422 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,400 that she's lonely. 423 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,920 She opens her eyes and a schoolmate her same age is like right in front of his face. 424 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,200 And so what a neat thing to experience that. 425 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,880 Especially this granddaughter is like, we told the story to grandma and it's like as 426 00:19:54,880 --> 00:20:00,600 a grandma, you're just like loving that kid that just stopped and answered the call. 427 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:07,080 So the granddaughter was, her blessing was answered, but like maybe the little girl that 428 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,480 came to her side had prayed like, help me. 429 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,320 Maybe she also needed a friend and she saw this gal. 430 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,000 She's like, oh, she's praying and I pray. 431 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,820 I don't know all the details of it, but it's interesting to think like maybe how he answered 432 00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:22,480 that little girl's prayer by finding, by answering this other little girl's prayer. 433 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,400 He has this perspective that he can make this magic happen in any way that he can think 434 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,400 of. 435 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:33,500 But I don't know, you emphasize some great things from the talk, like just right from 436 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,840 her talk, but any personal experiences you want to share about the prayer to show? 437 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:38,840 Nicole Susan Yes. 438 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,160 Amy Lovell So it's interesting because I firmly believe 439 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:47,120 that when we opt into praying for someone, we unlock blessings for heaven. 440 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:52,640 And the thing that's funny, Abby, is we worked on this talk before I looked at the words 441 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,960 for how the words matter and I looked back at President Nelson's words. 442 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,320 He's the one that said this thing. 443 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,320 So I love it. 444 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,680 Nicole Susan So was it footnoted in here or they were just 445 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,680 like echoing the words of the prophet? 446 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,280 Amy Lovell It wasn't footnoted, just when I was studying 447 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,080 I was like, that's where I found it. 448 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:10,560 He said when you pray for someone, you like are receiving direct, like you're, he didn't 449 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,620 say these words, but it was the same principle. 450 00:21:12,620 --> 00:21:14,080 We unlock blessings from heaven. 451 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,740 The specific blessing is that God shares with us how he feels about this person. 452 00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:20,560 This whole principle was taught by him. 453 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,920 We are blessed with a portion of his love for them. 454 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,660 He also blesses us with a glimpse. 455 00:21:24,660 --> 00:21:25,740 This is how I feel. 456 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:29,620 He blesses us with a glimpse into their life's path and potential. 457 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:34,000 That's happened to me multiple times and I've been overcome and overwhelmed with love 458 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,320 for this person. 459 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,160 And I've just seen a quick, and I mean just a glimpse. 460 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:43,000 It's not like I get this whole, you know, vision or whatever it is of their life, but 461 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,800 I just get a quick glimpse and I'm like, oh, it's like a little spark and I see, 462 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,520 I see how this is going to work. 463 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,320 And I see that he's answering that prayer. 464 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:55,760 And honestly, if we hadn't opted into praying for someone, I feel like we don't have, we're 465 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,040 not using our agency. 466 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,600 And so he's not blessing us with that. 467 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,920 But as soon as we do, as soon as someone has the sometimes vulnerability to ask for a very 468 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,100 specific prayer, we then get that blessing too. 469 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:11,040 And I feel like that's something that is very celestial. 470 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,440 Through the Holy Ghost, I've come to recognize this extra blessing as I pray for others. 471 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,860 This becomes a blessing for me as well, as I'm filled with a portion, which feels overwhelming 472 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:23,920 to me, of God's love and his eternal perspective on this person. 473 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:29,200 This is one way that prayer truly is a gift from God, just like Sister Porter calls it. 474 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:43,600 Don't be so emotional, like maybe I'll have it, I'm just thinking back to last week and 475 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:49,900 a prayer that I started the week with was just to have eyes to recognize the one. 476 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:54,400 But I just want to bear testimony that when you have that prayer in your heart, that you'll 477 00:22:54,400 --> 00:23:00,880 have eyes to see, and you know, Heavenly Father's children, and because we're His hands, you 478 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:05,960 have the opportunity to answer somebody's prayer, maybe a prayer unspoken, like maybe 479 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:10,200 you're answering the prayer of the mother that like dragged their kid to FSY, or maybe 480 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,720 somebody came willingly, but they came with like a burning question on their heart. 481 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:19,960 If you open up, just want to testify just to what you said, if I did have the prayer 482 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:27,000 to be able to minister to the one, find the one, reach the one, and I can't even share 483 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,360 the experiences, they're too numerous to count. 484 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:39,580 And when He answers the prayer to allow you to reach the one, it just testifies to you 485 00:23:39,580 --> 00:23:43,920 that others that are praying to reach the one, when you're the one that's in need, 486 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,700 He's just as mindful as you. 487 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:55,240 You don't have to have your prayers answered to fill, to be able to gain that testimony 488 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,560 that He does answer them through other people. 489 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,880 I'm not really articulating the feelings of my heart here. 490 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,280 Nicole Sade I mean, I feel like I'm understanding what 491 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,360 you're saying, that it works on both sides, at both ends, and when you look for the one, 492 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:10,000 then you realize, oh, He loves me that much too. 493 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:16,280 And when He gives you the direction to do this plain and simple thing, it means nothing. 494 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,360 It's like a gesture that doesn't mean that much to you. 495 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,040 And He makes that happen. 496 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,800 It does require them to maybe say to you like, oh, that thing that you said matter to me 497 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,800 because of this reason. 