I have been blessed with the Gift of Faith. Coupled with that is always: hope and charity. So if I want to be complete in my Faith then I need to learn and understand (in my heart) what they are.
Charity is not just works or gift giving, but a condition of the soul, a quality of our character. The gift of charity flows from God as He reveals His love for us, and from our reciprocating—feeling love for God, His work, and His children. That is why Alma could prophesy, “And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works” (Alma 7:24). Pride is the opposite of charity. Selfishness, indifference, and indolence are enemies of charity.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1996/12/a-vision-of-service?lang=eng
What started this search was the above listed article. I was wondering whether service can sometimes be a doctrine, or only just a principle. Based on Elder Bednar's book and DVD set Increase in Learning. He teaches and invites us to answer our struggles and questions by asking: What (true) doctrine understood (aka understood in our hearts) would change help with our question.
Do you want there to be more visiting teaching done? Instead of putting a scarey person in fearing people into it for temporary change or by doing some kind of program...we need to help them have a change of heart or understand doctrine and principles. So what principles and doctrine to our children not understand, what do we need understand?
What do we need to gain a testimony of and how do we gain it? Search, Ponder, and Pray. God always talks in 3's. :)
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