Daily Thoughts

In the D&C the proper mode of baptism is given.  No one should be baptized until they've reached the age of accountability and is able to repent.  We've learned that this means 8 years old.  The person is to be baptized by immersion by someone who has the proper priesthood authority, and the exact words to be spoken are given by the Lord.  D&C 20:71-74 " No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived unto the years of accountability before God, and is capable of repentance. Baptism is to be administered in the following manner unto all those who repent— The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.  Then shall he immerse him or her in the water, and come forth again out of the water."

In the Old Testament we read a recounting of all the things the Lord did for the children of Israel in the days of Moses--how He did mighty miracles and brought them forth out of Egypt, how He provided for them in the wilderness, and how He brought them to the promised land.  They are to observe His statutes and keep His laws.  Psalms 105:26-45 "He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.  He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.  He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.  He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord."

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that the law of the Lord is perfect and will convert our souls.  The testimony of the Lord is sure and it will make even the simple wise.  The statutes of the Lord are right, and will bring us joy.  Keeping the commandments will enlighten our eyes.  Psalms 19:7-8 "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes."