Saturday, December 10, 2016

[we find, they teach]

We properly pray for the safety and success of the full-time missionaries throughout the world. And a common element in many of our prayers is a request that the missionaries will be led to individuals and families who are prepared to receive the message of the Restoration. But ultimately it is my responsibility and your responsibility to find people for the missionaries to teach. Missionaries are full-time teachers; you and I are full-time finders. And you and I as lifelong missionaries should not be praying for the full-time missionaries to do our work!

If you and I would truly pray and ask in faith... we would pray with the expectation to act and not just to express—then the work of proclaiming the gospel would move forward in a remarkable way. 

Elder David A. Bednar
April 2008 General Conference
"Ask in Faith"