Have Faith in the Savior

1. Matthew 13:23 talks about “Preparing the Good Soil of Our Hearts”. President James E. Faust said, “For the seeds of faith to sprout in our lives, we must avoid Satan’s grasp. We also need to prepare our own seedbeds of faith. To do this we need to plow the soil through daily humble prayer, asking for strength and forgiveness. We need to harrow [break up] the soil by overcoming our feelings of pride. We need to prepare the seedbed by keeping the commandments to the best of our ability.” We had a Stake Women’s Conference this past week and one of the keynote speakers talked about preparing ourselves. How can we testify, if we don’t READ? How can we know the Book of Mormon to be true, if we don’t READ? How can we know our Savior and Heavenly Father, if we don’t READ? So, this got me thinking, in order for us to nourish the seeds, we must do our part to learn so that we can stand as a witness and be able to fight off the adversary.
2. Mark 4:35-41. Jesus calmed the storm. I can relate to this part of the lesson so well. It’s not that we don’t want to have faith in Jesus Christ, sometimes we just can’t see past our grief and turmoil. But when we can look with our spiritual eyes, we see things much differently. President Howard W. Hunter said, “Peace was on the lips and in the heart of the Savior no matter how fiercely the tempest was raging…We should not expect to get through life individually or collectively without some opposition.” We will all have trials but we must try our hardest to have faith to weather the storms. Try to see with our spiritual eyes and have faith that all will be well. 
3. Mark 5:1-20. Jesus Christ Cast Out Devils… This scripture reminded me when my depression hits, or when I have negative thoughts, that the devil is trying to enter my life. I remember that on a daily basis and sometimes an hourly basis that I was saying, “Get thee hence Satan!” Through many blessings with the priesthood power, I was able to think more clearly and safely. Jesus caste out the evil spirits and I am thankful that that blessing is available to us now through those that worthily hold the priesthood and act in the Saviors name.
4. Mark 4:24 tells us that we will receive what our spirit is ready to receive but we must prepare ourselves and be willing to receive more.
5. And one of my favorites in Matthew 11:28-30. It talks about "Take my yoke upon you", meaning that we need to be inline with the Savior and our burdens will be light. It doesn't mean that we won't have trials, but we will be able to bear the burdens better with the Savior.