Elder Boyd K. Packer teaches that revelation is communication from God that comes through various channels to individuals, families, and the Church according to their needs. He states that parents may receive inspiration and revelation to help guide their families, and that each person can be the recipient of spiritual communication for their own guidance if they live for it. The document discusses how the prophet receives revelation for the whole Church, while bishops receive it for their wards. It also reviews ways the spirit speaks to people, such as through a still small voice or burning in the bosom, and how revelations can come through heavenly messengers, visions, or inspiration. Elder David A. Bednar affirms that the spirit of revelation is real and

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3. What is Revelation?
 Revelation is communication from God to His
children. This guidance comes through various
channels according to the needs and
circumstances of individuals, families, and the
Church as a whole.

4. Who can
receive
revelation?

5. Elder Boyd K. Packer
 “…Fathers and mothers
also may receive
inspiration,
revelation…to help
guide their families.
And of course each of
us, if we will live for it,
may be the recipient of
spiritual
communications for our
own personal guidance”

6. Responsibility-Based Revelation
 Who has the right to receive revelation for the whole Church?
 For the Ward/Branch?
 For the Ward/Branch Primary?
 For your family?
 For you individually?
The Prophet
Bishop/Branch President
Ward/Branch Primary President
Your father and mother
You

7. “I know I am receiving
personal revelation
when
______________.”

8. Ways the spirit speaks to us
 1 Kings 19:9-12
9 ¶And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek
my life, to take it away.
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And,
behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the
LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and
after the fire a still small voice.

9. Ways the spirit speaks to us
 Helaman 5:30
30 And it came to pass when they heard this
voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of
thunder, neither was it a voice of a great
tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still
voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a
whisper, and it did pierce even to the very
soul—

10. Ways the spirit speaks to us
 Doctrine and Covenants 8:2-3
2 Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and
in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall
come upon you and which shall dwell in your
heart.
3 Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation;
behold, this is the spirit by which Moses
brought the children of Israel through the Red
Sea on dry ground.

11. Two Ways of Receiving Personal Revelation
Immediate Gradual

12. Interpretation and understanding a
personal revelation
Burning Bosom Stupor of Thought
Doctrine and Covenants 9:7-9

13. Different ways on How Revelations Come
to Us
Heavenly Messenger Visions and Dreams

14. Different ways on How Revelations Come
to Us
Sacred Instruments Inspiration

16. THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION IS
REAL --- AND CAN AND DOES FUNCTION
IN OUR LIVES AND IN THE CHURCH.
-Elder David A. Bednar
God Bless Us