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Ask and Ye Shall Receive

 



I have been away for a while, this I cannot, and will not deny, but I have come back to speak on a topic most dear to my heart, and one I know will benefit you. 


At the end of D&C 4, it states, "ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you." I recently was released from serving a local mission here in my hometown, and at the close of my mission, I felt impressed to kneel down to the lord, and ask him what his will was for me now. 


I opened to Omni, and read the following verse. "And now my beloved bretheren, I would that ye should come unto Christ who is the holy one of Israel, and partake of his salvation and the power of his redemption. Yea come unto him and offer your whole soul." 


If the Lord asked you at this moment to offer all you had to him, would you? It is a very hard question, and many of us would like to say yes, but I know I would struggle with this at times, as anyone would. 


It is a natural part of humanity to put things above the Lord, to value things with a persons whole soul, but when a person becomes a slave to something, it distracts them from the relationship most important in this world, the one a person has with their God. 


I challenge you all to find this thing that is lingering at the forefront of your mind, and show the Lord that you are making an effort to put aside the things of this world and follow him. Once you have done this, kneel down in prayer, and ask him what it is he wants you to do. I then press you to open your scriptures to a random page, and whatever you see first, read it  and ponder it, whatever thoughts come to your head, write them down.


At the end of the verse in Omni it states, "endure to the end, as as the lord liveth, you will be saved." 



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