Marriage Provides An Ideal Setting For Overcoming

I Have Been Taught That We Can Make Many Choices In Life, But We Cannot Choose Our Final Destiny. Our Actions Do That.

Humility Is A Fertile Soil Where Spirituality Grows And Produces The Fruit Of Inspiration To Know What To Do. It Gives Access To Divine Power To Accomplish What Must Be Done. An Individual Motivated By A Desire For Praise Or Recognition Will Not Qualify To Be Taught By The Spirit. An Individual Who Is Arrogant Or Who Lets His Or Her Emotions Influence Decisions Will Not Be Powerfully Led By The Spirit.

Feelings Of Bitterness And Dissatisfaction Feed Upon Themselves And Give Place To Thoughts And Acts Of Unkindness, Criticism, And Eventually Even Hatred. Criticism Is Often Motivated By A Desire To Rationalize One's Own Shortcomings And To Justify Termination Of Sacred Marriage Covenants.

The Endowment And Sealing Ordinances Of The Temple Are So Gloriously Rich In Meaning That You Will Want To Allow Significant Time To Receive Those Ordinances And To Ponder Their Meaning.

A Key To Improved Prayer Is To Learn To Ask The Right Questions. Consider Changing From Asking For The Things You Want To Honestly Seeking What He Wants For You. Then As You Learn His Will, Pray That You Will Be Led To Have The Strength To Fulfill It.