Declaring Our Belief to God and Others

DECLARING YOUR BELIEF

• Declare to God
  • A unique way to show your belief (action) (belief is one of the things we can give back to God)
    • Audibly declare belief in prayer and testimony
      • 1 Nephi 11
      • People of King Benjamin
      • Brother of Jared
      • King Lamoni and Wife and Father
• Declare to Others
  • I am not ashamed
    • Lucy Mack Smith Story

Colesville and Fayette companies. The Fayette company had arrived five days earlier and were waiting for the ice to melt before crossing Lake Eire.

“If you are ashamed of Christ, you will not be prospered as much as I shall, and we will get to Kirtland before you.”

“Now, Mother Smith, if you do sing and have prayers and acknowledge that you are Mormons here in this place, as you have done all along, you will be mobbed before morning.” “Well, mob it is, then for we shall sing and attend to prayers before sunset, mob or no mob.” “Then,” said Marsh, considerably irritated, “i shall go into my own boat.” Just then a man cried out from the shore, “Is the Book of Mormon true?”

The ice parted and the ship was able to sail through the opening and the ice closed back up once the boat had passed through.

• Don’t Tip Toe, If you open your mouth it will be fulfilled
• • Be natural/real
    • Life isn’t only sunshine if you join the church
  • Be an example