- Ether 3: 16…Our bodies look the same as our Spirits before we came to earth.
- 1 Nephi 17:47…Nephi was filled with the spirit even to the point of no strength
- 1 Nephi 17:45-46…The spiritual experiences that had no effect on Laman and Lemuel
- 1 Nephi 10: 17…The Holy Ghost comes to all who diligently seek him
- Alma 12: 7…The Spirit can touch and convince even the most wicked
- Alma 21:16…Preach the word of God wherever the Spirit of the Lord leads anywhere that you can be admitted.
- Alma 19:31,32,35…With the Spirit you can convert as many as hear your words and believe (some still will not).
- Alma 19:17…Act on promptings of the Spirit. Abish was prompted to go house to house and let a miracle be known, so she did it
- Alma 18: 35…Just a portion of the Lord’s Spirit can give you (1) Knowledge (2) Power (according to faith & desires that are in God)
- Alma 18: 22…Follow the Spirit wisely
- Alma 17: 10…The Spirit comforts
- Alma 13: 28-29…When we allow ourselves be led by the Spirit we become (1) Humble (2) Meek (3) Submissive (4) Patient (5) Full of love (6) All long suffering (7) Having faith (8) Having a hope to receive eternal life
- Alma 22: 1…Always make sure you’re worthy of the Spirit
- Alma 24: 8…Thank God for even just a portion of His Spirit.
- Mosiah 18: 14…The Spirit is felt when being baptized
- Mosiah 18: 10…If we serve God and keep His commandments then we’ll have His Spirit more abundantly upon us
- Mosiah 17: 11…The Spirit will always testify to someone of the truth. Whether they accept it or not is their choice
- Mosiah 12: 30…Even the wicked recognize and feel when truth is spoken
- 1 Nephi 4:6…Let S. guide, even if you know not what to do
- D&C 42:14…No Spirit, shall not teach
- JSH 1:20…Overcome by the Spirit
- 1 Nephi 1:7…The Spirit will leave at a certain point
- Moses 1:9… The Spirit will leave at a certain point
- Daniel 10:9…The Spirit will leave at a certain point
- Ecclesiastics 12:7…S. returns to God, who gave it
- Alma 40:7,11-14…Spirit World (state between death and resurrection)
- D&C 76:73…Christ visits Spirit prison in Spirit World
- Ether 3:15-16…Christ’s Spirit body, same as us
- Alma 34:34…Same Spirit will be in Spirit world
- Galatians 5:22-23…How the Spirit feels
- 1 Nephi 4:7-18…Spirit speaks to Nephi
- Enos 1:10…Voice comes to mind–Spirit
- Mark 13:11…Don’t worry what to say or speak, Spirit takes over
- Alma 5:46…Holy Spirit will tell you things are true
- D&C 50:31…How to know if visited by a true Spirit
- Ether 4:11-12…Spirit testifies
- D&C 46:2…Guide of Spirit during talks
- Ether 15:9…The spirit stops to try at a certain point
- Moroni 9:4…The Spirit will leave at a certain point
- Moroni 8:28… The Spirit will leave at a certain point
- Moroni 4:5…How to have the Spirit with you (Sacrament)
- Moroni 10 (Heading)…Only through Spirit can someone gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon
- 1 Nephi 4:14-18…S. works step by step until one realizes the truth
- Alma 12:16…When one dies in sins, suffers a Spiritual death too
- 1 Nephi 17:45…A sinner can be past feeling (can’t hear still small voice)
- 1 Nephi 17:47…The body weakens when it is totally full of the Spirit
- 1 Nephi 17:52…With Spirit, the wicked are confounded and shut up
- 1 Nephi 18:12…The Spirit stops working with the wicked
- 1 Nephi 19:20…Spirit can waken someone, even to the joint
- 1 Nephi 22:2…All things known to prophets through Spirit
- 2 Nephi 2:45…Spirit same yesterday, today and forever
- 2 Nephi 26:11…The Spirit does stop striving with man
- 2 Nephi 26:12-13…The power of the Spirit testifies that Jesus is the Christ to any race, tongue, or nation
- 2 Nephi 32:5…The Spirit will show us what we need to do
- 2 Nephi 32:8…The Spirit teaches man to pray
- 2 Nephi 33:1…Speak by Spirit to enter into man’s heart
- Acts 10:42,44… Speak by Spirit to enter into man’s heart
- Jacob 4:13…The Spirit speaks the truth. How things are and how they will be
- Jarom 1:4…Spirit manifest himself according to man’s faith
- Alma 19:13…The Spirit can cause your heart to swell within you and even to the point of being sunk down.
