Commandments given to make us happy

“When you understand that Heavenly Father gives us commandments so we can be happy, you will learn to obey because you want to, not because you feel you have to.”

- Elder H. Bryan Richards, Of the Seventy, serving as Asia Area President at the time of this article, “Friend to Friend: ‘Follow the Prophet,’” Friend, Nov. 2001

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