Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read how the brothers of Nephi rebelled against him and their father and murmured about having left Jeruselem. In fact, they even wanted to kill their father. However, the voice of the Lord came and chastened them so they repented. 1 Ne. 16: 36-39 "And thus they did murmur against my father, and also against me; and they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem. And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of Ishmael: Behold, let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi, who has taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who are his elder brethren. Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and also that angels have ministered unto him. But behold, we know that he lies unto us; and he tells us these things, and he worketh many things by his cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes, thinking, perhaps, that he may lead us away into some strange wilderness; and after he has led us away, he has thought to make himself a king and a ruler over us, that he may do with us according to his will and pleasure. And after this manner did my brother Laman stir up their hearts to anger. And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea, even the voice of the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, and did chasten them exceedingly; and after they were chastened by the voice of the Lord they did turn away their anger, and did repent of their sins, insomuch that the Lord did bless us again with food, that we did not perish."

In the New Testament I read how Jesus told His disciples to pray lest they enter into temptation. If this was important for His disciples, how important is it for us today? We need to be constantly prayerful that we'll be strong enough to resist temptations that come our way. Luke 22:40 "And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation."


Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that we need to show ourselves a model of good works and in our teaching show integrity, gravity and sound speech that cannot be centured. We need to live our lives so that no one has anything evil to say about us. In other words, we need to demonstrate by our actions what it is like to live a Christlike life. The thought that went with this, written by Kim Sheard from Fairfax, Virginia, said: One day a high school science teacher told her class that the element sodium is very reactive with water. The students wrote that down. A second teacher gathered her students around a table and had them put on goggles. She then proceeded to drop a postage stamp-sized spquare of sodium into a beaker of water. The woft, shiny metal seemed to mealt at first, then caught fire with a pop and burned brightly until it was consumed. The students gasped and jumped back from the flame. Which students better understood and remembered sodium's reactivity with water: those who were told or those who were shown? In today's scripture passage, Paul instructs Titus to show others Christian principles rather than just telling them what God requires. In the same way, each of us represents Christ through our behavior, and our examples are more helpful to others than mere words. We can demonstrate love, selflessness, concern for others, generosity, and other Christian cfharacter traits through our actions. We can show others how to live Christian lives! Titus 2:7-8 "In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. "
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