SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith
Chapter 1
"It is my desire to remind you of the nature and kind of being that God is, so that you may worship him in spirit and in truth and thereby gain all of the blessings of his gospel."
God is our Father; he is the being in whose image man is created. He has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's (D&C130:22), and he is the literal and personal father of the spirits of all men. He is omnipotent and omniscient; he has all power and all wisdom; and his perfections consist in the possession of all knowledge, all faith or power, all justice, all judgment, all mercy, all truth, and the fullness of all godly attributes... if we are to have that perfect faith by which we can lay hold upon eternal life, we must believe in God as the possessor of the fullness of all these characteristics and attributes. I say also that he is an infinite and eternal being, and as an unchangeable being, he possesses these perfected powers and attributes from everlasting to everlasting, which means from eternity to eternity.
We know that our Heavenly Father is a glorified, exalted personage who has all power, all might, and all dominion, and that he knows all things. We testify that he, through his Only Begotten Son, is the Creator of this earth and of worlds without number.
I also testify of my Heavenly Father, that He is, that He knows me, that He hears my prayers, and that he wants us to be happy and live a joy filled life.
It is my hope that each of us will strive to know our Heavenly Father and develop a relationship with him.
Wishing you a wonderful week.
Liese
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