Come unto him

Repent. 

Choose Him to be my Savior. 

Think about Him.

Study about Him.

Try to be like Him.

Do what He would do. 

32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Prayer is worship

Prayer is a form of worship. And Heavenly Father doesn't want me to just be a Sunday disciple. He wants me to worship Him every day. He wants me to commune with Him every day. In Alma 33, Zenos thanks God for hearing him in any situation and location, "because of [his] afflictions and [his] sincerity," or his humility and sincerity. On Zenos's side. But it was "because of thy Son that thou hast been this merciful into me." On Heavenly Father's side.

He listens to my prayers whenever I am sincere. And he responds to them and reacts to them and blesses me with what I ask for and need because of Jesus. 

I need to involve Heavenly Father in my life more. And ask Him for help and guidance.

Eternal decision making

It is extremely important that we do not make decisions of eternal value from the perspective of mortality. For decisions that affect eternity, having a gospel perspective is essential.

Rafael Pino, GC Apr 2015

This is so true. And honestly I feel ask though most decisions of note are important, if they affect our eternity. 

According to our faith

Things happen according to our faith (and God's will). Miracles can happen iny life if I have faith. I can have the companionship of the Spirit and get spiritual gifts that will help me and others when I have faith. The opposite is also true:

Mormon 1:14 And there were no gifts from the Lord, and the Holy Ghost did not come upon any, because of their wickedness and unbelief.

Only God knows our thoughts

Only God knows our thoughts. Even when we think we understand or know someone and their intent ( and sometimes if we feel bad or insecure we want to blame them and say they have malicious or jealous intent), we don't! Even my husband! Sister! Only God knows their thoughts. So what should I do? Give them the benefit of the doubt. And also give the situation to God. 

16 Yea, I tell thee, that thou mayest know that there is none else save God that knowest thy thoughts and the intents of thy heart. (D&C 6:16)

Family scripture study

Family rituals: Strengthening Families book, p. 131

Having too many rules or focusing too much on schedule and structure can impede our following the Spirit and relying on God. 

Pride

"Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?" Benson

I'm so grateful that Christ isn't proud. Where would we all be if He didn't want to help us rise to His character and stature and glory. 

Pride keeps me from being able to love purely and serve sincerely. It keeps me from getting guidance on how I am help certain people (if I am competing with them or if I am holding a grudge against them). Pride keeps me from growing closer to God. It keeps me from applying the Atonement everywhere I can, because I rely on myself in that situation rather than on God. 

He will protect me

Yesterday Heavenly Father did something really sweet for me. He printed me to sing "How Firm a Foundation" to open my scripture study. Then in my scripture study I happened to be at the end of 3 Nephi, where Jesus quotes Isaiah a lot and the gist of what he is saying is that God will be our rearward, that He will do anything we ask Him to, if we are obedient. So that was great. And so after that scripture study was done and packaged up in my heart, it came back to me last night before I fell asleep--during a small anxiety/fear attack. I started worrying so intensely about Conley. About if he was safe. About what I would do if anything bad ever happened to him. Satan was trying to make me doubt God and doubt my faith and doubt that he would help me. It was really strong and I was sure that if something happened to Conley, there would be no way I would keep the faith or not be mad at God. But I remembered the packages and I just had to tell myself to think like that--God would take care of me. God would help me through it.