Regardless of which religion you embrace – or no religion at all – I hope that my words will work within you to bring you closer to God; that something within you will resonate to help you more fully understand and appreciate that you and I are created in His image; that our Creator has designed an important purpose for your life and mine.

As you come to more fully realize God’s love, the purposes for which he has outlined your life, and as you step into that role which he has designed for you; your satisfaction with life will become immeasurable; you will find unending peace, joy, success, and happiness – and all of this will be in spite of the great commotions and contentions in our world today; it will be peace and happiness in your life regardless of setbacks, potential losses, and adversities.

You may wonder how I can be so confident of these truths, but even when the Jews marveled that our Savior, Jesus Christ, knew letters, He didn’t expect people to take His teachings at face value. He said that anyone who does His will “shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself” (John 7:17).

There are so many lessons that can be derived from this simple verse. Among all those lessons emerges the powerful theme that religious assurances require that we be “doers of the word and not hearers only” (James 1:22).

So when questions of religious doctrine confront you, which is likely to happen at least once if you continue to listen to me, you have the opportunity to find out for yourselves the truthfulness of any message – by humble meditation, submissive prayer, and obedient action.

The first absolute requirement for the kind of faith that we all need to obtain, is to have an assurance in God’s personal attributes – most importantly that He is perfect, all powerful, all knowing, and that He loves us with a perfect love.