Teaching by the spirit

Sept - 22- 2008

Personal preparation and worthiness are necessary to teach by the spirit.

• Alma 8:10 - When I read this scrupiture the first thing that came to my mind was a challenge. Our missions are not going to be a 2 year youth conference, playing games while being spiritual and things like this. Our missions are going to be 2 years of hard work. This scripture talks about laboring, wrestling, and having mighty prayer. It means to me that we need to be very ready. This isn't going to be a walk in the park, it's going to be 2 years of hard work and learning. Not only is it going to be hard work, but hard work to convert. We can't just expect the people to come untro Christ right away. We need to work at it and feed the spirit of the lord in to their hearts.
• D&C 84:85 - This shows the true meaning and power of the spirit, and of the Holy Ghost. When on our mission, we needeth not think before hand of the things in which to preach, but treasure up in our minds and it shall be given to you. If the spirit is with us, we will be given the words that we're going to need in order to convert and help the people to feel the spirit.

Missionaries can incite the Holy Ghost into their teaching.

• Alma 5:45-46 - The spirit of revelation doesn't come with ease. It comes with the spirit of fast and prayer. It's not something you can go buy from the store, or obtain in 1 day. You need to earnestly pray and fast in order to have this spirit of revelation with you, so you can productively teach the people. Just like i said before, its going to be a challenge, a wrestle. Its going to be a challenge to gain the spirit of revelation, but once gained we will be moving along nicely.
• D&C 84:62 - I think this goes back to serving, i suppose everything in this class revolves around serving. But this scripture to me is likened unto war. If you are drafted into the war, you go and serve wherever it is that they send you. During out mission, we go and serve wherever it is that they send us. We go and serve with all our heart mind might and strength. Teaching to everyone we can, and trying out best to convert those who want unto Christ.