A Growing Testimony

Testimonies are like beautiful plants. They grow a little at a time, and they need care and protection. Follow the directions below to make this plant healthy and bright.

When you know something is true, you have a testimony of that truth. The Holy Ghost helps you understand the truth in your mind and gives you feelings of peace, happiness, light, or warmth in your heart.

Color a flower or leaf on this page each time you read something below that you know is true.

• God is my loving Heavenly Father.

• Heavenly Father hears and answers my prayers.

• Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, I can live with Heavenly Father again.

• Joseph Smith restored the gospel to the earth.

• We have a living prophet.

• The scriptures teach me what Heavenly Father wants me to know.

Just as a plant grows when it receives water and sunlight, your testimony grows stronger as you make good choices. Below are some ways you can strengthen your testimony.

Color a flower or leaf on this page each time you do one of the things below to help your testimony grow.

• Pray to Heavenly Father.

• Share my testimony in family home evening or during a talk in Primary.

• Read the scriptures.

• Listen and learn during Primary and sacrament meeting.

• Write about my testimony in my journal.

• Be kind to others.

• Read what prophets have taught about testimony. (You can start with “The True and Living Church” by President Henry B. Eyring in the May 2008 Ensign.)

Illustration by Brad Clark