498 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,000 So you kind of have to get the follow up from them. 499 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,640 You don't really know that it's like the one that you meant to reach out to is the one 500 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,680 that you meant to reach out to. 501 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:40,600 But when you do get those glimpses of those perfect moments happening, it's just another 502 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,920 testament that He's as mindful of you as He is of them. 503 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,720 He gives you the ability to bless somebody else. 504 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:53,160 So I guess what I'm saying is the opportunity to serve others in the name of His Son, Jesus 505 00:24:53,160 --> 00:25:02,840 Christ is such a beautiful gift to know how much He cares about each one of us. 506 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:08,040 I agree, Abby, real quick while you were talking, it's funny because – not funny, it's interesting 507 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,680 because you said your prayer was to look for the one. 508 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,240 And that is what President Nelson has asked us to do for his birthday. 509 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,240 Exactly. 510 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,240 This is why it came up. 511 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,840 I know that's the birthday theme and that was just a big piece of – we should reiterate 512 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,480 that birthday wish because it's coming up in September. 513 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,480 He's 99 and he's turning. 514 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:30,360 Look for the one, reach out for the one, be a peacemaker, forgive someone, all of that. 515 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,040 This is what I loved about what you said. 516 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:38,560 I remember this as I was looking through all of the words that President Nelson has taught, 517 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,800 which is to turn us to Jesus Christ. 518 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,240 It's not to gain like fan-domain over him. 519 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,240 No, not about him. 520 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,240 Not at all. 521 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,240 It's not about him. 522 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,240 He's turning us to Jesus Christ. 523 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:58,560 This is what I felt over and over and over, that to the extent we receive the teachings 524 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:04,080 of our prophet, to the extent that we receive them and then put them into work in our lives, 525 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,840 is the extent that we allow God to bless us in that thing. 526 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,720 So the way you're speaking that is like the words that he spoke to you, the ones that 527 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,040 you've kind of reflected back on over the four years on like knowing for yourself the 528 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,040 testimony. 529 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,040 Totally. 530 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:25,280 It's just not a good excuse to have anger or turmoil about anything that's being spoken 531 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:31,480 because they've never asked us to take it just at face value and just to trust them. 532 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,360 I do trust everything that they say, but it's because I let the Spirit confirm that to me, 533 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,360 not just because I… 534 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,360 Right, because he said that. 535 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,420 He said it, so I'm just going to have to make that right in me. 536 00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:43,560 Sometimes it takes a minute, sometimes it takes a second, sometimes it takes a week. 537 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:50,680 I'm not putting a timeline on things, but basically if I am feeling unsettled about 538 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:55,380 one thing, I already approach that with the fact that I know that I will be given the 539 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,320 right pieces to reconcile that. 540 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,040 I will find truths that I already know and then add them to other truths that I already 541 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,040 know to eventually understand the truth that they're trying to teach me that I'm not 542 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,040 ready to reconcile yet. 543 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,040 About that, yes. 544 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,040 I don't know. 545 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:13,080 That's like a lot of cyclical talk, but I guess at the end of the day, we just testify 546 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,280 that it's so important to start with that first step. 547 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:24,480 If there's something, if there's a gospel principle that's being taught that you're 548 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,040 not reconciled with, that's your first step. 549 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:32,280 Find that thing that you're needing to have further confirmation of and don't just trust 550 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,680 the words of the prophet. 551 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,920 Know that you can come to know those things for yourself through the Spirit. 552 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:39,920 Absolutely. 553 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,680 And then what was the second one? 554 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,820 Would be to pray to grow. 555 00:27:45,820 --> 00:27:49,040 There may be a spiritual gift or something that needs to come into play to reconcile 556 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,040 that. 557 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,560 It could be something totally unrelated. 558 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:52,640 I don't know. 559 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:57,160 And then the third one, pray to show. 560 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,600 What can you do to show Heavenly Father's children that you're there to love them? 561 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,080 Be His hands. 562 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:09,200 We'll put our questions in, but the biggest one for this is instead, like the biggest 563 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:14,800 paradigm shift, I guess, is instead of praying and asking why, is to pray and ask, what can 564 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:15,960 I learn from this? 565 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:16,960 What is my part in this? 566 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:17,960 And he'll tell you. 567 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,160 It'd take a minute to reflect, like, is there questions weighing on your mind and you're 568 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:28,200 stuck and are you asking it in a why format and could you restructure it and make it a 569 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,200 lot? 570 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,200 Right? 571 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,200 Just change one word. 572 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,200 It is really one word. 573 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,200 It is. 574 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,200 Thanks so much for being here today. 575 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,200 We've loved talking about this. 576 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,200 We could talk about it forever. 577 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,560 We hope that you talk with your friends about it, with your family about it, and that it 578 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,240 fuses a fire in you, like it has for us. 579 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,240 We love the gospel. 580 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,240 We love Jesus Christ. 581 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:45,240 We'll catch you guys next time. 582 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,240 See ya. 583 00:28:46,240 --> 00:29:14,240 I hate crying.