In D&C 9:8, the Lord tells Oliver Cowdry to study the idea out in his mind. Then he should ask if it is right. Also in that chapter he chastised Oliver, saying that he expected an answer when he took no thought, save to ask.
I have been asking about a challenge I've been dealing with regarding one of my children. After reading this scripture, I decide to think a bit about what has and hasn't been working. An idea came to mind of what to do. I haven't tried it yet, but I have full confidence it will help because the idea came after I followed the Lord's pattern.
So today, when my daughter loses her temper, rather than try to talk her down, I am going to read to her from the New Testament story book. Then when she is calm, we will talk about what happened.
I tried this yesterday. She didn't want to listen, but she was focused on me, so that helped. Eventually she listened and is excited about reading the new testament.
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