Daily Archives: February 5, 2013

Three Spiritual Experiences…

Here are three of the experiences President Anderson shared in his letter this week…

“There’s one specific moment this week that I really saw how incredible it is to liken the scriptures, we were teaching this girl named Antoinette. She had such a pure heart and her greatest desire is to follow Christ and help others follow Him. During our lesson she was talking about no matter what commandments God gives her she will follow and how all she wants is to be an example to her family members…she is the youngest in her family…so what she was basically saying is “I’m just like Nephi”. So we read with her about Nephi in 1 Nephi 3:7 and shared with her that Nephi,  just like her, wanted to follow God and in turn was placed as the leader over his siblings and was able to lead in righteousness. It was an incredible lesson and she is one of those pure hearted people that just wants to do whatever God asks her too…it’s great finding those prepared to receive the Gospel.”

 

To invoke our testimony of “power and authority” with faith as it pierces others hearts by the Spirit:

 

“We knocked on Dee’s door, and he wouldn’t let us leave a blessing, we continued to testify, and he continued to turn us down. Finally we asked if we could just leave a card with him. He again told us no, he’s not interested, so we left. We went and harvested across the street to some complexes there, and as we were walking upstairs we heard, “SISTERS!” We looked and guess who it was? Dee! He asked us if he could join us at church the next day and wanted to know more. It was amazing to see the change in his heart, from just minutes ago.”

 

Astonish them with powerful faithful testimony:

 

“We harvested this guy who accepted baptism, and then asked if he knew anyone who we could talk to. He said that his neighbor had just gotten out of prison and that we could try next door. So we went and knocked next door, and a guy answered. He was less than thrilled about us and he didn’t want to pray with us. So, we told him (very tactfully) that his neighbor had sent us over and that God had sent us there to see him. He let us pray with him and then we invited him to be baptized. He told us that he had just gotten out of prison and that he was going through a hard time…and when we invited him to be baptized, he accepted. President, I wish you could have seen his face.”