 This is from Alma chapter 17 verses 2 and 3. The reason I like it is because it talks a lot about some of the things that you can do in your life to get closer to God. The setting is there are these missionaries who have been separated from each other for a while and they're walking down the road and they meet each other and they're excited to see each other because they've been lifelong friends. They grew up together and this is the context of the scripture that I'm going to share with you. It says, Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him. Therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren and what added more to his joy they were still his brethren in the Lord. Yea and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently that they might know the word of God. But this is not all they had given themselves to much prayer and fasting. Therefore they had the spirit of prophecy and the spirit of revelation and when they taught they taught with power and authority of God. I like the scripture because it teaches us about what we can do to get closer to God to strengthen our resolve and our understanding that the Lord is the Lord and that he is king of kings and Lord of lords and that we can share that with other people. We can pray and fast and by praying and fasting we can gain the spirit of the Lord and we can feel his presence in our hearts and in our minds and we can feel those things that come into our bodies and into ourselves and it will testify to our souls that Jesus is the Christ. And when we have that testimony, when we have that knowledge we can teach other people and share that with other people as well. I know that these things are true and I know that as we experience those things as we pray and fast and as we feel the spirit and testify of the truth that other people will feel the same feelings as we invite that feeling into our hearts and try and share that feeling with other people they will feel it. And I know these things are true and I say them in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.