1 Nephi 17:7

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7 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. And it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and cried unto the Lord.

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President Harold B. Lee taught, “The trouble with us today, there are too many of us who put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says. I want you to think about that. We shouldn’t be concerned about why he said something, or whether or not it can be made so. Just trust the Lord.”

“Admonitions for the Priesthood of God,” Ensign, January 1973, p. 108

Elder Russell M. Nelson testified that “once you stop putting question marks behind the prophet’s statements and put exclamation points instead, and do it, the blessings just pour.”

“A Study in Obedience,” Ensign, August 1982, p. 24<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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Not having to ask (BUT WHY)... and just going on faith and believing is a concept I have beeen working on for years... I am doing ok in some areas but still struggle in others.