Additional Resources for YW Lesson 4 "Seeking the Companionship of the Holy Ghost"

Immediately Elder Bednar's talk on seeking to receive the Holy Ghost came to mind, and it's also mentioned in the Resource Guide for this lesson: 

David A. Bednar, “Receive the Holy Ghost,” Ensign and Liahona, Nov. 2010, 94–97.

From her 2009 post, jeans suggests and describes several great talks/articles by Elder Asay, Elder Oaks, and Elder Wirthlin. Check out her post here.

(I'm working on a post on the sacrament prayers and it should be up soon if not today.)

Although the focus is on "being worthy" for the Spirit, many of the girls will likely have questions on what the Spirit feels like, when they should seek its confirmation of a decision, etc. It will of course be up to you through the Spirit to know what to focus on, but several of the suggestions in the Resource Guide and jean's post address that too. One of my favorites that goes in that direction is Elder Scott's "Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer." Here's a quotation:

Some misunderstandings about prayer can be clarified by realizing that the scriptures define principles for effective prayer, but they do not assurewhen a response will be given. Actually, He will reply in one of three ways. First, you can feel the peace, comfort, and assurance that confirm that your decision is right. Or second, you can sense that unsettled feeling, the stupor of thought, indicating that your choice is wrong. Or third—and this is the difficult one—you can feel no response.

What do you do when you have prepared carefully, have prayed fervently, waited a reasonable time for a response, and still do not feel an answer? You may want to express thanks when that occurs, for it is an evidence of His trust. When you are living worthily and your choice is consistent with the Savior’s teachings and you need to act, proceed with trust. As you are sensitive to the promptings of the Spirit, one of two things will certainly occur at the appropriate time: either the stupor of thought will come, indicating an improper choice, or the peace or the burning in the bosom will be felt, confirming that your choice was correct. When you are living righteously and are acting with trust, God will not let you proceed too far without a warning impression if you have made the wrong decision.

I guess to go this direction, you would have to see the Spirit as the reverse of prayer, the response of prayer.  I've never put it quite that way before but maybe there's something to that?