Never Get Discouraged!!

In Page 10 of Preach My Gospel it says. "Discouragment will weaken your faith." In a world full of termoil It is important that we do not become discouraged. Often times this seems simple to say but extremely hard to do. When we become discouraged our faith is weaked.

I often find that it is when I am struggling I turn to my Heavenly Father. If I dont get the answers that I want I soon become discouraged. This leads to a weaking of my faith at a time when I so desperatly need stronger faith. I am writing this hopeing others have been through these same situations and at sometime want a little pepper-upper.

We should turn to God with faith that is motivated and strong. Never let yourself get down. Never sell yourself short of the blessings that we have the ablity to obtain, if we just hold out our Heavenly Father will soon be there!

One of my favorite scriptures to read is in John chapter fourteen verse 27. "Peace I leave with you. my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you, Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid."

We are not ment to be afraid. These things drive the spirit away. Heavenly Father is there with us every step of the way. We just have to remember the resources He has given and USE them. A good friend of mine once told me this while telling me about the sciptures, he said, "STUDY THEM! They are given to us from God for our guidence. This life is an open book test, we wont get in trouble for cheating!"

Heavenly Father loves you so much he will always be waiting with open arms to us. Pray to him and he will listen. Pray sincerly with an open heart, and you will recieve His guidence. Dont spend your life waiting for God to find you, He has been waiting your whole life for you to find Him.

Always remember that Heavenly Father is there. Through your trials and through your joys. He is there to comfort you, to listen to your stories and complicating situations. We can be "encircled about eternally in the arms of his love." (2 Nephi 1:15).

I testify that I know these things are true, NEVER be discouraged and look forward with faith! Be diligent and hold out and it will all be worth every effort in the end. I know he loves us. I really do believe it with all my heart.   :)

Two Mormon Missionaries

BECOMING a better YOU

Have you ever been having a terrible time, and you find yourself thinking..."why does it have to be like this", "why is God putting me though this"? I usually find myself doing this when I am going through trials. This often causes one to think or question what are purpose in life is.


Me feeling lousy and thinking "why is
God putting me through this".



One of the essential reasons we are even here together on this earth is so that we can all have the opportunity to learn and to grow. The trials that we endure are to build us stronger. They help us as we BECOME the children of God that He wants us to be. In the Book of Mormon we read in Mosiah chapter 23 verse 21 "Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth their patience and their faith." During this time in the Book of Mormon the people of Alma are living in peace, but the Lord wanted the people of Alma to learn, grow, and come closer to Him. He does this by testing there faith.

 In the Epistle of James we read "that the tying of our faith worketh patience." James 1:3. Through the trying of our faith we BECOME  better son's or daughter's of our Father.



Me as I BECOME a better
 deciple of Christ



Life is all about BECOMING, so that we can prepare ourselves to meet God. We BECOME stronger, we BECOME humble, we BECOME Christlike. I testify that we can obtain the Glory that our Father has prepared for us.  We obtain it by striving to make our weakness's BECOME strong. It is my prayer that the next time we think "why is God putting me through this" or "why does it have to be like this" we can recognize that what we should be thinking is "what can I learn from this" or "what is God trying to help me to BECOME".

With all my love Elder Tyler Millard