I

When people believe in God and follow God, they should have the state of mind of always looking to God. This is the state of mind that people with normal humanity should possess. Sometimes, looking to God doesn't mean asking God to do something using specific words, or asking Him for specific guidance or protection. Rather, it's that when people encounter some issue, they are able to call on Him sincerely. When they call on God sincerely, they show sincerity, and so God assents to help them.

II

When you encounter an especially thorny difficulty, when you have no one to turn to, when you feel particularly helpless, and when you put your only hope in God, hoping that He will help you, only then is your heart sincere. Though you may not have said much, your heart has already stirred. That is, you give your sincere heart to God, and God listens.

III

When God listens, He sees your difficulties, and He will enlighten you, guide you, and help you. The most important thing to possess in looking to God is a sincere heart. You must be in a state of truly needing God. That is to say, people's hearts must be sincere, not perfunctory; they should not move only their mouths and not their hearts. If you muddle through the act of speaking to God, but your heart isn't moved, you are deceiving and toying with God, and this is also an expression of irreverence for God. God will ignore you and put you aside, and you will be completely humiliated.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Belief in God Must Begin With Seeing Through the Evil Trends of the World