Pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed

When we are baptized and confirmed, the promised blessing is that we may always have the Holy Ghost to be with us. If you are consistently good, you will have the companionship of the Holy Ghost much of the time.

The Book of Mormon is our handbook of instructions as we travel the pathway from bad to good to better and strive to have our hearts changed.

We should remember that bearing a heartfelt testimony is only a beginning. We need to bear testimony, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to live it. We need to both declare and live our testimonies.

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

Spiritual illumination and perspective are poured out through the windows of heaven and into our lives as we honor the law of tithing.

The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.