knowing is only half the battle.

Application of Welfare Principles in the Home: A Key to Many Family Problems   

By Barbara B. Smith

October 1982

“Knowing” alone is not always sufficient to bring the promised light. We have to live by every word. We speak often in our worldwide Church about translation. The translation for which we each bear personal responsibility is converting the words of the gospel into actions, attitudes, and habits.

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The Challenge to Become By Elder Dallin H. Oaks

October 2000

Eph. 4:13

This process requires far more than acquiring knowledge. It is not even enough for us to be convinced of the gospel; we must act and think so that we are converted by it. In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something.

1 Nephi 15:3

Doctrine & Covenants 88:35

service and the Holy Ghost

Our Constant Companion  

By President Henry B. Eyring

"If you want to receive the companionship of the Holy Ghost, you must want it for the right reasons. Your purposes must be the Lord’s purposes. If your motives are too selfish, you will find it difficult to receive and sense the promptings of the Spirit."

This reminded me of my youngest when he was about 3 years old. He hid the shovels at Kindergarten (pre-school) so he and his friends could have them. He then prayed that no one else would find them. They weren't there the next day. When he came home and told me about it, we talked about praying for selfish things instead of good and kind things.

Pres eyring then tells of a woman making some bad decisions. Her mother and home teachers were made aware of the situation through inspiration. He then says, "The Holy Ghost had been sent to those home teachers because they were willing to serve the Lord."

1 nephi 3:7

The willingness to act is essential. 

Doctrine & Covenants 121:45-46

Power will distill upon you. It takes repeated action. Sometimes things seem to be moving very slowly or not at all. There's a reason patience is a virtue. It's difficult but necessary. 

Doctrine & Covenants 64:32-33

*Our Constant Companion

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