1. Who are you?
When I learned the gospel and learned that I was a daughter of our Heavenly Father, it changed me. Suddenly I felt so special--God had actually created me and had created my soul and my life with value and purpose (Sister Joy D. Jones)
2. What is your worth?
President Spencer. W. Kimball quote. "God is your Father. He loves you. And your mother in Heaven value you beyond any measure...You are unique. One of a kind, made of the eternal intelligence which gives you claim upon eternal life."
Worthiness is achieved through obedience. If we sin, we are less worthy, but we are never worthless. "the least the most inferior spirit now upon the earth...is worth worlds. No matter what, we always have worth in the eyes of our Heavenly Father.
Spiritual worth means to value ourselves the way Heavenly Father values us, not as the world values us. Our worth was determined before we ever came to this earth. "God's love is infinite and it will endure forever."
3. Verifying the truth of our spiritual worth, how does our Heavenly Father communicate with us?
Elder Rasband (April 2017 General Conference) "The Holy Ghost binds us to the Lord. By divine assignment, He inspires, testifies, teaches, and prompts us to walk in the light of the Lord. We have the sacred responsibility to learn to recognize His influence in our lives and respond.
4. How do we feel and respond to the spirit?
FIRST: We strive to live worthy of the Spirit
If the pull of the world is stronger than the faith and trust we have in the savior, then the pull of the world will prevail every time (Sister Joy D. Jones)
SECOND: We must be willing to receive the spirit
Do we let him lead?
THIRD: We must recognize the spirit when it comes
How do we learn to hear it?
What is the language of the spirit?
FOURTH: We must act on the first promptings.
Nephi said: "I was led by the spirit, not knowing beforehands the things which I should do. Nevertheless I went forth."
"The Lord revealed this additional truth to the Prophet Joseph Smith: "He that receiveth of God, let him accoount it of God: and let him rejoice that he is accounted of God worthy to receive. When we feel the spirit, as this verse explains, we recognize that what we feel comes from our Heavenly Father. We acknowledge Him and praise Him for blessing us. We then rejoice that we are counted worthy to receive"
