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19 Cards in this Set
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What did Elder McConkie say are the two most important things that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world?
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Marry the right person in the right place by the right authority, then live the covenants.
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Elder McConkie referred to the experience of Oliver Cowdery trying to translate the Book of Mormon. He explained that Oliver failed because he did not understand what the Lord meant by asking in faith. What did that counsel imply, according to Elder McConkie?
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We're required to do everything in our power to accomplish the goal we seek and then go to the Lord and ask in faith.
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When seeking the Lord’s confirmation about whom to marry, how did Elder McConkie say you should feel if it is right and how will you feel if it is wrong?
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Bosom burn within you, or stupor of thought/forget the thing.
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Inspiration does not and perhaps cannot come to us unless we do what?
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Ask for it.
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The Holy Ghost speaks with a voice that you _____ more than you _____.
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Feel; hear.
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The flow of revelation depends on our faith. How did Elder Packer say we exercise our faith?
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By making our mind accept/believe as truth that which you can't prove by reason alone.
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What we receive or learn spiritually depends, to a degree, upon what?
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How you treat your body.
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What did Elder Packer say is far more destructive and dangerous than many young people realize?
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Certain kinds of music
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Elder Packer quoted Joseph Smith who said _____ is contrary to the order of God.
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For anyone to receive instruction for those in authority higher than themselves.
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What will happen to us if we become critical or harbor negative feelings?
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Spirit will withdraw.
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1. The Spirit, said Elder Packer, does not get our attention by shouting or shaking us with a heavy hand. Rather it whispers. It caresses so gently that we may not feel it at all if we are _____.
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Preoccupied
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Strong spiritual experiences do not come to us very frequently, Elder Packer said. When they do, what is the purpose?
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For our own edification, instruction, or correction
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What counsel did Elder Packer give about sharing sacred spiritual experiences?
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It isn’t wise to continually talk of them. They are to be guarded with care and shared only when the Spirit itself prompts you to use them to bless others.
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We cannot force spiritual things. We can only create a climate that will invite the Spirit into our lives and then must patiently wait for the Lord to choose the time and the place of revelation. While we wait, what did Elder Packer say the Lord expects us to do?
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To use the light and knowledge we already possess to work out our lives.
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All of us have times when the Lord will require us to take a “leap of faith.” How did Elder Packer describe that leap of faith?
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The moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and stepped into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two.
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Elder Oaks said revelation can come through face to face communication with God and angels, or through dreams and visions. However, in its more familiar forms, revelation generally comes in what four ways?
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1. Words or thoughts communicated to the mind
2. Sudden enlightenment 3. Positive or negative feelings about proposed courses of action 4. Inspiring performances |
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Name and be able to describe the eight purposes of revelation.
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1. The testimony or witness of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ and that the gospel is true is a revelation from God.
2. Prophecy 3. Give comfort. 4. Uplift 5. Inform 6. Restrain us from doing something 7. Propose a particular course of action and then to pray for inspiration to confirm it. 8. Impels to action |
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What is the principle of “responsibility or stewardship” in revelation?
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If someone claims to receive revelation for someone outside of his or her own stewardship, you can be sure it is not from God.
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Elder Oaks said we do not receive revelation for all decisions, even for all important decisions. What is the Lord’s purpose in that?
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He wants us to make this decision without the guidance of revelation.
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