Daily Thoughts

A verse from the Old Testament tells us that when we trust in the Lord and keep our minds stayed on Him, He'll keep us in perfect peace. Isa. 26: 3 "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee."

In the Book of Mormon I read about how quick people are to do iniquity and to forget God. And we also see how much iniquity can be caused by one wicked man who seeks to destroy the work of the Lord and uses flattery and cunning devices to do so. Alma 46: 8-10 "Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one. Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men. Yea, we see that Amalickiah, because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words, that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly; yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God, and to destroy the foundation of liberty which God had granted unto them, or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land for the righteous' sake."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of love and power and self-discipline. 2 Tim. 1: 7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

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