Essential Skills for Living the Gospel

by. John Hilton III & Anthony Sweat 

If you were swimming in the ocean and discovered you were being pulled farther and farther away from land by a rip current, would you know how to get back to shore? There is a method - one that could save your life. Likewise, the authors of How? ask teenagers, "If you were caught up with friends in some activities you knew were wrong and you felt yourself being pulled away from the safety of the gospel shore, caught up in a current of sin, would you know how to get beck?" Elder Russell M. Nelson said, "Once we ... understand the importance and meaning of a commandment, we need to learn how to do it." In this sequel to their bestselling book WHY?, John Hilton and Anthony Sweat answer more than 100 gospel questions, such as:How Can I Increase My Faith in Jesus ChristHow Can I Know When I've Been Forgiven?How Can I Know When the Holy Ghost Is Speaking to Me?How Can I Stay Faithful When Life Is Hard?How Can I Set Meaningful Personal Goals?How Can I Find Answers In My Scriptures?How Can I Resist and Overcome Pornography?Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. How Can I Increase My Faith in Jesus Christ?2. How Can I Break Bad Habits3. How Can I Really Repent?4. How Can I Know When Ive Been Forgiven?5. How Can I Make the Temple a More Important Part of My Life?6. How Can I Prepare for an Eternal Marriage?7. How Can I Strengthen by Testimony?8. How Can I Know When the Holy Ghost Is Speaking to Me?9. How Can I Avoid Being Deceived When Receiving Revelation?10. How Can I Recognize and Develop Spiritual Gifts?11. How Can I Tell the Difference Between Right and Wrong?12. How Can I Set Standards That Will Keep Me Spiritually Safe?13. How Can I Stay Morally Clean?14. How Can I Resist and Overcome Pornography?15. How Can I Honor My Parents16. How Can I Have a Fun and Clean Date?17. How Can I Have More Meaningful Prayers?18. How Can I Get More from My Scripture Study?19. How Can I Find Answers in the Scriptures?20. How Can I Keep the Sabbath Day Holy?21. How Can I Get More from My Church Meetings?22. How Can I Keep a Meaningful Journal?23. How Can I Create a Living Area That Invites the Holy Ghost?24. How Can I Stay Faithful When Life Is Hard?25. How Can I Overcome Feelings of Fear and Doubt?26. How Can I Handle Anti-Mormon Teachings in a Christlike Way?27. How Can I Set Meaningful Personal Goals?28. How Can I Resist Negative Peer Pressure?29. How Can I Help Friends and Family Who Are Struggling with Serious Problems?30. How Can I Bear a Powerful Testimony?31. How Can I Prepare and Give a Powerful Youth Talk?32. How Can I Share the Gospel with Others?ConclusionNotesPhoto and Image Credits