Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how the people destroyed the idols and overhthowed false worship from among them and then gave thanks and praise to the Lord. 2 Chr. 31: 1-2 "Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord."

In the D&C we're told that the Melchizedek Priesthood holds the keys to spiritual blessings in the church and has the privilege of receiving the mysterires of God. The Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys of the administering of angels and the outward ordinances, including baptism. D&C 107: 18-20 "The power and authority of the higher, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is to hold the keys of all the spiritual blessings of the church— To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. The power and authority of the lesser, or Aaronic Priesthood, is to hold the ckeys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel, the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, greeable to the covenants and commandments."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us to submit ourselves to God and resist the devil. Are we willing to turn our lives over to God and be what He intends us to be? Are we willing to submit to whatever He has in mind for us? James 4: 7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

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