Connection

Hey guys!

I'm focusing my message today on connecting with God. For a while I've been feeling alright with bursts of happiness. But I decided I wasn't going to settle for that because I'm promised in my mission call that I will feel the most joy I've ever experienced, something like that. So, as I have learned before my mission, joy comes from focusing your life on Jesus Christ.

So I've been doing everything I can to really focus on Jesus in my life. But I got to the point where I couldn't think of anything else and I still wasn't at the level of joy I was looking for. So I've begun really praying for the knowledge of how to devote my life more to Jesus Christ. And with that I've been receiving little revelations this past week on how to feel more joy. Some of these I'm not even realizing until now. One of the clear revelations I'd gotten was to befriend my companion. We've been getting along but I wouldn't say I've befriended him until this week. But as I've been really trying to focus on this and the other revelations I've received, I've definitely been feeling so much more joy.

I'm learning that if you want to build a testimony of something gospel related just start doing it. Study it, talk to people about it, pray about it, fast about it, and do it. I don't think there's anything gospel related that you can't receive a testimony of in this life. But the point is that God speaks to you all the time. And teaching yourself how to include him in your life more is so important. Never underestimate the power of your connection with God. It's pretty incredible!

Know that there's never meant to be a climax in your life. You're always meant to be feeling more and more joy throughout your life. And that happens through the gospel. And eventually you'll pass into the next life where you will feel even more joy.

- Elder Dahl