5 Things For Lasting Joy

1. Provident Living: Avoid debt, emergency preparedness, have an emergency supply of food. Often when the prophet talk about provident living they talk about education, hard work, spend money on your needs and not your wants even if you can afford it.

2. Service: Service brings inherent joy. If you are depressed and discouraged, the healing medicine is service to others. It seems counterproductive to some. Depression is self-directed and to get around that is to focuse on others.

3. Living faithfully and obediently: The blessings you receive is dependent on the spiritual laws and commandments you keep. If you want more freedom be more obedient.

4. Preach the gospel: The Lord counsels us to lay up unto ourselves treasures in heaven. Bringing people to Christ will follow you throughout the eternities.