the power of prayer

Several things have turned my thinking

to prayer

these last few days.

In Women's Conference, Sister Leavitt said something like:

"What do we do when we don't know what to do?

We drop to our knees and we pray."

Brooke and I were having a phone conversation last week.

(we talk every day ... YAY for me!)

One of the things our conversation turned to was Alma the Younger

and the fact that his big change-of-heart came about

because of the prayers of his father.

It appears that Alma didn't even know that he wanted to change

until his father's prayers were answered.

I use prayer on a regular basis for my personal benefit.

I need to be comforted

I need to be directed

I need to be inspired

I'm grateful - oh so grateful! for the power of prayer in my personal life.

But I also know that there is great power in prayer

when offered in behalf of others.

There are important, even vital things that have

come about in my life and in the lives of those I love

because of the prayers of someone else.

The heartfelt prayers of a parent for a child

seem to elicit a near-immediate, heartfelt response

from our loving Father.

This I know to be true.