Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that the persecutions inflicted on the church by the unbelievers became so great that the church began to murmur and complain. Mosiah sent a proclamation throughout the land saying that the unbelievers should not persecute the believers. All people should be treated with equality and pride and haughtiness should be done away with. Every man should labor for his own support. Mosiah 27:1-5 "And now it came to pass that the persecutions which were inflicted on the church by the unbelievers became so great that the church began to murmur, and complain to their leaders concerning the matter; and they did complain to Alma. And Alma laid the case before their king, Mosiah. And Mosiah consulted with his priests.  And it came to pass that king Mosiah sent a proclamation throughout the land round about that there should not any unbeliever persecute any of those who belonged to the church of God.  And there was a strict command throughout all the churches that there should be no persecutions among them, that there should be an equality among all men;  That they should let no pride nor haughtiness disturb their peace; that every man should esteem his neighbor as himself, laboring with their own hands for their support.  Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with their own hands for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want; and doing these things, they did abound in the grace of God."

In the Old Testament we read that in the day of the Lord, all the proud and haughty will be humbled and only the Lord will be exalted.  Isaiah 2:11-12 "The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.  For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:"

Some scriptures with a thought booklet tell us that Jesus is the vine and we are the branches.  We cannot bear fruit unless we abide in Him.  If we abide in Him, He will love us and grant unto us what we ask. However, if we don't abide in Him we'll be withered and cast into the fire. Just like branches cannot bear fruit and wither away when they are not attached to the vine, so we can do nothing if were not connected to Christ. He is the giver and sustainer of life and we need t remain in Him to bear fruit for the Kingdom.  John 15:1-9 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."