Daily Thoughts

In the D&C I read that we need to heed the words of our prophet in patience and faith as we would heed the words of the Lord. If we do this, the gates of hell will not prevail against us and the heavens will shake for our good. D&C 21:4-6 "Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory."

In the Old Testament we read that we should praise the Lord for all the wonderful works that He does for us. He satisfies our longing souls and fills our hungry souls with goodness.  Psalms 107:8-9 "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!  For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness."

A verse with a thought booklet compares godly sorrow with the sorrow of the world.  Godly sorrow makes us want to repent and do better in our lives.  We realize we've done something wrong, feel sorrowful about it, and want to turn our lives around.  But the sorrow of the world makes us feel discouraged and worthless and feel like giving up.  Instead of building us up and helping us become better, it makes us feel like we'll never be good enough, so why try?  When we're feeling sorrowful over something we've done wrong, we need to ask ourselves if we're feeling godly sorrow that leads us to repent, or if we're feeling worldly sorrow which makes us feel worthless and not worthy of repenting.  If it's the latter, we can know that it's not from God and we need to turn to Him for help in improving our lives and feeling worthy once again.  2 Corinthians 7:10 " For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."