Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read about how Daniel fasted and prayed to the Lord and confessed the sins of Isreal who did not listen to the prophets and committed iniquity in their rebellion. Dan. 9: 3-6 "And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land."

A verse in the D&C is almost like poetry in the way it describes the earth, sun, moon, and stars. Oh how wonderful and glorious the creations of God are! D&C 88: 45 "The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night, and the stars also give their light, as they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power of God."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that Jesus rose up early in the morning and found a solitary place to pray. Is there a quiet place we can go to commune with God? We might have to get up early, before others are up, to find such peace and solitude. But it's important that we follow Jesus' example and find some quiet time alone with God. Mark 1: 35 "And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed."
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