This year I would like to start with my testimony of the Book of Mormon and see how that testimony changes and grows over the coming year.

I know that the Book of Mormon is a sacred volume of scripture comparable to the Bible and modern scriptures. It is alive in that it tailors itself to my needs and the purposes of God. This has happened again and again over many years. I know that as I feast upon the words of Christ it contains I will be blessed and strengthened by the Holy Ghost and the Spiritual knowledge I obtain. Over the last almost 50 years, the Book of Mormon has been my friend. It has guided me, protected me, encouraged, strengthened and supported me. It has enabled me to clearly see and escape the wiles of my adversary. It has lifted me when my heart has been filled with sorrows so great I could not bear them. And I have great hope to have such similar experiences in this coming year. I have been changed by this book and hoped to be changed even more in the coming years as I strive to listen to still small voice as it speaks to me while studying, pondering, and memorizing its words. I know the Book of Mormon is powerful because it is the words of Christ and a sincere study of it is accompanied by the witness and guidance of the Holy Ghost. That my heart will be changed in the coming year and that at the end of this year I can look back and see a profound and powerful change in my life and the lives of those I love.

There is much I can not explain and is outside of my understanding, but I would like to join my void with those righteous saints that it is true, powerful and live.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.