"...every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God." Moroni 7:33

Sometimes as I am pondering what I need to share with my children a phrase will get stuck in my head, or I will read something and it just stays there. So, I go to the scriptures or lds.org and do a search on the phrase or topic or idea that is going through my head. The phrase that has gotten stuck tonight is this:  DO GOOD. I looked it up...and there were 52 matches in the scriptures for that phrase! I will share only a couple of scriptures with you and then let you do your own search and study. 

Do good is such a simple phrase (I like simple). It speaks volumes with two words. It can be applied to our behavior, our thoughts, our attitude, our lifestyle, how we choose to spend our time. 

I'll let the scriptures and the Spirit do the teaching~ (italics added)

  "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." 

Matt 5:44; 3 Nephi 12:44

"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;

For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward."

D&C 58:27-28

"But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God." 

Moroni 7:13

We get to choose how we spend out time and our attitude and how we treat other people. We get to choose to do good.  What a gift to choose whether or not we want to do it. Growing up my dad always said, "Make it a great day, and if you don't it is your own fault." That is a true statement. I think another way of saying it is, "Make it a great day~ do good, no matter what". That's the power that is in us, to do good, This I testify.