Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about the gathering of Israel and about how they would be cleansed and the Messiah would reign over them. They would receive the everlasting covenant of the gospel. Ezek. 37: 21-25 "And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever."

In the D&C I read that every man is obligated to provide for his own family, and also to work in the church--being diligent in all things. The idler should not have place in the church unless he repents. We need to be busily engaged in temporal and church work or we will lose our crown! D&C 75: 28-29 "And again, verily I say unto you, that every man who is obliged to provide for his own family, let him provide, and he shall in nowise lose his crown; and let him labor in the church. Let every man be diligent in all things. And the idler shall not have place in the church, except he repent and mend his ways."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that if we need to repent and turn to the Lord who will take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously. If we don't return to the Lord, we'll fall by our iniquity. Hosea 14: 1-2 "O israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips."


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