The Formula, Command, and Miracle of James Chapter One Verse Five
In his fifteenth year, Joseph Smith desired to join the right church. His mind “was greatly excited” on the subject of religion. “The cry and tumult were… great and incessant.” He said it was “impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong” (JS-History 1:8-10). Then everything changed. “While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (JS-History 1:11). Thank heaven for these words. Everything changed for Joseph and for every person who has lived on Earth. The formula These words can still change lives. They are a formula, which I thank my husband for pointing out to me. The formula is:...