Slides to accompany a presentation given to LDS Youth, regarding the 2017 theme found in James 1:5. Audio to accompany this slideshow is found here: https://www.ldstalksforteens.com/product/dont-forget-to-ask/

1. An LDS Youth Theme Fireside
by Ben Bernards
January 2017

3. HOW
NOT
TO PRAY

4. “If prayer is only a spasmodic cry at
the time of crisis, then it is utterly
selfish, and we come to think of God
as a repairman or a service agency to
help us only in our emergencies. We
should remember the Most High day
and night—always—not only at times
when all other assistance has failed
and we desperately need help”
Howard Hunter

5. WHAT
PRAYER
ISN’T

13. “The trouble with most of our prayers
is that we give them as if we were
picking up the telephone and ordering
groceries—we place our order and
hang up. We need to meditate,
contemplate, think of what we are
praying about and for and then speak
to the Lord as one man speaketh to
another”
Gordon Hinckley

15. Thanks Covenants Intervention

16. Guidance Confirmation
Thanks Covenants Intervention

18. 2017 YOUTH THEME

20. ASK

21. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH

22. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
‘SAYING A PRAYER’ AND
‘ASKING IN FAITH’?

27. ‘FAITHFUL’ = I
TRUST THAT
YOU WILL DO
WHAT YOU
SAID YOU
WOULD

30. “I understand this to mean the
necessity to not only express but to
DO, the dual obligation to both plead
and to perform, the requirement to
communicate and to act”
Elder Bednar, GenConf April 2008

31. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH

32. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.

33. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.

47. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.

48. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO
FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK
MATTERS.

49. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO
FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK
MATTERS.

52. 63. Draw near unto me
and I will draw near unto
you; seek me diligently
and ye shall find me;
ask, and ye shall receive;
knock, and it shall be
opened unto you.
D&C 88:63

55. I know not by what methods rare,
But this I know — God answers prayer.
I know that He has given His Word,
Which tells me prayer is always heard,
And will be answered, soon or late.
And so I pray and calmly wait.
I know not if the blessing sought
Will come in just the way I thought;
But leave my prayers with Him alone,
Whose will is wiser than my own,
Assured that He will grant my quest,
Or send some answer far more blest.
- Author Unknown

57. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO
FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK
MATTERS.

58. A
S
K
ASK IN FAITH
SEEK
KNOCK
BE FAITHFUL. BE READY TO ACT.
KNOCKING IS THE PHYSICAL EFFORT TO COME CLOSER TO
GOD. TRUST IN HIS TIMING, BE OPEN TO HIS ANSWERS.
SEEKING IS THE MENTAL + SPIRITUAL EFFORT TO
FIND YOUR OWN ANSWER. WHERE YOU LOOK
MATTERS.

61. Knowledge is
knowing a
Tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not
putting it in a
fruit salad.

63. knowledge +
real world
experience =
wisdom

67. I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.

68. I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."

69. I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak.
I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."

70. I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak.
I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."
I tried to come into God's presence,
I used all the keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."

71. I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn't have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered.
He answered, "You didn't ask."
I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak.
I wondered why God didn't show me;
He said, "You didn't seek."
I tried to come into God's presence,
I used all the keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."
I woke up early this morning
And paused before entering the day,
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.
- Grace L. Naessens