November 5, 2014- Humility and Gratitude in Prayer

Weekly Training Meeting

November 5, 2014

To Complete Assignment: Write Lisanne an email about what you learned from the study below. Write a follow-up email about how your prayers are changing.

Announcements:

• Positions opening at the MTC— you should apply if you want! 
• Tuesday before Thanksgiving is Friday BYU classes— get a sub if you need to

Group Thinking:

Mormon culture realizations this week… or.. how are your negative cultural tendencies changing?

What would testimony look like in a prayer and what would doctrine look like in a prayer?

Build your testimony into the doctrine

Show your belief in God and his help with your testimony

Doctrine:

Ether 3:2-5

2 Nephi 9:46

Alma 31:17-18 (Interesting…)

3Nephi 19:20-23

Alma 33:5-11

Alma 22:18

Find your own

You can use these topics to guide you through these scriptures if you would like.    

Person/Scripture

Doctrine

Why doctrine was used

What effect it had of ministry/relationship with God

Practice: (choose context)

• Practice your prayer with elements of humility and gratitude 
• Practice prayer with: Testimony, Doctrine, Humility and Gratitude 

Evaluation:

• What are you learning from your prayer?
• What are you learning from your partner’s prayer?
• What effect does humility and gratitude have on prayer?

Invitation:

• Incorporate Humility and Gratitude into prayers (as well as testimony and doctrine)
• Tell someone about it
• Write about effects in your journal
• practice