- 1 Nephi 10: 16…Lehi had many great spiritual experiences while he dwelt in a tent (lived poor, humble life)
- Romans 5:3-4…Tribulations worketh patience, patience produces experience which produces hope.
- Alma 27: 25-26…Sharing spiritual experiences can cause great joy among the listeners
- Alma 12:9-11…Share experiences with caution
- .3 Nephi 23:11-13…Write down spiritual experiences
- 3 Nephi 23:14…Communication your spiritual experiences
- Jacob 7: 5…A testimony supported by experiences
- “Time and experience will provide the answers.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 1990, 97)
- “…No other experiences of life draw us nearer to heaven than those that exist between happy parents and happy children.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 54)
- “People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others. Blaise Pascal, 1657. Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 95
- “The Only Thing We Are Ever Dealing With Is a Thought, and a Thought Can Be Changed. No matter what the problem is, our experiences are just outer effects of inner thoughts.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)-Page 5
- “Whatever I choose to believe becomes true for me. Whatever you choose to believe becomes true for you. Our thoughts can be totally different. Our lives and experiences are totally different.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 33
- “Time and experience will provide the answers.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 1990, 97)
- “He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings that [we] shall pass through in his fellowship; and [we] shall learn by [our] own experience who He is. We will discover He is more than the Babe in Bethlehem, more than the Carpenter’s Son, more than the greatest teacher ever to live. We will come to know Him as the Son of God, our Savior and our Redeemer.” (Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1986, 39)
- “When you push against the boundaries of experience into the twilight of the unknown, the Lord will strengthen you. The beauty of your eternal soul will begin to unfold.” (Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2003, 41)
- “As I have reviewed the past 49 years, I have made some discoveries. One is that countless experiences I have had were not necessarily those one would consider extraordinary. In fact, at the time they transpired, they often seemed unremarkable and even ordinary. And yet, in retrospect, they enriched and blessed lives—not the least of which was my own. I would recommend this same exercise to you—namely, that you take an inventory of your life and look specifically for the blessings, large and small, you have received.” Thomas S. Monson, October 2012 General Conference
- April 30th, 1995 – Sunday. Quito Ecuador… “I just got finished thinking a bit. For a good while before I was a little scared inside because I wasn’t being as obedient as I know I should’ve been. I would think a lot of the scriptures, and how the men would always receive punishments or tough trials when they weren’t righteous. They would receive these things to be reminded of the Lord & to be humbled. I was always scared that something would happen to me to frighten me to repent, or humble me to repent. At times I even asked for an experience that would change my attitude, that would help me to drop a lot of my carnal desires & sins. Well, the Lord did answer me. Because Elder Norris told me that experience of Satan which helped to make a change for the better. But I still wasn’t even close. I still had an inner feeling and knowledge that I had to change even more. Well, I kind of put it in the back of my mind, justifying my little sins – I mean, I was spiritually strong enough – Right?? Yesterday, right when I saw that poor kid dead in the street, a song entered my head that said “Do you hear me? I can feel you near me. It’s the answer that I’ve been longing for.” Seeing this boy woke me up. It was the answer that I was needing. It hurts me to think that I didn’t have the common sense or strength enough to repent for myself. The Lord had to humble me through this experience. It’s sad for me to think that one of the reasons for this kid’s death was to help me to re-evaluate my life and repent of the picky things that in my mind weren’t too big of a deal.”
- “At another M.A.S.H., Russell met a young Latter-Day Saint soldier who had been paralyzed by a gunshot wound. He wondered how to comfort the young man and ended up being the one comforted when the soldier said, “Don’t worry about me, Brother Nelson, for I know why I was sent to earth- to gain experiences and workout my salvation. I can workout my salvation with my mind not my legs. I’ll be alright!” Russell recorded after that “the faith of that young man has motivated me ever since” Nelson, From Heart to Heart,79