Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament the Lord told the people that if they would seek Him, they would live. He told them that their sacrifices to false gods and their other sins were abhorrent to Him. Amos 5: 4-15 "For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."

In the D&C I read the words of the Lord to various people in which he repeatedly said that if they would humble themselves and be faithful, he would multiply blessings unto them. If He repeated this same message to all these different people, I'm sure He would also say the same thing to all of us--if we are humble and faithful, He will multiply blessings unto us. D&C 104: 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 38, 42, 46 "And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he will be humble before me. And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him. And inasmuch as they are faithful, behold I will bless, and multiply blessings upon them. And, inasmuch as they are faithful, I will multiply blessings upon them and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of blessings. And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon him. And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity of blessings upon him. And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments, which I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings.And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., inasmuch as he is faithful, even a multiplicity of blessings."

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that if we love the Lord, we will keep His commandments. And we will be given another Comforter to be with us forever. What a wonderful blessing to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost to be with us and help us. All these scripture verses today seem to emhasize the fact that if we do what's right, we'll be blessed.  John 14: 15-16 "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;"
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