Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that we need to humbled ourselves before God and come to Him with a broken heart and contrite spirit, witnessing that we have truly repented of our sins and are willing to serve Jesus Christ to the end.  We need to manifest by our works that we have received a remission of our sins.  If we're willing to do all these things, we can be received by  baptism into Christ's church.  D&C 20:37 "And again, by way of commandment to the church concerning the manner of baptism—All those who humble themselves before God, and desire to be baptized, and come forth with broken hearts and contrite spirits, and witness before the church that they have truly repented of all their sins, and are willing to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end, and truly manifest by their works that they have received of the Spirit of Christ unto the remission of their sins, shall be received by baptism into his church."

In the Old Testament we read that repent of our sins and the Lord forgives us, our transgressions are removed from us as far as the east is from the west.  You can't get any further away than that!  Psalms 103:12 "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."

Some verses with a thought booklet contain a prayer to cleanse us from secret faults and not allow them to have dominion over us--to be innocent from great transgressions and let both the words of our mouths and the thoughts of our hearts be acceptable in the sight of God, who is our strength and our redeemer.  Is this something that we pray for in our daily prayers?  I can see how praying in this way would help us perfect our lives and put them in order.  Psalms 19:12-14 "Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."