In the Book of Mormon we read Amalickiah took possession of the city of Nephi. He brought witnesses to the queen to back up his story that the king had been slain by his own servants and that he'd pursued them but they had gotten away. Thus he gained the favor of the queen and married her. By his cunning and trickery, he had gained all his desires. It's interesting to note that the dissenters who had been instructed in a knowledge of the Lord at one time, once they turned away from it became even more hardened, wicked, and ferocious than the Lamanites, entirely forgetting the Lord. I've seen this to be true as well. Those who have once known the truth but turn away from it seem to be in a worse state than those who never knew the truth. Alma 47:31-36 "And it came to pass on the morrow he entered the city Nephi with his armies, and took possession of the city. And now it came to pass that the queen, when she had heard that the king was slain—for Amalickiah had sent an embassy to the queen informing her that the king had been slain by his servants, that he had pursued them with his army, but it was in vain, and they had made their escape— Therefore, when the queen had received this message she sent unto Amalickiah, desiring him that he would spare the people of the city; and she also desired him that he should come in unto her; and she also desired him that he should bring witnesses with him to testify concerning the death of the king. And it came to pass that Amalickiah took the same servant that slew the king, and all them who were with him, and went in unto the queen, unto the place where she sat; and they all testified unto her that the king was slain by his own servants; and they said also: They have fled; does not this testify against them? And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the death of the king. And it came to pass that Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife; and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants, he obtained the kingdom; yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites, and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to the present time. Now these dissenters, having the same instruction and the same information of the Nephites, yea, having been instructed in the same knowledge of the Lord, nevertheless, it is strange to relate, not long after their dissensions they became more hardened and impenitent, and more wild, wicked and ferocious than the Lamanites—drinking in with the traditions of the Lamanites; giving way to indolence, and all manner of lasciviousness; yea, entirely forgetting the Lord their God."
In the New Testament we read that we can rejoice when our wrong actions are forgiven and our sins are covered and not counted against us. How grateful we can be for the Atonement of Christ which provides the way for us to be forgiven for our sins. Romans 4:7-8 "Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."
Some verses with a thought booklet are familiar, but need to be repeated often as a reminder that instead of worrying about this, that, and the other, we should put the Lord first in our lives, and the other things will be added unto us. We've got enough to concern ourselves with today to be unduly worrying about tomorrow. I tend to be a worrier, sometimes getting my mind into a tizzy with all sorts of "what if" scenarios, most of which never happen. I go back and read my diaries from 10, 20, or 40 years ago and it's almost laughable the silly things I was worrying myself sick about. Most of the time I read my frettings and think, "Wow, I'd forgotten all about that." It's stuff that is of no importance at all now that years have passed. So I ask myself, will I read about the stuff I'm worrying about now years later and be able to put it all in perspective and think how silly I was? Will I have forgotten all about the things that trouble my mind so much now? If we focus on the Lord and serving Him, we can forget about troubling things we have no control over and which do no good to worry about, and trust that no matter what happens, the Lord will take care of us. Matthew 6:25-34 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
In the New Testament we read that we can rejoice when our wrong actions are forgiven and our sins are covered and not counted against us. How grateful we can be for the Atonement of Christ which provides the way for us to be forgiven for our sins. Romans 4:7-8 "Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."
Some verses with a thought booklet are familiar, but need to be repeated often as a reminder that instead of worrying about this, that, and the other, we should put the Lord first in our lives, and the other things will be added unto us. We've got enough to concern ourselves with today to be unduly worrying about tomorrow. I tend to be a worrier, sometimes getting my mind into a tizzy with all sorts of "what if" scenarios, most of which never happen. I go back and read my diaries from 10, 20, or 40 years ago and it's almost laughable the silly things I was worrying myself sick about. Most of the time I read my frettings and think, "Wow, I'd forgotten all about that." It's stuff that is of no importance at all now that years have passed. So I ask myself, will I read about the stuff I'm worrying about now years later and be able to put it all in perspective and think how silly I was? Will I have forgotten all about the things that trouble my mind so much now? If we focus on the Lord and serving Him, we can forget about troubling things we have no control over and which do no good to worry about, and trust that no matter what happens, the Lord will take care of us. Matthew 6:25-34 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
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