Brain Taylor's talk was truly inspired, he opened it with his testimony.
He told us that he felt impressed to change his talk to faith, hope, and Charity.
"You have a mission you have a purpose and a divine destiny in heavenly fathers plan. I know there are some of you thinking 'not me not right now, i don't even know what I'm going to do next" Faith hope Charity of Christ will lift you
He gave an analogy of balloons. He got 3 balloons, one out of the 3 have helium in it. Explaining that he hopes his stories will put helium in our balloon.
#1
"My wife and I were looking for a house, wanting to stay in bountiful. We looked for 2 years. One day i read a scripture that changed my thinking. What am i going to do next what am i supposed to do, where am i supposed to go, what am i supposed to be?
1 Nephi 17:13 we realized rather then drive around, we would be better at keeping Gods commandments. as you go into situations and you turn to the lord and make a commitment to obey the commandments just a little bit better each day, that he will be your light in the wilderness and you will arrive at you promise land."
#2
"When i was at BYU before one of our basketball games we meet with Ezra Taft Benson. he said 'your basketball team has the spirit, the spirit will be your greatest asset on the basketball court, it will do more for you then all your talents combined. what ever your righteous desires you goals,if you have the spirit you will be successful. IF you don't, you wont.'
As we obey the commandments this will allow the spirit to be in our lives. If you need repentance and to change, if you don't; don't kid yourselves, you will be like the 2 balloons sitting on the floor. We can not progress when there is something that stands in the way of the helium, or the holy ghost that is taking us where we are supposed to be. 2 Nephi 32:5 and Maroni 10 by the power of the holy ghost you will know all things what ye should do. This is the gift that will lift us to where we need to go, where ever we are right now. We need to do what ever is necessary for the companionship of the holy ghost"
#3
"When times are tough there are scriptures there. In Jacob we read, 'the word that healeth the wounded soul.' Alma 58 'there for we did pour out our souls in prayer to god, that he would strengthen us...and it came to pass that the lord our god did visit us with assurances that he would deliver us...'
The word protect is in the scriptures 33 times and the word Deliver is in the scriptures 939 times. The lord truly is our deliverer. The Lord promises that as we seek to obey the commandments and pour out our soul in prayer, that he will visit us with assurances and cause us to have great faith in him...
1 Nephi 24:15 if we hold fast and hearken to the word of god we will never perish. All the answers to the vexing problems and concerns of life will be answered with the living word of God, from the prophets, seers, and revelatory of our time."
He told us to go PRO. Pray.Read.Obay. everyday
"As we do these small simple and things the helium will come back into our balloon, the holy ghost will lift us and we will be lead along, ultimately getting to where our promise land is."
#4
"Where can i turn for peace. Trumen G. Manson was once driving to the temple with his stake president in a dark stormy night. The temple president said to him. "The temple is never more beautiful then during a storm"
"Know ye not that you are a temple of god and that the spirit of god dwelleth in you?"
He has great faith in you.
Let this be a motto you can take.
Make the word of God part of your life and you will be lifted up.
Do the things you need to do to put the helium into your balloon (have the holy ghost in you life)
This was one devotional to remember and be grateful that the Spirit worked through President Taylor. I loved the Spirit that was present and the personal principles that I learned from it. How very blessed we are to be at LDS Business College!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved the devotional!! I was sad that day until I did my scripture study in the Book of Mormon and then attended this devotional. My favorite part and the part I took into my heart the most was the part about being my most beautiful in a storm. I was going through one at the time, so hearing that was just what I needed.
ReplyDeleteI had the Spirit comforting me ever since!
i have a hard time trying to write notes during devotionals because i try to focus more on what their saying and when i try to write i feel like i'm missing out on what their going to say next. But a few things i wrote down were, What will put helium in my balloon? and a friendly reminder that God is there for us.....even in our darkest hour. I wanted one of those PRO rings but i knew i wouldn't read everyday....i wouldn't feel like i'm fulfilling the promise of the ring. I'll work up to it.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: I initially felt the same way about notes and worrying about missing out on what the speaker is going to say next but someone told me to not focus so hard. To let the Spirit guide your hand as you listen to the speaker. At first I didn't get it, but the more I focused on listening and jotting down short basic notes (that wouldn't make sense to anyone but myself) rather than worry I was going to miss something, the more I took away from each devotional. If you miss something because you are writing down what the Spirit just prompted you to write then what you missed wasn't anywhere near as important as what you felt you needed to write down. I hope this make sense and helps you a little. If not, I'm more than happy to go into more detail or whatever.
ReplyDeleteI recently had a family member pass away and I went through a really hard time. Nothing hurts more then to loss a loved one. I spent the first 3 weeks wallowing in self pitty and was angry. I one day opened a letter from a missionary friend, and the first thing he testified about was the scriptures. I prayed that night .... A lot.... and went through my scriptures looking for something to yell at me to get out of this funk. I didnt have to search real hard because I quickly saw that EVERY THING i would read was already helping me. I love how he said to go PRO. Its a great modo.
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