OH 6th Ward, 23 September 2001
The sure formula for success in this life and eternal life in the world to come:
1. Increase faith in Jesus Christ:
- Always remember Him, and do it with love and gratitude.
- Pray mightily in His name.
- Plan each day under the guidance of His spirit.
- Listen to conscience, which is the voice of His spirit.
- Study the scriptures daily to learn of Him.
2. Love and serve those around us:
- Have a smile and cheery greeting for everyone we meet.
- Care about others: go out of your way to help them.
- Give service: be found doing good things.
3. Set our stewardship in order:
- Order our hearts, that our priorities are correct.
- Order our minds, that we fill them with holiness, not worldliness.
- Order our bodies, nourishing and caring for them properly, that we will have the health to carry out our assignments.
- Order our might: Be out of debt, be frugal, pay tithing, save money, be a good employee, have our home and properties in order so that we are ready for the coming of the Master.
4. Move the work of the Kingdom: Use our priesthood power and other abilities to:
- Do missionary work when we can.
- Be engaged in saving our kindred dead.
- Be faithful in our tasks of perfecting the saints.
Our first priority should be to purify ourselves.
Our second priority should be to strengthen our own family.
Our third priority should be to strengthen the Church.
Our fourth priority should be to strengthen our community.
Our fifth priority should be to strengthen our nation.
To be on the strait and narrow path is to live for others, not for our own gratification. Living for others under the direction of our Savior is the only sure way to happiness. Then there will be no later regrets.