PERSONAL REVELATION

     To receive personal revelation, I think it comes down to those plain and simple principles of the gospel; prayer, scripture study, and attending church meetings. I think it's so important to keep your mind clear and free of "clutter", in order to receive revelation. Pray and scripture study are a wonderful way to invite the Spirit in. By inviting Him in, you also want to keep things out. I find that if I'm having trouble and need answers to prayers on a trial I'm having, keep my mind open by not busying it with too much T.V., loud music, or spending to much time on the computer. Although they can be good things, to me it would be like calling for an ambulance and not answering the door when they came. Though answers to prayer come on the Lord's time, we need to show that we are ready and willing to receive it.





"Let us earnestly seek the light of personal revelation. Let us plead with the Lord to endow our mind and soul with the spark of faith that will enable us to receive and recognize the divine ministering of the Holy Spirit for our specific life situations and for our challenges and priesthood duties."

2011 April General Conference, Your Potential, Your Privilege, Priesthood session- Dieter F. Uchtdorf


"Think of what a glorious thing it is to reach beyond our earthly limitations, to have the eyes of our understanding opened and receive light and knowledge from celestial sources! It is our privilege and opportunity as bearers of the priesthood to seek personal revelation and to learn how to know the truth for ourselves through the sure witness of the Holy Spirit."

2011 April General Conference, Your Potential, Your Privilege, Priesthood session- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"There are some practical principles that enhance revelation. First, yielding to emotions such as anger of hurt defensiveness will drive away the Holy Ghost. Those emotions must be eliminated, or our chance for receiving revelation is slight."

2012 April General Conference, How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration in Your Personal Life,  Saturday afternoon session- Richard G Scott

"When I am faced with a very difficult matter, this is how I try to understand what to do. I fast. I pray to find and understand scriptures that will be helpful. That process is cyclical. I start reading a passage of scripture; I ponder what the verse means and pray for inspiration. I then ponder and pray to know if I have captured all the Lord wants me to do. Often more impressions come with increased understanding of doctrine. I have found that pattern to be a good way to learn from the scriptures."

2012 April General Conference, How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration in Your Personal Life,  Saturday afternoon session- Richard G Scott

"The Holy Ghost communicates important information that we need to guide us in our mortal journey. When it is crisp and clear and essential, it warrants the title of revelation. When it is a series of promptings we often have to guide us step by step to a worthy objective, for the purpose of this message, it is inspiration."

2012 April General Conference, How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration in Your Personal Life,  Saturday afternoon session- Richard G Scott

"If we are not seeking to use this channel of revelation, we are living beneath our priesthood privileges. For example, there are those who believe but don't know that they believe. They have received various answers by the still, small voice over an extended period of time, but because this inspiration seems so small and insignificant, they do not recognize it for what it really is. As a result, they allow doubts to keep them from fulfilling their potential as priesthood holders."

2011 April General Conference, Your Potential, Your Privilege, Priesthood session- Dieter F. Uchtdorf


"I emphasize the phrase, "apply unto it" in relation to the spirit of revelation. In the scriptures, the influence of the Holy Ghost frequently is described as "a still small voice" and a "voice of perfect mildness". Because the Spirit whispers to us gently and delicately, it is easy to understand why we should shun inappropriate media, pornography, and harmful addictive substances and behaviors. These tools of the adversary can impair and eventually destroy our capacity to recognize and respond to the subtle messages from God delivered by the Spirit."

2011 April General Conference, The Spirit of Revelation, Sunday morning session - David A. Bednar

"In our learning, let us not neglect the fountain of revelation. The scriptures and the words of modern-day apostles and prophets are the sources of wisdom, divine knowledge, and personal revelation to help us find answers to al the challenges in life. Let us learn of Christ; let us seek out that knowledge which leads to peace, truth, and the sublime, mysteries of eternity."

2009 October General Conference, Two Principles for Any Economy, Priesthood Session- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Revelation from God is always compatible with His eternal law. It never contradicts His doctrine. It is facilitated by proper reverence for Deity."

2009 October General Conference, Ask, Seek, Knock, Sunday morning session- Russell M. Nelson

"To access information from heaven, one must first have a firm faith and a deep desire. One needs to "ask with a sincere heart [and] real intent, having faith in Jesus Christ." "Real intent" means that one really intends to follow the divine direction given. The next requirement is to study that matter diligently. This concept was taught to leaders of this restored Church when they were first learning how to gain personal revelation. The Lord instructed them, "I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right."

2009 October General Conference, Ask, Seek, Knock, Sunday morning session- Russell M. Nelson