"The Savior Healed a Young Man"

In Matthew 17:14-21 Jesus heals a young man who had a devil inside of him. Christ's disciples were unable to heal the young man and so the young man's father asked Jesus to do it. Jesus gets rid of the devil and the boy is healed. The disciples asked Him afterward why they were unable to heal the young man. Christ tells them what they needed to heal him:

1. Faith (even just a tiny bit can move a mountain!)
2. Prayer
3. Fasting

There are a couple of other scriptures that our teacher pointed out that help us to understand how to prepare before a miracle:

-3 Nephi 18:20- Pray and have faith!
-D&C 50:29- Be clean and pure and then ask God in the name of Christ (prayer again)
-D&C 42:8- The person who wants to be healed needs to have faith

It is so amazing that such simple little things, when done right, can bring about miracles! I love how simple the Lord's way is! It reminds me of a scripture master scripture that we studied in Seminary. Alma 37:6-7

6 Now ye may suppose that this is ^afoolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by ^bsmall and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.

 7 And the Lord God doth work by ^ameans to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very ^bsmall means the Lord doth^cconfound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.

This might be one of my favorite scriptures! I know that the Lord's way might seem harder sometimes, but if we look at it from an eternal perspective, having faith and avoiding sin will make us so much happier and it will be easier in the long run. I am so glad that we have such a thing as miracles and that because we have the proper authority of the Priesthood restored we can experience so many blessings. I know that if we follow Christ's counsel and are having faith, praying, and fasting, great miracles can come to pass.