Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament the Lord reproved the false prophets who prophesied lies and claimed the Lord spoke to them when He did not. Ezek. 13: 1-8 "And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God."

In the D&C I read that we need to be faithful and pray always, preparing ourselves for the coming of the Lord, for He comes quickly. D&C 33: 17-18 "Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom— For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that I come quickly. Even so. Amen."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that we not only near to hear the sayings of the Lord, but we need to do them. He who does both is like a man who builds his house upon a firm foundation of rock, which remains unshaken even when storms beat vehemently upon it. But a man who hears the sayings of the Lord but does not obey them is like a man who builds his house upon the sand--when a storm comes along, the house falls and great is the ruin of it. It's like the primary song says, The wise man built his house upon the rock and when the rains came tumbling down and the floods came up, the house on the rock stood still. But the foolish man built his house upon the sand and it washed away. Luke 6: 46-49 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."
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