It is our Stake challenge this year. It began in our ward about 2 years ago with our good Bishop, who is now our Stake President. President Rau will always hold a very special place in my heart. He was only our Bishop for a short time, and I did not know him at all before he became our Bishop. He was only our bishop for less than a year but in that short time he put a stamp on almost every heart in my family. He became a very special friend to Mark and now Mark serves with him on the High Council. He is a mentor, example, and friend to Jordan. All my girls KNOW he loves and cares for them. And me, well I can hardly speak about him without shedding a tear or two. He is an amazing person and leader. P-Rau, as our family lovingly calls him taught our ward of the Faith-Inspired Actions a few years ago and they have been life changing for me. I would like to share them with all my friends in the blogging world.
Small and simple faith-inspired actions
that indicate my desire to receive the
companionship of the Holy Ghost:
Personal Faith- Inspired Actions
- Daily Prayer
- Daily personal scripture study
- Foster a reverent attitude
- Explain, share and testify
- Ponder, meditate and reflect
- Record revelation (or thoughts)
- Act on promptings
- Thoughtfully partake of the sacrament
- Regular temple attendance
Family Faith-Inspired Actions
- Daily family prayer
- Daily family scripture study
- Weekly family home evening
- "For Strength of Youth" discussions
There they are. PRau challenged us to choose one the personal faith-inspired actions to work on for the year and choose a family action too. Last year I choose to work on acting on promptings. I did so many things that year that I would have normally talked myself out of. You know how you feel like you should do something and you talk yourself out of it for some reason or another? Well, I tried really hard to NOT talk myself out of things I felt prompted to do. It literally changed my life in so many wonderful ways! This year I am working on daily prayer and scripture study. I felt like those two just went hand and in hand so working on both of them together would be a good idea. I have developed such a testimony of prayer this year. I love that I can talk to my Heavenly Father anytime I want to. I also love that He is willing to listen to me anytime I want to talk to Him. Do we sometimes tell others "hold on just a sec" when they are trying to talk to us? Well Heavenly Father never does that. He is ALWAYS willing and ready to listen. That is such a comfort to me. I would challenge all of you that read my little blog to pick a faith-inspired action and make it a part of your life. I promise it will make all the difference!!
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