• Ether 3: 26…If you want to be shown all things by the Lord, you need to believe He can do it, and believe in Him.
  • Alma 17: 2-3…Because of searching the scriptures diligently, giving oneself to much prayer and fasting one can (1) Have the Spirit of prophecy (2) Have the Spirit of Revelation (3) Teach with power and authority of God
  • Mosiah 18: 34…Alma warned by the Lord of harm coming
  • Mosiah 23: 1…Alma warned by the Lord of harm coming
  • 3 Nephi 29: 6…Ay of those who reject Revelation
  • Mormon 9: 7-9…Deny Revelation, don’t know the scriptures
  • Alma 12: 30…How to receive personal Revelation
  • 1 Nephi 2: 16-17…Revelation comes through the Spirit
  • Gal. 5: 22-23…How the Spirit feels
  • Enos 1: 10…Voice comes to mind – Spirit
  • Alma 5: 46…Holy Spirit will tell you things are true
  • 3 Nephi 29: 6-7…Deny Revelation, Miracles, Holy Ghost – Son of  Perdition
  • Moroni 8: 7…Word of Lord came by power of the Holy Ghost
  • 1 Nephi 11: 1…To receive R. (1) Desire (2) Believe Lord will tell you (3) Ponder in your heart
  • Jarom 1: 4…Many people receive Revelation (for themselves)
  • Mosiah 8: 16-17…A seer is a prophet & revelator and can:  (1) Know of things which are past (2) Know of things which  are to come (3) Have all things (secret things) revealed through him
  • 2 Nephi 9: 29…  But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.
  • 1 Nephi 17: 7…And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. And it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and cried unto the Lord.
  • Omni 1: 25… And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord: and that which is evil cometh from the devil.
  • Jacob 4: 8...Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.
  • Omni 1:26...And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved
  • Enos 1:7 -8… 7 And I said: Lord, how is it done? 8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.
  • “Joseph’s “marvilous experience,” as he called his revelations, came to him as experiential facts. Toward the end of his life, he told a Pittsburgh reporter that he could not always get a revelation when he needed one, but “he never gave anything to his people as revelation, unless it was a revelation.” Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling.  (Bushman, Richard Lyman) Kindle Location 231-233.
  • “Emerson worried that “men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead.” Now was no time to deny inspiration. “It is my duty to say to you, that the need was never greater of new revelation than now.” Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. (Bushman, Richard Lyman) Kindle Location 361-363.
  • “My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it. When I change my mind about God and His work, only the inspiration of God will change it.” (Thomas S. Monson, Church News, 12 Nov. 2005, 3)
  • Jacob 2:11… Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I inquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people.
  • Enos 1: 2…And as these plates are small, and as these things are written for the intent of the benefit of our brethren the Lamanites, wherefore, it must needs be that I write a little; but I shall not write the things of my prophesying, nor of my revelations. For what could I write more than my fathers have written? For have not they revealed the plan of salvation? I say unto you, Yea; and this sufficeth me.
