Excerpt from Yoshihiko Kikuchi, “Heavenly Father Has a Special Plan,” Ensign, May 2000, 78

How can you and I share the beautiful message of the Lord Jesus Christ?

First, cultivate an awareness; bring others to a knowledge. President Gordon B. Hinckley teaches us: “Let there be cultivated an awareness in every member’s heart of his [or her] own potential for bringing others to a knowledge of the truth. … Let him pray with great earnestness about it. Let each member pray.”

President Hinckley quotes the testimony of Alma:

“O Lord, wilt thou grant unto us that we may have success in bringing them again unto thee . …

“Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious; … give unto us, O Lord, power and wisdom that we may bring these, our brethren, … unto thee.”

In the LDS Bible Dictionary it states, “The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them.”

Second, a good example is our best tool. President Hinckley taught us, “The most effective tract we will carry will be the goodness of our own lives.” As we live the gospel, we will be like a lighthouse on a hilltop, “the light” and “the salt of the earth.”

We can partake of “the love of God,” “the tree of life,” and drink from “the fountain of living waters” daily by communing with our Holy Father, immersing ourselves in the scriptures, and meditation. Then the Lord will bless us to be more sensitive to speak to those souls which He has prepared for us.

Third, act at a time when you feel the Spirit. Elder M. Russell Ballard taught us: “The key to success in bringing souls unto Christ is to act at a time when you feel the Spirit and you sense that your friend does also. … Through our faith, our trust in the Lord, and our good works, we can bring many souls unto the Lord.”

As we seek and pray in faith, the Lord will guide us, and His elect will soon embrace “the glad tidings of great joy,” to partake of the eternal and “infinite atonement” of the Lord Jesus Christ.