030725, Friday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 229.9, GMI: 6.9, Steps (previous day) 11,334, Sleep: 6:44

Journal Entry:

We had a sealing session at the Mt. Timp. Temple and enjoyed it very much. We took three son-to-parent sealings for me and, I think, ten daughters to parents for Cathy and got them all done. We were in a small group with only one other woman and two other men but we all got our sealings done. Good session.

We also walked at University Place and got lots of steps in. The weather was poor and snowed a lot.

Come Follow Me 

D&C 19:28 And again, I command thee that thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as in private.

"My beloved friends, our prayers are our sweetest hour, our most “sincere desire,” our simplest, purest form of worship. We should pray individually, in our families, and in congregations of all sizes. We are to employ prayer as a shield against temptation, and if there be any time we feel not to pray, we can be sure that hesitancy does not come from God, who yearns to communicate with His children at any and all times."

President Jeffrey R. Holland, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, April 2024

The Importance of Prayer in Our Lives

Prayer is a supernal gift of our Father in Heaven to every soul. Think of it: the absolute Supreme Being, the most all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful personage, encourages you and me, as insignificant as we are, to converse with Him as our Father. Actually, because He knows how desperately we need His guidance, He commands, “Thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as in private.”

It matters not our circumstance, be we humble or arrogant, poor or rich, free or enslaved, learned or ignorant, loved or forsaken, we can address Him. We need no appointment. Our supplication can be brief or can occupy all the time needed. It can be an extended expression of love and gratitude or an urgent plea for help. He has created numberless cosmos and populated them with worlds, yet you and I can talk with Him personally, and He will ever answer.

Source

Richard G. Scott, "Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer," April 2007 General Conference.