Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that Nephi wrote the things of God, with the intent to bring others unto Christ. He did not write the things of the world or things which would please the world, but wrote things that were pleasing unto God. He also admonished his children not to write things on the plates which would not be of worth to the children of men. 1 Ne. 6: 4-6 "For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved. Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not of the world. Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children of men."

In the New Testament I read that whatever we ask if prayer, believing that we'll receive, we will receive. A prayer with faith and a willingness to accept the will of the Lord is always answered. Matthew 21:22 "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

A verse with a thought booklet says that the light of God shines out of darkness and shines in our hearts. Do our lives show forth the light of the gospel? Can those who know us see the light of God in our smile, our kind words, our actions? 2 Corinthians 4:6 "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
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