"And my soul hungered"

Please watch this modern day application of the story of the Book of Enos: 

 

“The hand will not reach for what the heart does not long for.” Welsh Proverb

“We must educate our very desires, for God finally gives to each man the desires of his heart.” Annonymous

“Desire is the pilot of the soul. It is the greatest power in the personality, On January 6, 1941, in his message to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made reference to his famous “Four Freedoms.” One was the freedom from want, and he told Congress what he thought should be done to secure greater freedom from want for the people of America. But there is a much greater freedom in America than the freedom from want, and that is the freedom to want. In America we may want as big as we please. If we want to succeed in tiny letters, we will fail. If we want to succeed in letters a foot high, we will succeed. We ought to spend a little more time learning to increase the size of our wants.”

“When we want to be faithful members of the Church in capital letters, or when we really want to be successful in our occupations, or when we really want character and honor and faith, we won’t need to worry very much about getting them.” (Sterling W. Sill February 9, 1965, BYU Speeches of the Year, 1965 10.)

 

 “Complacency is a very grave danger in the Church as well as in the world. We need to be aroused to the fact that there is much yet to do in this matter of gaining our salvation. The goal is so high that not only can it be seen from both sides of the valley of life, it is so far distant that we can pursue it throughout the endless ages of eternity, attempting to become like that from which we came — God our Father. We need to study more, to think more, to pray more fervently, to do our full duty.” (Hugh B. Brown, The Abundant Life [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965], 169.)

 

“Any time we experience the blessings of the Atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have a concern for the welfare of our brethren. …

“A great indicator of one’s personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others” (The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, ed. Clyde J. Williams [1997], 248–49).

CHALLENGE: Find a quiet place alone to have a personal prayer about something you really need help with.  Sincerely desire the answer.  Wait and listen for the answer.