More Powerful Than You Know

Now, do not feel hesitant or ashamed if you do not know everything. Nephi said, "I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." (1 Ne. 11:17.)

There may be more power in your testimony than even you realize. The Lord said to the Nephites:

"Whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not." (3 Ne. 9:20; italics added.)

Several years ago I met one of our sons in the mission field in a distant part of the world. He had been there for a year. His first question was this: "Dad, what can I do to grow spiritually? I have tried so hard to grow spiritually and I just haven't made any progress."

That was his perception: to me it was otherwise. I could hardly believe the maturity, the spiritual growth that he had gained in just one year. He "knew it not" for it had come as growth, not as a startling spiritual experience.