Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that Israel was rejected for serving false gods and for their evil ways. They would be cast out into a land they knew not where they could serve their other gods day and night and where the Lord would not show them favor. Jer. 16: 10-13 "And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord , and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour."

In the Book of Mormon we're told that if we take upon us the name of Christ and endure to the end, we'll be saved at the last day. 3 Ne. 27: 6 "And whoso taketh upon him my name, and endureth to the end, the same shall be saved at the last day."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us how we can be cleansed by the Lord who will blot out our iniqities, create in us a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within us. Joy in our salvation will be restored to us and we'll sing aloud the righteousness of God. A sinful life is a troubled life. Satan will try to tell us that we're hopeless and we may as well give up because we can never be clean and happy again. He lies! Repentance through the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes forgiveness for our sins possible and we can once again be clean and joyful. The Lord is waiting with open arms to receive us! Ps. 51: 7-14 "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness."


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