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WHEN YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT ~ WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE THE SPIRIT 4 March 2012

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  • 1. WHEN YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT ~ WHEN YOU DONT HAVE THE SPIRIT 4 March 2012

2. Have the Spirit

  • You feel happy, calm, and clear-minded

3. Dont have the Spirit

  • You feel unhappy, depressed, confused, and frustrated.

4. Have

  • You feel generous.

5. Dont have

  • You feel possessive,
  • self-centered, or
  • resentful of demands made on you.

6. have

  • Youwouldnt mind everybody seeing what you are doing.

7. Dont have

  • You become secretive and evasive.

8. have

  • You are eager to be with people and want to make them happy.

9. Dont have

  • You avoid people, especially members of your family, and you are critical of family members and Church authorities.

10. have

  • You are glad when others succeed.

11. Dont have

  • You envy or resent the successes of others.

12. have

  • You are glad to attend your meetings and participate in church activities .

13. Dont have

  • You dont want to go to church, go home teaching, or take the sacrament.You wish you had another church job or no job at all.

14. Have

  • You feel like praying

15. Dont have

  • You dont want to pray

16. Have

  • You wish you could keep all Lords commandments.

17. Dont have

  • You find the commandments bothersome, restricting, or senseless.

18. Have

  • You feel in control-
    • You dont sleep too much
    • You dont lose your temper
    • You dont feel anger, etc .

19. Dont have

  • Cant control
    • Hate
    • Jealousy
    • Anger
    • Etc.

20. Have

  • You think about the Savior often and lovingly; you want to know Him better.

21. Dont have

  • The Savior seems irrelevant to your life, or worse, part of the confusing system that seems to work against you.

22. Have

  • Nobody can offend you

23. Dont have

  • Easily offended

24. Have

  • Feel confident
  • Glad to be alive

25. Dont have

  • Get discouraged easily
  • Worth living?

26.

  • Let us be like Paul of old:
  • I have fought a good fight.I have finished my course

27. Do we know someone

  • Who is struggling spiritually?
  • Do we have the desire to help them start feeling good about themselves?

28. How can we

  • Help them?

29. The 21 - Day Member Missionary Promise

  • ElderM Russell Ballard of the Quorumof the Twelve & Elder Robert E. Wells of the Quorum of the Seventy:
  • Gavea special promise to ALL members oftheChurch :

30.

  • createa list of your nonmemberand less-active friends
  • include the list of thesenames in your morning and evening prayers

31. Continued 32. Continued

  • By the end of 21 days!
  • We challenge you to give Heavenly Fathers
  • Promisea try:
  • He has declared:

33. D & C 82:10 34. Twenty onedaysPart one

  • 1.Take a few days to become spiritually ready
  • Why a few days?

35. Example: whatmay happen if you dont water the flowers 36. Your plant will die ( your spirit will starve) 37. Part two : 21 days ... Continued

  • Family discussion develop name list
  • Dont make it too long!

38. Name list

  • Prayerfully ask the Lord to help you choose
      • Use priority :
          • Example:pick the names you feel comfortable to associate with
          • Later after 21 days, make a new list pick the names of those you want to develop relationship

39. Part three of the 21-day project

  • Pray morning and night:
    • Ask the Lord to help you find anyone who will be prepared to have the missionaries
      • Teach lessonsat your house

40. 41. Be obedient

  • To His commandments for 21 days
  • What commandments?

42. All commandments!

  • Love your God -Love one another- and love yourself

43. Show love unconditionally 44. Obedience

  • 1. when you obey, you will be in tune with yourself
    • Harmony;your spirit work well with His spirit
    • Good attitude
    • Strong desire to
    • Serve Him

45. When you obey, the world goes around! 46. You will always feel love when you obey His Commandments 47. 48. 49. Show

  • LOVEtoeveryone
    • Especially to EACH OTHER

50. Show love to

  • Everyone you meet
  • Especially to each other!

51. Then the Lord

  • Will open the way for you to find someone ready to listen to the message of the Restoration!

52. 53. 54. 55. Let us go for it!