God Loves and Helps All of His Children

Love is the driving factor behind the welfare program of the church. It is that love which causes good men to seek to help all those they can touch.

. . . we need Heavenly Father’s help. An important source of this help comes through man’s service to his fellowman. The commandment is to “love thy neighbour as thyself.” Because we are all brothers and sisters, we are all “neighbors,” though separated at times by distance, culture, religion, or race. Said the Prophet Joseph, “A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.” (History of the Church, 4:227)

Another essential way to receive God’s help is through prayer. We are commanded to pray to God, our Father, in the name of Jesus Christ.

The ultimate help from Heavenly Father comes to us through His Son, “for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Instruction:

• While His influence, teachings, and deliverance endear Him to us, we would do well not to speak of Him as though He were the friend next door. He is the Firstborn of our Father’s spirit children.