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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.

The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation.

We let ourselves be molded and transformed by Christ and continually pass from the side of one who destroys to that of the one who saves.

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.

Now, we can't stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time - if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him.

We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.

We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.