Deciding who you want to be: Divine Nature

We are daughters of our Father in Heaven and have therefore been blessed with Divine qualities that come from him. Our Father has given us agency, a most precious gift. We can use our agency to carefully decide who we want to be and what we want to gain from this mortal existence. The scriptures are full of references telling us that our Father in Heaven wants to give us blessings, but he also wants us to ask for them. Once you have decided who and what you want to be, you have to do everything in your power to attain that attribute or blessing then, if it is God’s will, He will make up the difference through the grace of His Son’s Atonement.

These Dream boards are to help you decide who and what you are to be. Put things on this board that will help you to meet your goals and the righteous desires of your heart. Throughout your life, revise this board, start over if necessary. Become actively involved in the fulfillment of your future. Heavenly Father cares about all aspects of our lives. Be careful what you ask for and counsel with our Father in Heaven as you plan. Remember to plan what you want so that you don’t end up with whatever you get. If you don’t make plans, you’ll have to accept what’s leftover when everyone else has achieved their goals.

I know that within you lies great power and potential and that as you grow you will be able to become and attain all that you and our Father have planned for you. Pay attention to the following scriptures. They are but a sampling of our Father’s promises on this matter.

· D&C 66:9: “…Ask and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
· D&C 4:7 Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
· John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
· D&C 88:63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
· D&C 132:40 Ask what ye will, and it shall be given unto you according to my word.
· John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
· Enos 1:15 Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.
· 3 Ne 18:20 And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you.