Thursday, October 4, 2007

A. Roger Merrill (October 2006 Conference)

One cannot help but wonder how many gifts and blessings surround us that we do not receive. The Lord has said: "For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift" (D&C 88:33)...

When we focus...on seeking and receiving the Spirit, we become less concerned about a teacher or speaker holding our attention and more concerned about giving our attention to the Spirit. Remember, receive is a verb. It is a principle of action. It is a fundamental expression of faith.

2 comments:

ethan said...

A. Roger Merrill is the General Sunday School President of the Church. I'm going through last conference to find the things that I want to remember and this talk was a pretty good one about a topic that's not generally discussed very much.

Renee Hawkley said...

In my opinion, receiving graciously is more difficult than giving graciously, especially when one is prideful.