My best move of defense when negative or impurity shows up in my brain is to ask myself "where did that come from?" and the quiet answer is usually from the wrong source and now he is starting to realize the battle is beginning to end.
Actually I got the advice from Brother McDonough who is probably one of my favorite members of all time (up there with all the converts and the members we live with) we talked about how revelation comes from different sources and to only act on one.Grandpa will probably be satisfied to know that I finished the book, 'hearing the voice of the Lord' and it was awesome. Cleared up some principles of revelation. I know reading books outside the mission library is against the rules but I only pick them up when there is a few minutes between appointments and P-days. They never interfere with personal study!
Well my companion is gone.Elder Stettler is being transferred and I am getting all the area information that I don't know about into my hands so this could get interesting since I haven't faced this situation before. I get the new guy tomorrow at 9 so I am crossed between nervousness and excitement. We had Golden Corral this morning for lunch with the Nesmiths as the farewell feast so it's kind of sad to see him go considering how obedient and how hard of a worker he was. Yuhni (member we live with) has told me that the new guy is going to be super nice and considering how incredibly close to the Lord she is, most my fears evaporated.
We had another great Sunday with a few investigators showing up to Church that I have high hopes for. The 2nd ward has a unique Spirit about it considering we're baptizing future leaders. Pretty stoked on that. I am setting my goals high this transfer so pray for the righteous desire.
Elder Thurgood (one of 2 of Elders I consider to be my best friends) and I had a long exchange last week and read over Gene R Cook's sermon (can't think of what we call them anymore) called the '40 day Fast' which is essentially fasting from habits that deprive me of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. I fasted for a day to see what the Lord wants gone. Immediately one was very clear and is extremely hard already...popping my knuckles and joints. Anyone who knows me personally, knows just how much of a habit I have made out of this! Yikes! So far so good and I'll be over it in a month. There was more on the list like biting at my lips and other things I didn't realized just how extreme the habits were! Pray for a little extra assistance if you don't mind me asking.
We had an awesome lady come to Church yesterday who I am very excited to see her really come to a recognition of the Spirit. We have been teaching her for a couple of weeks now and I may be the only one who has high hopes of success with her. Although she just kicked her 17 year old daughter out of the house for drugs, I think that it's a small obstacle. The lessons are more peaceful now.
I started reading dad's suggestion of 'The Challenge' by Alvin R Dyer (one of my favorites in this dispensation) and it's awesome. It is definitely renewing my strength of being a testifying missionary and letting the world know (or at least the people in Frisco and Little Elm) just how the truth feels. Fantastic.
I look forward to having a lot more Spirit directed discussions. Its quite obvious how ready people are to begin their journey with entrance into the Church once they recognize the Spirit in their lives and the Spirit testifying of truth.
Well I am dead tired and I really appreciate your emails of love and support.
Love you all
Elder Metcalf
Well my companion is gone.Elder Stettler is being transferred and I am getting all the area information that I don't know about into my hands so this could get interesting since I haven't faced this situation before. I get the new guy tomorrow at 9 so I am crossed between nervousness and excitement. We had Golden Corral this morning for lunch with the Nesmiths as the farewell feast so it's kind of sad to see him go considering how obedient and how hard of a worker he was. Yuhni (member we live with) has told me that the new guy is going to be super nice and considering how incredibly close to the Lord she is, most my fears evaporated.
We had another great Sunday with a few investigators showing up to Church that I have high hopes for. The 2nd ward has a unique Spirit about it considering we're baptizing future leaders. Pretty stoked on that. I am setting my goals high this transfer so pray for the righteous desire.
Elder Thurgood (one of 2 of Elders I consider to be my best friends) and I had a long exchange last week and read over Gene R Cook's sermon (can't think of what we call them anymore) called the '40 day Fast' which is essentially fasting from habits that deprive me of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. I fasted for a day to see what the Lord wants gone. Immediately one was very clear and is extremely hard already...popping my knuckles and joints. Anyone who knows me personally, knows just how much of a habit I have made out of this! Yikes! So far so good and I'll be over it in a month. There was more on the list like biting at my lips and other things I didn't realized just how extreme the habits were! Pray for a little extra assistance if you don't mind me asking.
We had an awesome lady come to Church yesterday who I am very excited to see her really come to a recognition of the Spirit. We have been teaching her for a couple of weeks now and I may be the only one who has high hopes of success with her. Although she just kicked her 17 year old daughter out of the house for drugs, I think that it's a small obstacle. The lessons are more peaceful now.
I started reading dad's suggestion of 'The Challenge' by Alvin R Dyer (one of my favorites in this dispensation) and it's awesome. It is definitely renewing my strength of being a testifying missionary and letting the world know (or at least the people in Frisco and Little Elm) just how the truth feels. Fantastic.
I look forward to having a lot more Spirit directed discussions. Its quite obvious how ready people are to begin their journey with entrance into the Church once they recognize the Spirit in their lives and the Spirit testifying of truth.
Well I am dead tired and I really appreciate your emails of love and support.
Love you all
Elder Metcalf
One More Email:
I found a great spark and I love to write so this letter will act as a self spiritual journal.
Watch Elder Uchtdorf's video called "Create" on youtube.
Our lives are simply about creating! We walk around faced with many thousands of opportunities to create. Elder Jardine and I were talking about how some missionaries allow themselves to entrench each other in the negativity of a bad zone or area. However, we are the creators of our own opportunities. It is our God given right to become supreme creators. Think about it, Satan's plan was and is to destroy our self power to create. Christ gave us a phenomenal desire deep inside and opportunities to create. We are the creators of our futures both temporal and in the lives to come. We are "free to choose between eternal life or death" or in other words, "We are free to choose to create endless opportunities or none," to follow either Christ or Satan and you soon discover how your creative power accelerates or dies. Either now or eternally.
Me desire as a missionary is to create an opportunity for the spirit to testify to all I may come in contact with. I am only able to do this if I create. I need to make opportunities for others to feel the way we do as members of the truth!
It's exciting.
Hope y'all create opportunities in your lives for the Spirit to manifest himself to you. You create this by going to Church, opening the scriptures and listening to prophets and apostles.
You renew your creation possibilities each week with 3 conditions and a unlimited creative possibility.
1-Take upon His name
2-Remember Him always
3-Keep His commandments
PROMISE
That His Spirit may always be with you (and exponentially give power to create)
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