The moment we begin to remember [Jesus Christ] and keep His commandments every day—and not just on the Sabbath day—is when the remission of our sins begins to gradually take effect and His promise of having His Spirit with us begins to be fulfilled.Taking a moment to truly remember Jesus Christ, His teachings, or His Atonement, or to, in whatever way we can manage, keep at least one of His commandments, invites the Spirit to touch our hearts, to testify of the truthfulness of what we're thinking or of the goodness of what we're doing. It may still be difficult for us to feel the Spirit, but if we invite Him into our hearts, and don't drive Him away, He'll be there.
While it can, indeed, take quite some time to develop a sensitivity to the Spirit and the habit of attracting Him regularly, and to kick the habits we have that drive Him away, it only takes a moment to extend an invitation. Something as simple as pondering a verse of scripture or humming a favorite hymn can bid the Spirit welcome into our hearts, and those of us who have been baptised and have received the gift of the Holy Ghost have been promised that, once He's been invited, the Spirit will remain with us unless we drive Him away. And even if and after we do drive the Spirit away, either by accident or by an unwise choice, we can always repent and invite Him back.
Thankfully for us, the Spirit of God is never very far away. Even if it feels like we've drifted far away from the gospel and we've been away for far too long, we can be comforted in knowing that, if we invite the Spirit back into our lives, it won't take Him very long to return to us. No matter how long it's been since we've had the Spirit with us, it only take a moment to invite Him back.
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