Elders Masausabe, Kaanapu and Pese |
This week is going to be so different but so exciting at the same time. After training Elder Masausabe he is going to be leaving the Tarneit
area and we actually just got word that he's getting transferred to the
island of Tasmania! He's pretty excited to leave but also sad because he
loves this place, I'll admit that I miss my first area as well, I feel
like that was a part of me that I left behind but all is well still with
me :)
This week I've committed myself to some key changes, this morning
even I had a question during personal study that I got personal
revelation for. My question was how can I follow closer to God and how
can I know I'm really on the right way? The answer to me came as
follows: To be a successful missionary there's a lot of things that
happen, you love the people, you desire their salvation, you feel the
spirit and are guided by the spirit to know where to go and what to say
amongst other blessing that indicate if you are successful. I've always
loved feeling the spirit but I wanted to know how I can specifically
come closer to God. The obvious answer that came was through praying. I
looked in the Bible dictionary definition of prayer and part of it says
"As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God
(namely, God is our Father, and we are His children), then at once
prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (
Matt. 7:7–11).
Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting
this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and
the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other.
The object of prayer is not to change the will of God but to secure for
ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant
but that are made conditional on our asking for them." I then had the
impression that if I or anyone wants to feel closer and follow more
closely the example of the Savior, it's through prayer.
I believe a
successful missionary and a successful person is one who humbles
himself/herself before the Father in constant supplication for their own
soul, with an earnest desire to know what we should do and then acting
on the prompting. This is part of what the prophets of old now have
taught. Because without prayer we can't receive revelation and without
revelation where are we? I invite all of you to ponder that question and
to see how you can improve you're own prayers because I know I'm gonna
improve mine!
Love Elder Kaanapu Enos 1:4-8
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