log April 6 @ 11:34 am I just noticed there’s another “Mark” that has commented here, and on other recent posts. In fact, you do not need to be a member of the LDS Church. Tell me you haven’t Googled it yourself and saved a copy on your local drive for study and comparison between the new films, the 1990 version and the various pre-1990 versions out there. We should offer prayers “for [our] welfare, and also for the welfare of those who are around [us]” (Alma 34:27). It was a funny and timely quip. 2. They must wait to participate in these kinds of circles until they have received their own endowment. However, I can wholeheartedly get behind what Mark said about spiritually rehearsing. You gotta think that God might be tired of the many repetitive/vain prayers offered every day/night in which we even put ourselves to sleep sometimes:). Second, you will never be the same afterwards. I wish I were alive when the endowment was 8 hours long. Wow wow Wow. Personal, private prayer is an essential part of our spiritual development. If it’s not dedicated to the Lord, the adversary will use it. I get that i don’t always say things the right way, or have the right scriptures. You do not need to be afraid of being deceived. May I add two things, not directed at you but just in general about my prayer experience. May the Lord Bless you all in your efforts! It is not an easy thing to do, to know those you stand in the circle with and who you hold the priesthood with. We do it because we, as women, are like the veil that the children of God come to the earth through. All signs tokens and words are to represent and convey meaning to you. It is so contrary to what the Brethren used to teach us. I always dismissed it as, “Something we only do in the temple.” After reading your post I followed your counsel this morning and was granted a sweet taste of heavenly communion that I have never felt while praying. You just blew a couple of doors off my minds hinges and I’m grateful for that. Mormon prayer … Great post! The ritual involves forming a circle of participants around a person who offers a prayer, usually at an altar in a temple. Elijah and 40 days in Horeb, the rain during the Flood and Noah lasting 40 days. Not just some trite statement but a declaration of pure light and knowledge transmitted AND received. To the Nephites He said, “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you” (3 Nephi 18:20). I haven’t tried that yet. We can silently express gratitude to our Father and ask Him to strengthen us in our responsibilities. I think I started it something like this: “O Lord, I call upon thee in the true order of prayer with a specific desire and request to ask of thee for my own welfare and salvation.” I then paused, expectantly, wondering. Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams There is no doubt this works. One of the things I appreciate about many of the sisters’ addresses at Conference is that, like Tim, they are sharing life experiences – testifying, according to the true meaning of the word – and allowing the audience to arrive at their own conclusions concerning the meaning of it all. We should make family prayer a consistent part of our family’s life. She is hanging onto what gives her comfort. This is for Julie: There is no doubt in my mind this is true. I’ve debated about making my own blog, but at the moment I am a terrible writer (in that it takes me forever to get anything down, whether it’s typing or handwriting) so I probably won’t yet. Study the word of God, and preach it and not your opinions, for no man’s opinion is worth a straw. Rodney (and others) — the true order of prayer is teaching symbolically the way in which heaven and earth commune. I’m sharing this in an open public forum with the Lord’s permission. She made it sure. 22 The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Hello fellow Saints! And Ammon said unto him again: Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth? As we continue to draw near to our Heavenly Father through prayer, we will recognize more readily His merciful and wise answers to our pleadings. God bless us all on our journey to the veil to have courage and trust in the Lord. The true order of prayer is a part of that. Our desires will become more like His. As far as question four, I don’t think Carol has even read my post. 4 And it came to pass that again they heard the voice, and they understood it not. Opens one up to deeper mysteries. We should pray to Him and no one else. It might just mean that the power of your godliness starts to be manifest to you through the ordinances. I thanked my Father for the tender mercies of the Lord throughout my life, acknowledged my love for him, made my request known, thanked my Father again and closed my prayer. “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. You are already helping others, and will help even more. You do not need a current temple recommend. I posed some questions which could not come to fruit due to distance. : I wish you well bringing forth your rose, which in my view, is the same as making your calling and election sure. 2 Nephi 25:29 He has no right to revelation for the general church. (Luke 17:21). Remember the needs of others as we pray. Good scriptures. I know some people have built altars for their homes. So be it. He is the only way to do this, women are the only way we get to this earth. Bill, maybe Snuffer was being a bit cheeky. Surely this will stir things up and causes me to ask… is there a book comming on this subject? I remember this General Conference address from Elder Nelson you linked. There is no quota of how many needs we wish to pray for in each prayer. I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care There are 7 pages to it, so make sure you click on each to read. TIm, you mentioned another post about a different topic coming soon, that wasn’t the update in the comments was it? Tim, I knew you were going to get there! If we are the temple (individually), then I am the temple, you are the temple, each person reading this is the temple. ). I have been pondering this very topic for the last few months. Let us know if it is going to take longer. I previously made a comment to the effect that the temple, the true order of prayer are external representations of an internal process. I don’t want to be the means of causing others to lose faith. You can. While we are speaking of the temple…I’ve always wondered the reason we veil our faces. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Apparently, the children were more able to accept such a thing. Where is heaven from which the Spirit of God came down. The Lord promised to heal me, showed me how it would be accomplished and then told me what my mission in life was to be. Cause, O Lord, that even people who pass the grounds, or view the temple from afar, may lift their eyes from the groveling things of sordid life and look up to Thee and Thy providence.”. I sensed the presence of an angel expectantly waiting to record my prayer. I tend to pray next to my bed facing the Salt Lake Temple / Sun-set. Now I feel I am and do not think it will be an unpleasant experience even if the end result is mandated by Elder Maynes or someone in the Twelve. I had been doing it wrong for so many years because I was not standing when offering the signs. And you know, and you know, and you know. 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