In the Book of Mormon we read the words of Jacob to the pure in heart. He told them to pray to God in faith and He would deliver them from their afflictions. Receive the pleasing word of God and feast on His love forever. Jacob 3:1-2 "But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction. O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye may, if your minds are firm, forever."
In the Old Testament we read about how Saul died because of his transgressions. He had not kept the commandments of the Lord and he had inquired of someone who had a familiar spirit instead of turning to the Lord. So the Lord slew him and turned the kingdom over to David. 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 "So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; And inquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse."
A verse with a thought booklet tells us that if we will return to the Lord with our whole hearts, He will give us a heart to know Him. We will be His people and He will be our God. Jeremiah 24:7 "And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart."
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