Everything good in life—every potential blessing of eternal significance—begins with _____.
faith
Today, to assist you to qualify for the rich blessings Heavenly ______ has for you, I invite you to adopt the practice of “thinking celestial”!
Father
I hope you have found an increased ability to hear Him and receive personal _________.
revelation
One of the plagues of our day is that too few people know where to turn for _____. The pure doctrine of Christ is powerful.
truth
I promise you—even if, at this moment, you are not centered on the path—I promise you that if you will sincerely and persistently do the _____ ______ needed to develop the crucial, spiritual skill of learning how to hear the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, you will have all the direction you will ever need in your life. You will be given answers to your questions in the Lord’s own way and in His own time.
spiritual work
Paying tithing requires faith, and it also _____ faith in God and His Beloved Son. Choosing to live a virtuous life in a sexualized, politicized world _____ faith. Spending more time in the temple ______ faith.
Thinking celestial means being spiritually _______. (minded, guided)
minded
As we seek to be disciples of _____ _____, our efforts to hear Him need to be ever more intentional. It takes conscious and consistent effort to fill our daily lives with His words, His teachings, His truths. (Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father)
Jesus Christ
The baseless notion that we should “eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us” is one of the most absurd _______ in the universe. (falsehoods, lies, truths)
lies
Our gospel study curriculum, Come, _______ Me, will continue to bless your lives. Your consistent efforts in this endeavor—even during those moments when you feel that you are not being particularly successful—will change your life, that of your family, and the world.
Follow
Faith in Jesus Christ is the greatest power available to us in this life. All things are possible to them that _______. Truly, faith is the power that enables the unlikely to accomplish the impossible. (work, pray, believe)
believe
As you think celestial, you will view trials and opposition in a new light. When someone you love attacks truth, think celestial, and don’t question your ________. (self, testimony, worth)
testimony
With billions of words online and in a marketing-saturated world constantly infiltrated by noisy, nefarious efforts of the adversary, where can we go to hear Him? We can go to the ________. (scriptures, church)
scriptures
Much of the world does not believe this, but public opinion is not the arbiter of truth. Dear brothers and sisters, ______ is the source of all truth.
God
I plead with you who have distanced yourselves from the Church and with you who have not yet really sought to know that the Savior’s Church has been restored. Do the spiritual work to find out for yourselves, and please do it _____. Time is running out. (today, now, soon)
now
Your mountains will vary, and yet the answer to each of your challenges is to increase your faith. That takes _____. Lazy learners and lax disciples will always struggle to muster even a particle of faith. (work, time, effort)
work
Mortality is a master class in learning to choose the things of greatest _______ importance. Far too many people live as though this life is all there is. (eternal, celestial, worldly)
eternal
We know the restored gospel of Jesus Christ will bring hope and joy to people who will hear and _____ His doctrine. (heed, follow, live)
heed
The adversary is clever. For millennia he has been making good look evil and evil look good. His messages tend to be loud, bold, and boastful. However, messages from our Heavenly Father are strikingly different. He communicates simply, ______, and with such stunning plainness that we cannot misunderstand Him. (quietly, softly)
quietly
Do the spiritual work to seek miracles. ... Few things will accelerate your spiritual momentum more than realizing the Lord is helping you to move a _______ in your life. (mountain, trial,challenge)
mountain
Further, few things build faith more than does regular _________ in the Book of Mormon. (reading, submersion, immersion)
immersion
This means making the celestial kingdom your eternal goal and then carefully considering where each of your _______ while here on earth will place you in the next world. (choices, decisions)
decisions
Because when we seek to hear—truly hear—His Son, we will be guided to know what to do in any __________. (situation, circumstance, decision)
circumstance
Some would have us believe that truth is relative—that each person should determine for himself or herself what is true. Such a belief is but ______ thinking for those who mistakenly think they will not also be accountable to God. (false, wishful, hopeful)
wishful
But here is the grand truth: while the world insists that power, possessions, popularity, and pleasures of the flesh bring happiness, they do not! They cannot! What they do produce is nothing but a hollow substitute for “the blessed and happy state of those [who] _______ the commandments of God.” (live, keep, obey)
keep