-Brigham Young
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Seek after it
"Pray for the Lord to inspire your hearts. Ask for wisdom and for knowledge. It is our duty to seek after it. Let us seek, and we shall find; but as for His coming down here to pour His Spirit upon you, while you are aiming after the vain and frivolous things of the world; indulging in all the vanity, nonsense, and foolery which surrounds you; drinking in all the filthy abominations which should be spurned from every community on the earth—so long as you continue this course, rest assured—he will not come near you."
-Brigham Young
We shall find rest
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
-Matthew 11:28-30
to know thee
"...if thou art God, wilt thou make thyself known unto me, and I will give away all my sins to know thee, and that I may be raised from the dead, and be saved at the last day..."
-Alma 22:18
Stake Conference
"Thou has also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words."
-Ether 12:25
Love heals. Christ loves me and has healed my bruised and broken spirit and soothed my weeping heart. I am eternally grateful for the atonement. My Savior is my best friend. He will not desert me. He has plucked my out of my misery and made me whole. The chains of my sin were lightened and my soul is free. He is my Savior and friend. He is my best friend. He is my brother. He loves me and died for me. He suffered all of my pains, afflictions, and miseries because he loves me. He has freed my soul from the prison I had created for myself. I cried out to God seeking only his forgiveness and he granted it unto me. I have been awakened to the spirit to which I was once numb. He comforts me when I am weak and afraid. Christ is my everything. I love my Savior.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Free from sin
"For he that is dead is freed from sin."
-Romans 6:7
No don't go kill yourself. Read the foot notes first:
dead: JST Romans 6:7 ...dead to sin...
freed: GR acquitted, cleared.
Love from God
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
-1 Corinthians 2:9
Godly sorrow vs. Worldly sorrow
"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing."
"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."
-2 Corinthians 7:9-10
Hmmm... Salvation vs. Death? Which one?
Word of God
"Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked-"
-Helaman 3:29
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Your Own Strength
"And because of this great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands."
-Helaman 4:13
If you boast of your own strength then that's all you'll have. God will not give his strength to you and you can't make it alone.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Perfection
Our perfect Father does not expect us to be perfect children yet. He had only one such Child. Meanwhile, therefore, sometimes with smudges on our cheeks, dirt on our hands, and shoes untied, stammeringly but smilingly we present God with a dandelion-as if it were an orchid or a rose! If for now the dandelion is the best we have to offer, He receives it, knowing what we may later place on the altar. It is good to remember how young we are spiritually.
-Neal A. Maxwell, That Ye May Believe, p. 100.
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