Sis. Griffin taught today from lesson #4 - Strengthened by the power of the Holy Ghost
She titled her lesson - Ready us to kneel and greet thee.
The manual says, "We ought to understand—and I presume that we do generally—that the work
which we have come into this life to perform cannot be done to the glory
of God or to the satisfaction of ourselves merely by our own natural
intelligence. We are dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord to aid us and
to manifest to us from time to time what is necessary for us to
accomplish under the peculiar circumstances that may surround us."
Sister Ashely Charriere read the story about when Pres. Snow was on his mission and his life was saved. The 2 men that saved his life did so with CPR before cpr was even "discovered" or put into practice because they followed the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
Sis. Griffin asked us to think of a time when we have been blessed by someone else because they listened to the Spirit? or a time when you listened to the Spirit and helped someone else..?
The Spirit helps us to be the receiver and the giver.
There are several blessing we receive from the Holy Ghost that were listed in this lesson:
1. Reveals things from past, present and future
2. Enlightens
3. Inspires
4. Guides
5. Aids us
6. Leads us to truth
7. Manifests to us
8. Comforts
9. Testifies of Jesus Christ and the Father
Sis Griffin said when we are baptized and confirmed a member of the Church we are told to "receive" the Holy Ghost. She asked us "How do we receive gifts?" Do we welcome them, embrace them, or just get it or obtain it the gift....?
contrast that with how we receive the Spirit in our lives? Do we welcome it, embrace it...?
Pres. Snow says, " This is the grand privilege of every Latter-Day Saint. We know that it is our right to have the manifestations of the Spirit every day of our lives.
From the time we receive the Gospel, go down into the waters of baptism
and have hands laid upon us afterwards for the gift of the Holy Ghost,
we have a friend, if we do not drive it from us by doing wrong. That
friend is the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, which partakes of the things
of God and shows them unto us. This is a grand means that the Lord has
provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling
continually in the dark.
No professing Latter-day Saint can enjoy any great degree of happiness
unless he thus lives, and thus places himself under divine guidance.
Make up your minds to live humbly and in such a way that you will always have the Spirit of the Lord to be your friend."