May 2011 PRESIDENCY MESSAGE
Another month has flown by and the May Presidency Message is heading to the archives!
(May'sTheme from the Releif Society Declaration is: Seek Spiritual Strength by Following the Promptings of the Holy Ghost)
Dear Sisters:
If you could compare your spiritual strength to your physical strength would you find that it is growing? Fading, hanging in there, or going up and down?
It is through the scriptures that we gain access to spiritual strength, revelation, and joy in this life. Our spiritual strength needs to be increasing, and this can only be done through time and effort spent in study and prayer.
Pres Benson said, “I urge you to recommit yourselves to a study of the scriptures. Immerse yourselves in them daily so you will have the power of the spirit to attend you in your callings. Read them in your families and teach your children to love and treasure them.....When Individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, …other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies will increase. Commitment will be strengthened. Families will be fortified. Personal revelation will flow….”
And, as Elder Bednar told us in April conference-- “As you appropriately seek for and apply unto the spirit of revelation, I promise you will “walk in the light of the Lord” (Isaiah 2:5; 2 Nephi 12:5). Sometimes the spirit of revelation will operate immediately and intensely, other times subtly and gradually, and often so delicately you may not even consciously recognize it. But regardless of the pattern whereby this blessing is received, the light it provides will illuminate and enlarge your soul, enlighten your understanding (see Alma 5:7; 32:28), and direct and protect you and your family.”
Aren't those great blessings worth a little of your time each day?
Love,
Jamie, Cindy, Loree, and Kathy
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