My Promise

I believe in Jesus Christ, who walked the streets of Jerusalem, who suffered in the garden for every pain and every sin, who gave His life on the cross and rose again the third day. I want to follow Him, and be counted among His.

With His help, I promise:

1. To love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love my neighbor as myself.

   Mark 12:30–31

   ³⁰ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

   ³¹ And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

   Matthew 22:37–39

   ³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

   ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

   ³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

   Moroni 10:32

   Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

2. To take His name upon me, and always remember Him.

   Luke 22:19

   And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

   Mosiah 5:8

   And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.

   3 Nephi 18:7

   And this shall ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shown unto you. And it shall be a testimony unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.

3. To bear one another's burdens, that they may be light; to mourn with those who mourn, and comfort those who stand in need of comfort.

   Galatians 6:2

   Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

   Romans 12:15

   Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

   Mosiah 18:8–9

   ⁸ And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;

   ⁹ Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—

4. To forgive, as He forgives me.

   Colossians 3:13

   Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

   Mosiah 26:30–31

   ³⁰ Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me.

   ³¹ And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor’s trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation.

5. To give, and to give up my pride, my sins and my wants for His.

   Luke 9:23

   And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

   Alma 22:18

   O God, Aaron hath told me that there is a God; and if there is a God, and if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will give away all my sins to know thee, and that I may be raised from the dead, and be saved at the last day. And now when the king had said these words, he was struck as if he were dead.

6. To serve, and to lift up.

   Galatians 5:13

   For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

   Hebrews 12:12

   Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

   Mosiah 2:17

   And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.

7. To seek first the kingdom of God. And if I seek riches, to seek them to do good: to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, free the captive, and bring relief to the sick and the afflicted.

   Matthew 6:33

   But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

   Matthew 25:35–36

   ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

   ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

   Jacob 2:18–19

   ¹⁸ But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.

   ¹⁹ And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good—to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.

8. To stand as His witness at all times, in all things, and in all places.

   Acts 1:8

   But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

   Mosiah 18:9

   Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—

9. And when I fall short, to turn back to Him and keep walking, day in and day out.

   Micah 7:8

   Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

   Moroni 6:8

   But as oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven.