Hello everyone! This week we were out, talked to a ton of people and saw some fruits. We met this girl named Lakeisha , she is super cool. She has been through sooooo much in life and has such a good attitude and faith. After our second lesson with her she said followed us to the church to know where it was for Sunday, she didn't end up coming but progress haha President Hess issued a huge challenge to the whole mission 2 weeks ago. He gave us all a hard copy of the Book of Mormon and challenged us all to read it and underline or highlight every reference to Jesus Christ. Someone has officially gone through and found that there are 3,925 references to Jesus Christ in the 531 pages. That averages out to 1 reference ever 1.7 verses. One of my favorite references is 2 Nephi 25:26, it reads, "And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins." I love the Book of Mormon with all my heart! If you haven't already I hope you read it. That book (along with the Bible) brings so much joy peace and understanding, but most importantly, it brings me closer to Jesus Christ. And because I read it I know that much more to what source I can turn to receive a remission of my sins, and more importantly, HOW how can receive it. How I can receive peace, how I can receive joy, how I can be forgiven for the sins and mistakes of my past, and how I can BECOME someone so much more. I love you all! Elder McOmber |
Monday, August 28, 2017
8/28/17
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Hello everyone!
Nothing too big to report, just out here working in Elizabeth.
This week I came across a talk in my 9:30-10:30 studies that I love.
It is titled "Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ Into Our Life's"
Like the title suggests it talks about how to really bring gods power
more fully into our lives. Something ALL of us NEED. I would like to
invite you all to read it. In it he says,
"Do you remember the biblical story of the woman who suffered for 12
years with a debilitating problem? She exercised great faith in the
Savior, exclaiming, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be
whole.”
This faithful, focused woman needed to stretch as far as she could to
access His power. Her physical stretching was symbolic of her
spiritual stretching.
Many of us have cried out from the depths of our hearts a variation of
this woman’s words: “If I could spiritually stretch enough to draw the
Savior’s power into my life, I would know how to handle my
heart-wrenching situation. I would know what to do. And I would have
the power to do it.”
When you reach up for the Lord’s power in your life with the same
intensity that a drowning person has when grasping and gasping for
air, power from Jesus Christ will be yours. When the Savior knows you
truly want to reach up to Him--when He can feel that the greatest
desire of your heart is to draw His power into your life--you will be
led by the Holy Ghost to know exactly what you should do."
I love this quote because it is completely true. When most people read
this their minds immediately think of prayer, which is of course huge
in receiving gods help and direction in our lives. But that is not
all, it comes through diligently living the gospel. Continuous
increasing of faith through diligent study and prayer, powerful
repentance through seeking to more fully fulfill gods commandments,
and consistently renewing our covenants we make with god with real
intent. If we truly do these simple but hard things we will become
more like him in every way, and that is what brings true power and
happiness.
I love you all so much,
Elder McOmber
Nothing too big to report, just out here working in Elizabeth.
This week I came across a talk in my 9:30-10:30 studies that I love.
It is titled "Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ Into Our Life's"
Like the title suggests it talks about how to really bring gods power
more fully into our lives. Something ALL of us NEED. I would like to
invite you all to read it. In it he says,
"Do you remember the biblical story of the woman who suffered for 12
years with a debilitating problem? She exercised great faith in the
Savior, exclaiming, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be
whole.”
This faithful, focused woman needed to stretch as far as she could to
access His power. Her physical stretching was symbolic of her
spiritual stretching.
Many of us have cried out from the depths of our hearts a variation of
this woman’s words: “If I could spiritually stretch enough to draw the
Savior’s power into my life, I would know how to handle my
heart-wrenching situation. I would know what to do. And I would have
the power to do it.”
When you reach up for the Lord’s power in your life with the same
intensity that a drowning person has when grasping and gasping for
air, power from Jesus Christ will be yours. When the Savior knows you
truly want to reach up to Him--when He can feel that the greatest
desire of your heart is to draw His power into your life--you will be
led by the Holy Ghost to know exactly what you should do."
I love this quote because it is completely true. When most people read
this their minds immediately think of prayer, which is of course huge
in receiving gods help and direction in our lives. But that is not
all, it comes through diligently living the gospel. Continuous
increasing of faith through diligent study and prayer, powerful
repentance through seeking to more fully fulfill gods commandments,
and consistently renewing our covenants we make with god with real
intent. If we truly do these simple but hard things we will become
more like him in every way, and that is what brings true power and
happiness.
I love you all so much,
Elder McOmber
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