My Talk
Hi my name is Cam Evans for those of
you who don’t know me, which is a crying shame, haha, but my talk is on growing
your testimony of the gospel. And a great way to do that is by prayer.
Recently I’ve been thinking about
hugging my little sister Elle, who is in Heaven, one last time. Just a few
weeks ago I had an amazing dream. Elle was there and we were playing and I got
to hug her. After that dream I said a prayer to Heavenly Father to thank Him
and it was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. I then felt as if Jesus
Christ were right beside me comforting me. This helped me grow my testimony
because I knew He was there, and that He really listens for what we want. I’ve
heard it said before that “God gives us one of three answers: yes, not yet, and
I have something better in mind.” Even if it takes a little time for Him to
answer you, it doesn’t mean He doesn’t hear your prayer.
Another way of growing your testimony
is by reading your scriptures. Lately I’ve been trying to read them by myself
and it is so much better than just reading along with your family trying not to
fall asleep. This way you really seek what you want to learn and what you want to
hear. In the scriptures, Moroni chapter 10: 3-5 it says
“ Behold I would
exhort you that when you read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye
should read them that ye would remember how merciful the lord hath been the
children of men, from
the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these
things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I
would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the
name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with
a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in
Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the
power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye
may know the truth of all things.
This is one of my
personal favorite scriptures because first, it talks about how to pray. If you
just pray on a noisy schoolbus just to get it done with, nothing will happen
because it doesn’t seem to be with real intent, but if you do it joseph smith
style, with a sincere heart, you’ll get a great realization.
Also, those
scriptures remind us that our Heavenly Father has been amazing to us from the
dawn of time helping us along our easy and hard challenges. Maybe it’s Adam
picking the fruit changing the whole world, or maybe it’s just a problem at
school you have to face even if you don’t want to.
And lastly those
scriptures describe all three members of the god head working together in this powerful
prayer, which shows to me that they are three separate beings, but one in
purpose.
So if you’re ever
struggling with your testimony, just think of that amazing talk Cam gave haha!
and pray joseph smith style with real intent. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen
... and now he's a celebrity at church
...and he's been asked to submit his experience with Elle into the church archives as part of our ward history.
