Prepare to share by filling your mind every day with the truths of the gospel. He requires your faith and then your action to share fearlessly what has become so precious to you and to those you love. God is preparing people to receive your testimony of restored truth. He was prepared in his mind and his heart. ![]() He had felt a witness that it is true, and he recognized the direction from the Spirit to take a copy with him. So was my friend, the Latter-day Saint who had studied the Book of Mormon. If their hearts are soft enough, they have felt, however faintly, a confirmation of truth. They have heard or read of God and His word. Most of the people you will meet have had the beginning of that preparation. The Lord has said He will reveal truth to our mind and our heart by the Holy Ghost (see D&C 8:2). And she had felt the beginning of the witness of truth in her heart. The woman had heard and remembered words about the Book of Mormon, the Lord’s restored Church, and the commandment to pay tithes to God. The preparation we need is in our mind and our heart. God knew she would ask about the Book of Mormon and that she would be willing to be taught by the missionaries. God knew she had watched my friend and wondered why his church made him so happy. What my friend could not know-but what God did know-was that she was looking for a church. As they parted, she said, “You and I are going to have more conversations about this.” She seemed interested, so he reached into his bag and said, “I was impressed to bring this book with me. He explained that the book is scripture, another witness of Jesus Christ, translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Then she asked, “What can you tell me about the Book of Mormon?” She said she was supposed to pay tithing to her church but didn’t. Instead, she said to him, “You pay tithing to your church, don’t you?” He said he did. He thought, “How should I bring up the gospel?” When a woman he knew sat next to him on the trip, he wondered, “Is this the one?” She rode with him again on the return trip. But as he got ready to leave, a spiritual impression came to him: “Take a Book of Mormon with you.” He put one in his bag. The night before a short trip, he decided not to take a copy with him but instead to carry a pass-along card. He carries with him a copy of the Book of Mormon. I have a friend who prays every day to meet someone who is prepared to receive the gospel. ![]() How often it happens depends on the preparation of your mind and your heart. You have had that happen in your own life.
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