Prayer the Answer for Everything and Anything

So I was sitting in Lebanon today teaching a lady. When I showed up I had no idea what we were going to talk to her about. All of a sudden it came to me to ask her how her prayers have been going. She told me not to good. So we had a great discussion on prayer.

I have learned in my life that prayer plays a huge role. When we pray we are literally talking to our Heavenly Father. I know that God loves and cares about us and wants to hear from us. We should talk to Him in a loving and respectful way. He wants to hear about what we think and feel. We need to ask him for help and support. We should thank Him for all that we have because He has given everything to us.

There are a ton of benefits of prayer. I was just thinking of a few from the lesson. First it brings us comfort. When we are having hard times we can pray and ask God for support. As we do so He will send the Holy Ghost to comfort us and give us peace. Second it shows God our love. We can show God our love by obeying his commandments (John 14:15). Prayer is a commandment from God (3 Nephi 18:19). Besides showing love by keeping the commandments we can show God our love by thanking Him for all of our many blessings. The third reason to pray is to receive guidance. We can ask God anything in our prayers and he will answer them. The answer might not always come as we expect it to but I know it will come. God answers all of our prayers in His own due time. Some times we just have to be patient. Answers can come from feelings we receive (Galatians 5:22). They can come by our thoughts. God can also answer our prayers by something someone else does for us or says to us. We just have to open our eyes, be patient, and show our faith by following Christ's example. I know the answers will come. Just as today I was praying and pondering what to teach and the Holy Ghost gave me the answer to teach about prayer (Moroni 10:5).

I invite everyone to pray more often. I know that if you do you will feel God's love more in your life. You will find yourself growing closer to God and increasing your relationship with Him. I know that when you pray and remain faithful the answers will come. I know God will give you the knowledge, understanding, comfort, and guidance you seek. So start today you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. While you are at it take the time to pray and ponder to find out if the Book of Mormon is true. It will change your life, I guarantee it!