David Archuleta has released the music video “My Little Prayer #LIGHTtheWORLD” in support of the LDS Christmas initiative Light the World.

David explains that both the music and lyrics to this song were given to him in a dream:

“Something I try to do to each day is begin by saying a prayer in the morning, and then end my day with a prayer at night. Sometimes, however, I fall asleep before I say my nightly prayer. One time almost a year ago I had one of these nights where I fell asleep before saying a prayer. Something unusual happened.

“That night I had a dream. It was different than anything I had experiences before. In my dream I was praying-having a conversation with God. The conversation was also different. I was singing. I could hear simple chords in my dream that I was laying a simple melody and prayer on top of.

“As I was having this conversation in music with God, He told me to get up and write this down. I thought and said, “…but… I’m sleeping. I’m not sure I know how to get up from a dream!” He told me “if you don’t get up now, you’ll forget it in the morning.” I tried everything I could to wake up, and I did! There in the middle of the night I went straight to the piano with the words and melody I had spoken in my dream still clear in my head, and wrote it all down. It was the fastest I had ever written a song because I feel this one was given to me.”

Learn how to #LIGHTtheWORLD this Christmas by providing service in 25 ways over 25 days.

• Learn about the Light the World initiative.
• See the Service Advent Calendar.

Here is a list of other member-created videos I have shared. If you find other videos you think I should share, please post a comment below.