Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how the wicked King Ahaz died and his son Hezekiah reigned in his stead. He was righteousness, unlike Ahaz, and opened the doors to the House of the Lord back up and repaired it. He realized that the wrath of the Lord had delivered them to trouble and he wanted to turn away the fierce warth of God so he was willing to covenant with Him. He told his sons to serve the Lord and not be negligent toward Him. 2 Chr. 28: 27; 29: 1-11 "And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense."

In the D&C we're told that we should pay our debts. D&C 104: 78 "And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts—behold it is my will that you shall pay all your debts."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that whatever we sacrifice for the Lord's sake will be rewarded to us a hundredfold and we'll inherit everlasting life. Matt. 19: 29 "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."