Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read about how there began to be robbers in the land with their secret combinations.  Com fought against them but could not prevail.  Ether 10:33-34 "And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land; and they adopted the old plans, and administered oaths after the manner of the ancients, and sought again to destroy the kingdom. Now Com did fight against them much; nevertheless, he did not prevail against them."

In the Old Testament we read that Ezra and the people fasted and prayed for guidance. If we are faced with a decision and don't know what to do, fasting and prayer and seeking for the Lord's guidance will help.  Ezra 8:21 "Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that if we're going to claim to be people of God, we need to do what He says.  If we hear His teachings and obey what He says to do, we're like a wise man who buids his house on a sure foundation that stands against the storms that beat upon it.  But if we hear the Word of God, but don't heed it, we're like a foolish man who builds his house upon the sand.  When storms arise, the house falls to ruin.  Luke 6:46-49 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."