We need not just one flash of light and comfort, but we need the continuing blessing of communication with God.

We help God's children best by providing ways to build faith in Jesus Christ and in His restored gospel when they are young.

Conversion will not be a single event or something that will last for just one season of life but will be a continuing process. Life can become brighter until the perfect day, when we will see the Savior and find that we have become like Him. The Lord described the journey this way: ‘That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day’ (D&C 50:24).

As we do what He would have us do for His children, the Lord considers it kindness to Him, and we will feel closer to Him as we feel His love and His approval. In time, we will become like Him, and will think of the judgement day with happy anticipation.

We yearn, as spirit children of our Heavenly Father, for that joy which we once had with Him in the life before this one. His desire is to grant us that sacred wish for unity out of His love for us.

As you pray and serve others, your knowledge that you are a child of God and your feelings about Him will grow.

Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.