A Guide to Lasting Happiness

Commandments, rules, laws.  Sometimes the reaction to these words are something like: Why can't I just do what I want to do?  Why should I let someone else tell me what to do?

Well...commandments from God are ALWAYS given for our benefit.  They are like a map given to us to help us be happy.  Disobedience brings sorrow.

However, God will not force us to obey.  He gives us the agency to choose.

I imagine God is pained when He watches us make poor choices that lead to misery, but He is patient with us and our weaknesses.  He waits, willing to bless us as we strive to obey His commandments.

"He that keepeth [God's] commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things."

There is  no need for you or me, in this enlightened age when the fullness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or to travel unmarked roads in search of truth.  A loving Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing guide--even obedience.  A knowledge of truth and the answers to our greatest questions come to us as we are obedient to the commandments of God. Obedience Brings Blessings, President Thomas S. Monson, April 2013.

What are the commandments of God?
Pray Often
Study the Scriptures
Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
Baptism and Confirmation
Follow the Prophet
Keep the Ten Commandments
Live the Law of Chastity
Obey the Word of Wisdom
Keep the Law of Tithing
Observe the Law of the Fast 

Obedience
D&C 130:20-21
John 14:15, 21
Ecclesiastes 12:13