It has been another good week. More miracles!
On Tuesday we called Ricky to confirm an appointment at the
church building, and he canceled, saying that he had something come up and
would get in touch with us when he was free.
We prayed to know what we should do, and acted on the prompting we
received. We texted Ricky saying that we
would still be at the church at the set time, and if he changed his mind he
could still come by. He did! We had a great lesson and he started to keep
commitments after that. Miracle!
Saturday night after a prayer we felt impressed to change
our evening plans. That led us to
Leland, a freshman at one of the colleges in town her. He knew almost nothing about any religion,
but felt that he was at a juncture in life and was ready to see what is out
there. We taught him the Restoration and
he said his very first prayer. He was
touched by the Spirit and is excited for our return appointment.
This week I have spent some time in personal study learning
about the gifts of the Spirit that deal with teaching (Moroni 10:9-10). I have been impressed by the connection made
in the scriptures between the teacher's faith in Christ and the converting
power of their teaching.
3 Nephi 7:17-18 makes this connection:
"...And Nephi did minister with power and with great
authority.
"And it came to pass that they were angry with him,
even because he had greater power than they, for it were not possible that they
could disbelieve his words, for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ
that angels did minister unto him daily."
Nephi was marked as a powerful teacher because of his great
faith. Later, in the Book of Ether,
chapter 12, this same Nephi gets a shout out.
Verse 14 reads:
"Behold, it was the faith of Nephi and Lehi that
wrought the change upon the Lamanites, that they were baptized with fire and
with the Holy Ghost."
Our faith is Christ is a power that invites the converting
power of the Spirit into our teaching.
Faith brings miracles into missionary work and into the lives of people
all over the world.
With love,
Elder Cummings
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