PRAYER and OBEDIENCE

 

The Still Small Voice of the Spirit

 

Have FAITH and TRUST IN THE LORD.  He has told us that there will be Wars and Rumors of War and all things will be in commotion in the Last Days.  We are now living in those times.

When you have faith, you will not have fear.  Fear that He will not do what He said He would do.  When the Lord says He will do something, He will do it.  Maybe in His own due time but He will do it.  He knows when the right time is.  TRUST in HIM.

If you have faith in the Lord, that He is in charge and you still are or seem to be fearful or uneasy, it may because you are not sure if you have done all the things He has asked you to do through His Servants or through the Still Small Voice of the Spirit.

What do I mean by this? 

 

Take Food Storage as an example.  He has told us through the Prophets, for over 100 years, to have a 1 year supply of food for each person in your home.  This includes emergency supplies like needed medical items, water, extra clothes, blankets, flash lights and batteries and many other things. 

 

You may have said to yourself, all is OK, I will do that tomorrow. 

 

And now you look back and realize that was a long time ago.  If you had started then, you would have had it by now. 

 

Did you buy that ipad for $500.00 when you could have put $300.00 more with it and had a 1 year supply of food for one of your family members?  If the dollar goes out and there is a panic and the stores are cleaned out in 3 days, are you going to eat your ipad? 

If you don’t think this could happen, look at what happened on the east coast just because a hurricane was coming.  That did happen. 

 

Look ahead, think ahead.  

 

Pray, read the scriptures and most important, sit and ponder and meditate in a quiet place, with a note pad and a pencil.  Think, pray and ask the Lord what you should do to prepare. 

Here comes the part that is hard for some and easy for others.  This is given to all God’s children. 

 

The Spirit of the Lord will talk to you with that Still Small Voice to your mind and heart. 

 

Feel it, understand it. 

 

Things will come to you.  WRITE IT DOWN. 

 

(The Spirit may be saying, get two water barrels, 1 wheat grinder, 1 bread mixer, 300 lbs. of wheat for each person, and other things will come to mind).  WRITE IT DOWN. 

 

Think ahead.  Ask yourself:  If this happens, what do I need to do or have?  And, if this happens instead, what do I need to do to prepare for this change from what I thought might happen. 

 

Always be praying and listening to your mind and heart when you are doing things at home or at work.  If something comes into your mind to do, LISTEN and WRITE IT DOWN.

 

If you don't do what the Spirit prompted you to do, the feeling you may have later will be the uneasy, sick feeling in the pit of your stomach and questions in your mind and in your heart.  Why didn’t I do it?  Why? 

Get started now! 

 

Get your Life in order NOW! 

 

Do not PROCRASTINATE.  Procrastination is one of the worst things that can happen to us in this life.  We can keep putting it off until it’s too late. 

 

WAKE UP.  You can change that NOW. 

We are all here to work out our own salvation.

Get familiar with recognizing the Still Small Voice and obeying it. 

 

There may come a time that you will be alone and your only guidance will be the Spirit. 

 

Don't count on computers, iphones, ipads and all the electronics to be available.  Check into what an EMP will do.  Google it.

 

Read your scriptures daily.  The Spirit will talk to your mind and heart and teach you. 

 

All that goes into your mind might be all you have a some point.  If the scriptures are in your mind, the Lord can bring it to your rememberance when it is needed, but it has to be in there first.  

Prayers are very important.  Just think of it.  Everyone thinks that the speed of light is the fastest mode of travel.  (186,000 miles per second). 

 

Heavenly Father gave us prayer.  He hears all our prayers instantly.  That means prayer is faster.  It travels at the speed of thought. 

 

But you may say that you never get an answer to your prayers.  He may give you an answer immediately, or piece by piece or in his own time. 

 

He knows what you need BEFORE YOU ASK. 

 

But he wants you to talk to Him like your earthly father would want you to talk to him. 

 

He put you here for this final test. 

 

He put you in a specific country, race, and to the parents you have knowing that the experiences you will go through will teach you the things you need to know in the eternities to come. 

 

Your time and experience in this life is short and only temporary.  

 

What you choose with your Free Agency will tell Him how you make decisions and what you really believe in.  This will tell Him how much power and authority you can be trusted with in the world to come.

Think about your life and count how many blessings you have already received at all the different parts of your life since childhood.  You will be surprised how you have been blessed.

 

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