3 nephi 19: 30 - 20: 19
what does it mean to you to not cease to pray in your heart? how do you think praying in your heart can influence your weekly experience of partaking of the sacrament?
--> a few months ago, my dad was speaking to our relief society in the singles ward, and he said that that morning he had opened a prayer with the Lord, and hadn't closed it, nor did he plan to until the evening hours came. i was so struck by this. he mentioned that he was much more careful with his language the rest of the day, more careful with his thoughts, and more careful with the way he treated other people. he said it was a beautiful experience to just have an ongoing conversation with his Father all day.
so a few days later i tried it. it was a wonderful experience. i think there's something to having a prayer in your heart all day. i think about my closest friends, and how often i talk with them via text or e-mail or in person or on the phone. Heavenly Father wants to hear from us just as much, no, more! than we talk to our closest friends. when i choose to make this a priority in my life, i feel the blessings and the added measure of the spirit.
in answer to the second question of how praying in your heart can influence the weekly experience of taking the sacrament, i think it would help me to be more in tune with what i am doing wrong and how i need to fix it, and just have an overall better feeling about myself and the direction my life is going. who can't benefit from the added measure of the spirit? so. pray more. all day. "choose to converse, and tell him everything." - elder scott, gen conf oct. 2014
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