Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read about how Jesus gave the sacrament to the people, providing bread and wine miraculously.  After they had partaken of the sacrament they were filled with the Spirit and gave glory to Jesus. 3 Nephi 20:3-9 "And it came to pass that he brake bread again and blessed it, and gave to the disciples to eat. He then commands them to administer the bread to the people. And when they had eaten he commanded them that they should break bread, and give unto the multitude. After the bread, the same process is followed with wine. And when they had given unto the multitude he also gave them wine to drink, and commanded them that they should give unto the multitude. There had not been any bread or wine previously, Jesus had miraculously provided it. Now, there had been no bread, neither wine, brought by the disciples, neither by the multitude; But he truly gave unto them bread to eat, and also wine to drink. Jesus explains the symbolism of the bread and wine and promises nourishment of the soul. And he said unto them: He that eateth this bread eateth of my body to his soul; and he that drinketh of this wine drinketh of my blood to his soul; and his soul shall never hunger nor thirst, but shall be filled. Now, when the multitude had all eaten and drunk, behold, they were filled with the Spirit; and they did cry out with one voice, and gave glory to Jesus, whom they both saw and heard."

In the Old Testament we read about how greatly the children of Israel sinned, hardened their hearts against the Lord, and refused to listen to the prophets that the Lord sent to call them to repentance.  As a result, the Lord was angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight, allowing the Assyrians to carry them to their own land. When we choose to disobey the Lord, we must suffer the consequences.   2 Kings 17:7-23 "For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them. And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us that God will never leave us or forsake us, so instead of being covetous, we should be content with what we have.  We may not have everything we might want, but if we have the Lord, we have enough.  Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."