- Alma 18:36-40…Ammon presented the message with the Spirit causing the king to believe his words.
- D&C 84:33 -35… For whoso is faithful unto the obtaining these two priesthoods of which I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies. 34 They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham, and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God. 35 And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord;
- “Take responsibility for your own physical well-being. Your soul consists of your body and spirit (see D&C 88:15 ). Feeding the spirit while neglecting the body, which is a temple, usually leads to spiritual dissonance and lowered self-esteem. If you are out of shape, if you are uncomfortable in your own body and can do something about it, then do it! Elder Russell M. Nelson has taught that we should “regard our body as a temple of our very own” and that we should “control our diet and exercise for physical fitness” (“We Are Children of God,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 87; Liahona, Jan. 1999, 103).” Jörg Klebingat, October 2014 General Conference
- January 14th, 1995 – Saturday. Quito Ecuador – Jeffrey R. Holland Conference…”After, we all went to the chapel and we waited for Jeffrey R. Holland. He came in and it was a great feeling to be in his presence. During his talk his personality really showed. He has a great sense of humor. One time he went and kissed the translator on the cheek because he could not translate because the spirit was so strong. I had the opportunity to shake his hand which I’ll never forget. I also realized that the 12 Apostles love us. Elder Holland called President Hunter to tell him what he was going to do here in Quito. President Hunter told him to tell the missionaries that he loved them so much. I realized how much love the Savior has for me. I also realized that we have Angels all around us helping us and protecting us. They might even be our deceased loved ones.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- Jacob 7: 8… But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul, insomuch that I did confound him in all his words.
- Words of Mormon 1: 7… And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
- “We must never forget that the Lord is not only aided by the Holy Ghost, but by a Holy Host of unseen beings… who help care for the Fathers’ children with loving familial care.” Hugh B. Brown as quoted by Truman Madsen
- “The veil which separates us from the spirit world sometimes seems very thin to us…however, surely those who have passed beyond, can see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is possible for us to see them from our sphere of action. I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and heavenly beings. We are NOT separate from them ….we are close to our kindred, to our ancestors, to our friends, and associates and co-laborers who have preceded us into the spirit world.They see us better than we can remember them….they know us better than we know them….I claim we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous of our welfare, they love us now more than ever…For they see the dangers that beset us; they can comprehend, better than ever before, the weaknesses that are liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths. They see the temptations and the evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal beings to yield to temptation and to do wrong; hence their love for us, the solicitude for us, and their love for us, and their desire for our well being, must be greater than that which we feel for ourselves.” Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine p.429
- “No matter how people refer to [the Spirit], He is a Him. And that means you can have a relationship with Him. You can feel things about Him-and He has feelings about and can have a relationship with you.” Spirit, David Butler
- December 28, 1995 – Thursday – Quito Ecuador… “A lot of appointments dogged us today. Satan was trying to deanimarnos (discourage us). But he can’t. THis morning we had Zone Study. Our Zone is sweet. We have a lot of fun together. Elder Herrera and I walked all over the place today. We had 3 charlas. Yesterday we had 6. Yesterday, during the Joseph Smith principle at the Bustamante’s house, the Spirit was so strong. It was in my whole body testifying that Joseph Smith is a true prophet. I have no doubt of that!!! We committed Marcelo Sifuentes and Mirian Zambrano to be baptized on the 7th of January. They’re neat people, and will be baptized. I love this work. At times I’m so tired, or want to give up, but no way. It’s like the 4th Quarter. Bear down and get ‘em. Before the mission I was worried because I had no excitement for the church. It was all Sports! I could get hyped up for Sports but not church. I prayed a lot during high school that the Lord would convert my excitement for Sports to excitement to Spread the Gospel. I tell you what, the Lord has answered my prayers. My adrenaline gets flowing to leave the house, hunt down the chosen, teach with the Spirit, and help people progress. I love it when the other team – Satan – tries to impede us or beat us. I get pumped to find out how to beat him.