How has the Book of Mormon brought you closer to God?

Just as every other member of the church that has a testimony of the Book of Mormon, I too had to read and pray about the message it contains to gain my own testimony. I remember back on my high school days as a young man, I had read the Book of Mormom a couple of times but hadn't yet received a witness that it was true. It eventually came to the point that I really wanted to know if it was the word of God, so I set a goal to read it again more carefully and diligently. I finished the book, completing my goal and felt good about having acomplished it. I stayed up late after finishing it and reflected on the importance it has in my life and where my life would be heading in the next few years to come. I prayed and asked God if the Book of Mormon was true and if Joseph Smith was actually a Prophet, the Prophet who translated it. I received an answer convincing to me that yes the Book of Mormon is the word of God, more sacred scripture that the Lord revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith for the benefit of mankind, that was written by his holy Prophets here on the american continent. I felt good inside as the Holy Ghost filled my heart with this knowledge and when I read the Book of Mormon now I can always feel this warm feeling of the spirit which brings me closer to my Heavenly Father reconfirms that testimony I gained.