Certain guidelines prevail for those seeking to receive revelation pertaining to their personal responsibility.

More amazing than modern technology is our opportunity to access information directly from heaven, without hardware, software, or monthly service fees. It is one of the most marvelous gifts the Lord has offered to mortals. It is His generous invitation to “ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

To access information from heaven, one must first have a firm faith and a deep desire.

Part of being prepared is to know and obey the relevant teachings of the Lord.

It is interesting to me the way Elder Nelson talks of conversion distict from joining the church. We need to remember that some people outside the church have been converted and some who are members are not yet converted.

With that gift of discernment, sisters may view trends in the world and detect those that, however popular, are shallow or even dangerous. Members can discern between schemes that are flashy and fleeting and those refinements that are uplifting and enduring.

President John Taylor taught stake presidents, bishops, and others: “We . . . seek to understand the will of God, and then carry it out; and see that it is carried out by those over whom we have the charge.”

to receive revelation unique to your own needs and responsibilities, certain guidelines prevail. The Lord asks you to develop “faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God.” Then with your firm “faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, [and] diligence,” you may ask, and you will receive; you may knock, and it will be opened unto you.

Revelation is always compatible with eternal law. It never contradicts His doctrine. It is facilitated by proper reverence for Deity.

Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental.