Receive
After a person is baptized by proper authority, whether a child or an adult, he or she is confirmed a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints and are told to receive the Holy Ghost. There are three options. The person may accept the gift and make it a part of their life. It takes a great deal of effort to be blessed with the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. Mentioned but not a complete list are daily scripture reading and daily prayer morning and evening. Show kindness to friends, siblings, and parents. They would keep the Sabbath day holy and the rest of the ten commandments. They would follow the example of the savior. Which, “…wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.” Book of Mormon | Mosiah 5:2)
The person may accept the gift, but do nothing with it. This person may be a regular attender at church, keep the commandments, but has not the ‘mighty change of heart.’
The person who does not receive the gift and does those things that that does not invite the gift, filled with pride and often thinking that anything they do is because of thelr own abilities and intellect. The feel as they do not need the Holy Ghost. Or they may have not any interest in the gift at all.
There is some resemblance to the story in the New Testament about the five talents, the two talents and the one talent. The servant that received the five talents used it wisely and was rewarded. The servant with two talents was rewarded. The third servant lost his talent and was given to another. There is some similarity with this parable and the three ways one may react to the admonition, “receive the Holy Ghost.”
There are many opportunities in this life where we receive and where we give. Some are always on the receiving and others are always giving. There are a few things that we cannot give. We cannot give the Gift of the Holy Ghost. That, we can only receive. Once received we are obligated to do everything in our power maintain a close relationship with It. “To be worthy to have the help of the Holy Ghost, we must seek earnestly to obey the commandments of God. We must keep out thoughts and actions pure.” From Gospel Principles
2 comments:
Hey Merril, my name is John. I read a lot of blogs on religion and prayer and I've i feel like I've ended up here once before. I'd love to hear your thoughts about this prayer exchange website PrayerMarket.com I thought it was an interesting idea and would be curious to hear what you (or other christians) think about it
I'll check back here in the next day or two, thanks & God bless
John W.
Pray is a personal sacred thing to me. I wouldn't want any of my prayers made public. There may be times that it would be okay for close friends and family members to read a prayer of mine or a prayer of someone else that was offered in my behalf. I am a Home Teacher to three families that are in my church. I see them every month and teach them and pray for them.
The service you provide surely is helpful in increasing people's faith in prayer.
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