Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read David's plea to the Lord to keep him from presumptuous sins so they would not have dominion over him and that he could be upright and innocent from great transgressions. He asked the Lord to help keep his words and the things he meditated upon in his heart acceptable in the sight of the Lord, who was his strength and his redeemer. Do we pray to the Lord to give us strength in the face of temptation? Do we ask for help in resisting evil and keeping our minds and our words what they should be? Ps. 19: 13-14 "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."

In the Pearl of Great Price I read more of what Josesph Smith related and about the continued persecution that he suffered and all the false stories that circulated regarding him and his family. However, he found a friend in Martin Harris who helped him by giving him $50 when he needed it. Oftentimes the Lord will send people to help us when we're in need, and it's often through other people that our needs are met. JS-H 1: 61 "The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousand tongues was all the time employed in circulating falsehoods about my father's family, and about myself. If I were to relate a thousandth part of them, it would fill up volumes. The persecution, however, became so intolerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, and going with my wife to Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania. While preparing to start—being very poor, and the persecution so heavy upon us that there was no probability that we would ever be otherwise—in the midst of our afflictions we found a friend in a gentleman by the name of Martin Harris, who came to us and gave me fifty dollars to assist us on our journey. Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra township, Wayne county, in the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that the prayer of the righteous is a delight to the Lord. Prov. 15: 8 "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."