{"id":1247,"date":"2007-11-26T22:12:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/11\/26\/how-to-learn-great-things-from-the-lord\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T22:12:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T05:12:08","slug":"how-to-learn-great-things-from-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/11\/26\/how-to-learn-great-things-from-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"How to learn great things from the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

While reading my scriptures tonight, I was reading about Nephi and his brothers building their ship to sail to the Americas. For example, see 1 Ne. 18:2<\/p>\n

Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had shown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it was the next verse that stuck out to me. Not only for the insight it gives us into how Nephi was able to build the ship, but how we might apply it in our own lives.<\/p>\n

I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft<\/em>, and I did pray oft<\/em> unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s interesting here is that Nephi showed us to learn great things from the Lord, he went often into the mountain and prayed often. Perhaps if we want to learn great things, we too should pray often and go to the mountain ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9 in other words attend the temple ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9 often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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