{"product_id":"2940012893048","title":"HOW TO OBTAIN HAPPINESS AND HEALTH","description":"Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading pleasure.  It is also searchable and contains hyper-links to chapters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. Happiness and Health\u003cbr\u003eChapter II. Obey and Escape Chastisement, and Live Happy, As God Intended We Should\u003cbr\u003eChapter III. Spiritual Gifts\u003cbr\u003eChapter IV. The Comforter, or Spirit of Christ\u003cbr\u003eChapter V. Keeping the Good Spirits in Us\u003cbr\u003eChapter VI. Fasting and Prayer\u003cbr\u003eChapter VII. The Kingdom of God\u003cbr\u003eChapter VIII. Doing Good To Others\u003cbr\u003eChapter IX. Thine Is The Kingdom, and The Power, and The Glory\u003cbr\u003eChapter X. Using Medicines for Diseases\u003cbr\u003eChapter XI. Miscellaneous Subjects\u003cbr\u003eChapter XII. Preparing The Way\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excerpt from the beginning of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. - DOING GOOD TO OTHERS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs we do good to others, and show mercy and kindness to others, and judge others and forgive them, just so will God forgive us, and show mercy and do good to us. We receive blessings from God according to the way we do good to others, as well as to ourselves. We can show God that we love him only by doing good; which is to keep his commandments. \"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments.\" We can do no good by praying to God unless we do the things which he says. What God wants of us is to do good for ourselves, and it is by doing good to others that we do good for ourselves. We should remember this; that if we want the only true happiness in this world, and in the next, that we must be changed or converted from our selfish, carnal nature, and do good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begin to do good if you desire to be changed or converted, and God will change you; he will put a new spirit in you; and he will begin at once to bless you, so you can do more and more good as time goes by, if you continue faithful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe whose highest ambition in this world is to do the most good to his fellow-men that is possible, happy is that man. If this is your ambition, begin at once to do good to others, and you will be surprised at the happiness and blessings that God will commence to bestow upon you—health and every good thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe do good to others by giving out the good things which God has given to us; by giving out the spiritually good things of the heart, and also of the temporal good things which we possess; by helping others, both spiritually and temporally. In other words, by imparting our light, and showing our love and kindness by our actions; and by helping and giving of our temporal substance to those who are in need. Those who have found happiness in Christ, desire to do all they can to lead others into the light, that they also might be happy in him. He who has been fully converted, has a desire to do good to others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe who lives for himself alone, or for \"me and mine,\" will not be blessed abundantly with the Spirit of God. A man who is anxious to save only his own soul will never save it. Paul said, \"Not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they might be saved.\" Blessed is the man who has this spirit in him. We do good to others by making them happy. He who leads others to find the true happiness, which is found only in Christ, he it is who, like Paul, is doing the greatest good to his fellow-men that is possible. \"They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars forever and ever.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA true Christian has the strongest desire to do good to his fellow-men. Everyone can do some good, according to that which he has, both spiritually and temporally, be it little or much. But the idea is this; one should not be satisfied with doing only a little good, because he has only a little himself; but Wake up, Wake up, and God will increase your good. And if you prove faithful in imparting to others, both spiritually and temporally, as God increases you, he will continue to increase you, and you will have much good to give out instead of little; and your reward, both in this life and in the next, will be great; and you may prove to be a benefactor to mankind. As we open our selfish hearts and love and do good to others, just accordingly, as stated, does God bless us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcerning repentance, sorrow for a sin is only the beginning of repentance. There is no repentance without making reparation. We must strive in all diligence to keep the commandments of God, if we want him to hear us and forgive our sins. We must merit and earn what we ask for. If not, we will not receive it. No one obtains forgiveness simply by asking. The man who is not striving in all diligence to keep the commandments of God, and who thinks he obtains forgiveness for his sins simply by prayer, that man is deceiving himself, and his prayers avail him nothing. It is the life we live, the good we do, that counts with the Lord. Not everyone that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter in, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven...","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170565767408,"sku":"2940012893048","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012893048_p0.jpg?v=1763574095","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012893048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}