JOY IN THE MORNING is a beautiful phrase, and it has profound meanings. What I have learned is that the choices I make today not only affect me today, but they also affect me tomorrow as well. If I want to wake up with joy in the morning, I need to do my part to make it happen each day. When tragedy and major disappointments strike and knock us down, we must immediately turn to the Lord and seek His guidance to get back up. He will heal our aching hearts, inspire our thoughts, and cause the right people to come into our lives who will help us get through our difficult times.
Read MoreThroughout my life I have sought to understand how to receive and act upon personal revelation from the Lord. I used to be afraid that if I did pray and feel a spiritual impression that I should do something, I would feel embarrassed or unhappy after I did it. That has NEVER happened. Instead, I always feel joy.
Read MoreMy youngest daughter once used a very special rock as a visual aid for a Family Home Evening lesson that she taught to our family several years ago. On the rock, she wrote the word, “Covenant.” It’s kind of a heart-shaped rock, and to me it is quite symbolic, which is why I have kept it all these years. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of love. As we keep the covenants we have made to follow our Savior, our lives will be built on a firm foundation, like this rock, and we will be filled with His love.
Read MoreWhat happened in the past will stay in the past.
Read MoreI felt a feeling of peace come over me. I knew my Heavenly Father was answering my prayer with these words of comfort.
Read MoreThe Son’s Light is just as real as the sun’s light.
Read MoreThe wrong choices we make that create sorrow for ourselves require repentance. The wrong choices other people make that inflict sorrow upon us require forgiveness.
Read MoreI believe Jesus Christ has the miraculous power to heal all illnesses and addictions.
Read MoreWithin the heart of every child is the joy that comes from the excitement of Christmas, but there is a deeper, more spiritual excitement that can be felt by each of us when we catch a glimpse of eternal realities and begin to understand the truth of Christ’s birth and what it really signifies.
Read MoreI have seen too many miracles in my life to doubt the existence of a kind, loving Heavenly Father who created our universe.
Read MoreUnderstanding doctrinal truths about becoming like Jesus Christ will change your life.
Read More“The Big Ten” are absolute truths that never vary, and they will lead all of us onto that one and only true pathway to happiness.
Read MoreI know when we pray with faith in the name of Jesus Christ that we can truly communicate with our Heavenly Father.
Read MoreThe miracles that Jesus Christ has performed for others, he can also do for you. Remember, “Faith without works is dead” (James 2:17). You do the best you can, and He will do the rest.
Read MoreAs we embrace these true principles for living, as taught by Jesus Christ, our lives will be filled with peace and our feelings of happiness and high self-esteem will increase.
Read MoreJesus taught us that we must not only have faith to be good, but must also have faith to be strong. We must always be prepared to stand alone and be courageous when persecutions come.
Read MoreAs my faith in God continues to grow, so does my happiness and high self-esteem.
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