5 Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his aheart, in behalf of his people.
I have wondered how the prophets mentioned in verse 4 came to be prophets. It is reasonable to assume that many came by the same means as Lehi himself came to be one. Lehi being honest in heart, was pricked by the words of other prophets and went seeking the Lord; his call, an out growth of his desire to save the people.
What does it take for us to pray with “all our (his) heart”? To bring one to pray with all his heart must take an extreme conviction, an earnest need and an imminent event, to draw from within us our full hearts desire. I believe that those three things in Lehi’s case were directly related to his faith in the Lord and a witness that what the prophets were saying was the truth.
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I have wondered about this kind of praying a lot lately. Not because I can produce it but I want to understand it. I hear President Eyring talk about it frequently. It must have something to do with the way they can value things that are truly important to them and the Lord.
How do we find those feelings? How long would we need to be on our knees to find that sincerity and depth of feeling? How do we reach the point where the Holy Ghost helps us 'to not repeat many words'? (3 Ne)
Pres Eyring mentions it in his talks from last conference Ensign Nov 2007.
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