  • “That sacred appearance, that vision-visitation in Palmyra, is the foundation on which the Restoration is built. It is the beginning of the revelation of God to humankind in these last days. Ours is a time foreseen by holy men and women for generations and centuries, a pivotal moment when righteousness would be sent down from heaven and truth would spring forth out of the earth.” I Saw a Pillar of Light, Robert L. Millet
  • “A seer is one who sees. This does not mean that he sees through his natural eyes but rather through spiritual eyes. The seeric gift is a supernatural endowment. Joseph was like unto Moses, the ancient seer, and Moses saw God face to face, but he explains how he saw him in these words: But now mine own eyes have beheld God; but not my natural, but my spiritual eyes, for my natural eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him (Moses 1:11). We should not suppose that to see spiritually is not to see literally. Such vision is not fancy or imagination. The object is actually beheld but not with the natural eyes. Each of us has spiritual eyes which are the counterpart of our natural eyes. We were first created spiritually and then our bodies were created as the covering of our spirit. We are told that in our first estate we walked by sight. This was through the vision of our spiritual eyes because we had not yet been given bodies with natural eyes. All men have spiritual sight but are not always privileged to use such sight unless quickened by the Spirit of the Lord. By the power of the Holy Ghost, certain persons, sent to the earth for that purpose, are able to see and behold the things which pertain to God. A seer is one who sees and knows of things which are past, and also of things which are to come, and by them shall all things be revealed (see Mosiah 8:15). In short, he is one who sees, who walks in the light of the Lord with spiritual eyes open and quickened by the power of the Holy Ghost. Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and many others were seers, because they were privileged to have a nearer view of the divine glory and power than other mortals have.” Teachings of the President of the Church: Howard W Hunter, Chapter 5, Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration
  • February 17, 1996 – Saturday – Quito Ecuador… “We decided to go to Oswaldo Melo’s house.  We gave him a charla reading the Book of Mormon.  We invited him to be baptized.  He said he would.  We were speaking more about it when he suddenly gasped, and he said that he has a huge desire to be baptized this day, and that his whole body was filled with joy.  We helped him to understand that these feelings come from the Holy Ghost.  It looks like his partners are going to be stumbling blocks.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
  • April 6, 1996 – Saturday – Quito Ecuador…” On the bus ride home (and ever since then) my comp & I have been receiving a ton of ideas and revelation on our program.  We started a fast with the purpose of having all Stake Mission Presidencies established in this month.  Right now we’re getting so many ideas on how to do it.  The Lord answers prayers & fasts!!” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal

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  • (From President Jay E. Jensen. 15 Sept. 1995. Colon Chapel Quito Ecuador)
    • Joseph Smith 1820…1st vision
    •       1820-1830…Taught by angels, time dedicated to complete the Book of Mormon
    •       1820- 1830…Doctrine and Covenants written. Church organization done
    • Lehi & Joseph Smith (1 Nephi 1; JSH)
      • (1)Prayed (2) Had a vision (3) Received a book (4) Leave to preach (5) Persecuted
    • Different forms of Revelation
      • 1 Nephi 2: 1…Revelation by dreams
      • 1 Nephi 3: 1…Revelation by talking with
      •  5: 4…Revelation by visions
      • 5: 22…Revelations are in the scriptures – study them
      •  7: 1…Revelation by the Spirit of Prophecy
      • 8: 2…Revelation by visions & dreams
      • 4: 6…The Spirit guides us
  • 1 Nephi 10: 16…Lehi had many great spiritual experiences while he dwelt in a tent (lived poor, humble life)
  • Mormon 9: 1-7…Them that don’t believe in Christ, and who deny Revelation
  • 3 Nephi 29: 6… Them that don’t believe in Christ, and who deny Revelation
  • 2 Nephi 26: 20…Them that don’t believe in Christ, and who deny Revelation
  • 2 Nephi 28: 4-6…Them that don’t believe in Christ, and who deny Revelation
  • Mormon 9: 15…God still reveals- BELIEVE!
  • Omni 1: 25…God still reveals- BELIEVE!
  • “Divine Intelligence gives me all the ideas I can use. Everything I touch is a success. There is plenty for everyone, including me. There are plenty of customers for my services. I establish a new awareness of success. I move into the Winning Circle. I am a magnet for Divine Prosperity. I am blessed beyond my fondest dreams. Riches of every sort are drawn to me. Golden Opportunities are everywhere for me.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 110
  • “We “affirm in our lives the importance of at least three things: first, that God, our Father in Heaven, does have a specific mission for all of us to fulfill and perform while we are here upon this earth; second, that we can, here and now in this life, discover what that mission is; and third, that with His help we can fulfill that mission and know and have assurance – here and now in this life – that we are doing that which is pleasing to our Father in Heaven.” (John H. Groberg, “What is Your Mission?” Speeches of the Year 1979, 92)
  • “Nonetheless, as Russell’s career accelerated, he experienced firsthand that as he shared the insights and knowledge God gave him, God gave him more.” Insight’s from a Prophet’ Life, Russell M. Nelson, Page 58