tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post253263553543574718..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Puzzling Coincidences After People Pray to Find the TruthJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-2316634846748286082007-09-26T02:11:00.000-05:002007-09-26T02:11:00.000-05:00You're obviously interested. Why not take the bull...You're obviously interested. Why not take the bull by the horns, so to speak. Let's say that faith is a cup, some people fill their cup and some people wait for their cup to be filled. While both have their cup filled the one that fills his own usually gets it first.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703965785236123679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-22756840593182066742007-09-26T01:38:00.000-05:002007-09-26T01:38:00.000-05:00Peter,Don't you think that if God were sending a m...Peter,<BR/>Don't you think that if God were sending a missionary to a person, He have the missionary actually SPEAK to the person? A person asking a missionary for information on the LDS church doesn't show that God initiated the exchange a a response to prayer. It would only show that the person in question was curious about mormonism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-74606602656254563972007-09-22T08:13:00.000-05:002007-09-22T08:13:00.000-05:00I've been on the other side of the experience. My...I've been on the other side of the experience. My MP had promised us at Zone Conference that if we worked hard all week searching for families to teach, at the end of the week we would have a family to teach. My companion and I took it seriously and set to work. THe other Elders in our district gave up before the week was out, but we stuck to it. We were walking back to the apartment late Saturday night without finding a family to teach. Suddenly there was a lady behind us calling out in English. She told us her family wanted to join the church. Her brother was a member in the States and he told them to look up the church. She had received his letter the day before and didn't know where to find the church. They were baptized soon after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-41252445980280239072007-09-20T07:14:00.000-05:002007-09-20T07:14:00.000-05:00Anonymous said... I don't know. I have prayed m...Anonymous said...<BR/><BR/> I don't know. I have prayed many, many times in my search for God to send me a missionary if he wants me te be a mormon, but even though I have ridden on the bus with them, seen them canvassing my neighborhood, and stood in line at the airport with many missionaries, none of them has ever approached me. I have taken this to mean that this is not what the Lord wants for me.<BR/><BR/> 9:36 PM, September 19, 2007<BR/><BR/>Hi,<BR/>Sounds like the Lord sent you many missionaries to me. Have you wanted to talk to them? Been sitting there thinking why don't they come and talk to me? Sometimes the Lord provides opportunities that we need to make the effort on. But hey, it's up to you. Maybe it's like putting out some chocolate for you, it's there if you want it, you just need to take some. Only, this isn't a quick fix, it's like, never ending chocolate.<BR/>I used to be a wayward sole, I knew of Jesus and prayed but I wasn't really listening. When I came into the church I likened the Gospel and the feeling to a drug, except you can't overdose and it's better then anything you can imagine.<BR/><BR/>With hope,<BR/>PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-4164818958633915352007-09-19T23:36:00.000-05:002007-09-19T23:36:00.000-05:00I don't know. I have prayed many, many times in m...I don't know. I have prayed many, many times in my search for God to send me a missionary if he wants me te be a mormon, but even though I have ridden on the bus with them, seen them canvassing my neighborhood, and stood in line at the airport with many missionaries, none of them has ever approached me. I have taken this to mean that this is not what the Lord wants for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-43882454344620928892007-09-17T05:15:00.000-05:002007-09-17T05:15:00.000-05:00Great to here about your mother and family. I don'...Great to here about your mother and family. I don't know about getting such quick results from prayer but when I was about 19 I was trying to make a major decision about leaving home for college across country and I had a profound spiritual experience that knowledge that there was something out there for me. This experience confirmed to me there was a God. About a year later I was reading about Christ working miracles in someone's life and again I knew Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Then a year later I was introduce to the Book of Mormon and the First Vision and again felt this powerful over whelming peace and out pouring spirit that filled my entire being. I knew it was true from prayer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-84476764344080011682007-09-16T15:45:00.000-05:002007-09-16T15:45:00.000-05:00My mother had been searching for the truth. She ha...My mother had been searching for the truth. She had learned how to pray from one of the churches that she attended. One day while doing her laundry, she got down on her knees, and asked Heavenly Father to help her find the right Church. There was a knock at the door before she had finished her prayer. Guess Who? The Missionaries! She accepted the Gospel right away, but the Branch President wanted her to wait for my father to join with her. After a year it was obvious that my father was not interested. So she was Baptized. That was 41 years ago. She now has grandchildren growing up in the Gospel. Last year my father accepted the Gospel, and was Baptized. My mother waited patiently 40 years for that day. We are preparing to go to the Temple with him next month. One simple little prayer has brought so much joy to our whole family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com