Exercise your faith!

When you think of the word exercise, what do you think of? I think of running, working out and lifting weights. I do these things to make myself more physically fit and ready for whatever it is be it a football game, or just to stay in shape for anything life throws at me!
 
I thought to myself, do I exercise my faith like I did my body for sports? I know that faith grows the same way our muscles do as we exercise it. When I am exercising my faith in the Lord and following the promptings I receive, I grow spiritually and my faith in the Lord increases. But when I am not using my faith and am doubting or fearful of what might happen, my faith begins to slowly deteriorate and I lose it! Like working out it is easy to stop exercising and lose what I gained. My faith is either growing or I am losing faith. We should all do everything in our power to keep exercising faith in the Lord, and as Alma puts beautifully

Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.