I have heard the idea that you can write your own blessing. (At first, I thought someone was preaching some crazy false doctrine, but now I understand the concept better.) Here's the process as I see it:
Decide what blessing you want, what you are seeking. Search the scriptures to look for that blessing, and then look for the commandment upon which the blessing is predicated.
Then you can write out to yourself blessings you want to receive as well as the commandments the Lord is asking you to keep in order to receive those blessings. You can even write it out as promises from the Lord directly to you, like you receive when you receive a priesthood blessing.
I believe this can apply not just to spiritual attributes but to other blessings we seek including temporal blessings. When we seek a blessing to which the scriptures do not refer, we can find what principle is behind it or what type of blessing it is and seek to learn what commandments can lead to those blessings. It may not be as straightforward a process as looking for the blessings that are directly mentioned, but I believe God wants to bless us with abundance and with our desires and that we can learn how to qualify for those blessings through finding principles in the scriptures.
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