Study Journal #7

Date: Sept. 23, 2008

Principles and Doctrines: Personal preparation and worthiness are necessary to teach by the Spirit.

From preparing and becoming worthy missionaries, the Lord will bless us with His Spirit. "Every missionary should strive to devote part of each day to study and prayerful thought on the principles of the gospel and the theology of the Church..." The Spirit is here to manifest the truth of all things and through its influence, the children of men can become closer to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Supporting Scriptures:

Alma 5:46- The key to this scripture is how we need to have faith, and if we do, the Lord will send His Holy Ghost to testify to us and it will personally be known unto us.

Alma 8:10- Alma depended on the Lord through prayer, to teach the people with the Holy spirit and because of his faith, Alma had the Gift of the Holy Ghost in his teaching.

Inspirational Writings:

We are taught time and time again that the only way we can truly convert anyone to the gospel of Jesus Christ is to have the Spirit of the Lord touch there hearts. But, the only way to be blessed with that important conversion tool is to be personally worthy. This comes to us by keeping the commandments and using God's gift of the Atonement of Christ!