Daily Thoughts

In the Old Testament I read that in the last days the Lord would cut off the cities of the land and their strongholds, cut off witchcrafts and soothsayers and graven images, and execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen. Micah 5: 10-15 "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard."


In the D&C it is reiterated that when we hearken to the voice of the Lord, and of His servants, we are blessed. But if we refuse, we will have no such blessings. D&C 124: 45-46 "And if my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my servants whom I have appointed to lead my people, behold, verily I say unto you, they shall not be moved out of their place. But if they will not hearken to my voice, nor unto the voice of these men whom I have appointed, they shall not be blest, because they pollute mine holy grounds, and mine holy ordinances, and charters, and my holy words which I give unto them."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that it's not enough to just say that we love, but we need to demonstrate our love through our actions. If we truly love the Lord and other people, our actions will show it. Jesus often spoke about love, but He spent even more time demonstrating it. Let's follow His example. 1 Jn. 3: 18 "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."
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