The gospel

I was born into the church.  I have been taught from the time I was young the things that I need to do in order to be happy and to be close to God.  Something that i have learned is that the concepts thjat seem the simplist are the ones that take the most effort to learn.  My parents taught me from the time that I was little to read my scriptures and say my prayers during the day.  I started out when I was 8 reading 3 verses a day.   As I got older there were times when I would read longer passages and learn a lot from it.  I also went through times whe I didn't read as diligently.  I was taught to pray since I was a very young tyke.  There have been times that my prayers have been really sincere and times when they have been less sincere.  As a teenager I was really good about it sometimes and not so good about it at others.  That is not to say that there are times that I am not reading or praying at all; I have always read and always prayed every day.  There are just times when it is more sincere than other times.  I spent two years teaching people that in order to come unto Christ they need to read the Book of Mormon and pray.  I currently teach missionaries at the MTC every day that in  order to help their investigators they need to help them read the Book of Mormon and pray about it.  I know these things are super important, but sometimes I am not the best at praying as sincere as I should.  The last few weeks, however, I have been studying with purpose and praying with real intent, and it has made all the difference.