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- December 29, 1995 – Friday (18 MONTHS as a missionary) – Quito Ecuador… “This morning we got up & felt early to do the January Calendar. It turned out funny. We then went to the Torres’ house and had a good talk with Hilda and Geovanna. They’re both going to be baptized. We next went to some inactives’ house. We were about to leave when Marcela Moreno (muy inactiva) told us to go and visit her friend. We went there, knocked on the door and we told them that we were sent by Marcela. They allowed us to go in. During the charla they had a few doubts, and a few worries but we helped them with the scriptures. In the middle of the charla, they started to cry. They told us of how Fernanda had separated from her husband last night, and she told us that she had been praying that God would help her. They told us that they know that we’ve been sent by God. We testified to them of it, and left. The Spirit was very strong. We made great contacts today. Our program is so packed. We need splits every night. We need to make a lot of contacts at the right time. I need to be worthy so that the Lord uses me as an instrument to convert many souls.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- February 9, 1996 – Friday – Quito Ecuador… “Today Elder Herrera and I walked all over. At times I wonder if we’re following the Spirit because we walk all over but nothing. There is always a reason for everything. We taught some good 1st Charlas, and we gave Pepe Salas the 2nd. We have his date for the 18th. We know that he’ll be ready. We put Miguelon Pena for the 25th. We didn’t make it to the cita with Angel Montero. I felt really bad. There was no way. At these times I wonder if it was our fault for not following the Spirit or if the Lord wanted it this way. I feel that this is the Lord’s work, and he impedes us at times to complete what we’ve planned. I know that we sure aren’t going to impede or hinder the Lord’s work. A worthy missionary never will. He’ll just be used when the Lord wants. And when he wants, the missionary should have the Spirit strong enough to follow His promptings. If not, the missionary won’t be an effective instrument.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- 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
- February 20, 1996 – Tuesday – Quito Ecuador… “Right now I’m a little shook up. Emotionally wise. Tonight we went to an FHE at the Melo’s house. The Vallejos & Tipan families went with us. The Spirit was so strong & great there. We then arrived late to the Salas’ house. I’m sure we’re testing their patience. We started and Elder Ponciano started speaking on the importance of obeying parents, etc. Lourdes then went off on Lorena, telling us how bad she was etc. It was very uncomfortable. No Spirit. But the Spirit of contention. We were there 1 ½ hours, and the two of them spoke. Lorena finally spoke which is what she needed to do and Lourdes needed to do. Elder Ponciano & I did our best, trying to help them openly talk and come to conclusions. At the end, the Lord blessed us with such a strong spirit that it brought tears to our eyes. We then left and as we were walking down the street a drunk came up to us, asking for $ for some beer. Then an urgent feeling came over me saying to catch a Taxi & leave!! About 3 or 4 Taxis came by. The empty ones didn’t stop & I started getting scared. The drunk was getting very upset because we didn’t cooperate. We kept trying to walk and the drunk started to look around as if to see if there were people. Well, I looked ahead and there was a Taxi backing up to us. I was so happy because we were in a full on feeling of Satan. We got in the Taxi (Ponciano got in back, entering from the other side) and the drunk wouldn’t allow us to shut the door. I told the chofer to Go, so he did. The Tax driver then told us that he saw us as he passed by. He then went up the hill and came back down in front of us and then backed up. He told us that the drunk was a robber, and that he had a knife on him. We thanked the Taxi driver for stopping, paid him & left. As I said, I’m shooken up. 1st of all because of what COULD’VE happened if we didn’t have the Spirit with us, and to recognize the difference as the drunk came up. 2nd of all, Satan is trying so hard to kick us out of this sector. He has done more things with us this past week that I see that he’s working intensely. He has given us the creeps, etc, but he won’t send us out of here. I know that we are here to kick him out of this sector and zone, and he’s fighting until the end. Stan is testifying to me that Elder Ponciano is a valiant Spirit, that he’s going to be the one to finally overcome this sector. That’s the goal. Kick Satan out through hard work, obedience, studies, positive attitude, Love, Patience, diligence, and the Priesthood of God. I love this work.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal