Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that Nephi, the son of Helaman began keeping the records. Greater signs and wonders began to take place among the people and prophecies began to be fulfilled. But some people claimed that the time had passed for the prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite to be fulfilled and they thought that the joy and faith concerning this thing shown by some of the people was in vain. This made the people sad, but they still steadfastly watched for the day and the night and the day in which there would be no darkness.  3 Nephi 1:1-8 "Now it came to pass that the ninety and first year had passed away and it was six hundred years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; and it was in the year that Lachoneus was the chief judge and the governor over the land. And Nephi, the son of Helaman, had departed out of the land of Zarahemla, giving charge unto his son Nephi, who was his eldest son, concerning the plates of brass, and all the records which had been kept, and all those things which had been kept sacred from the departure of Lehi out of Jerusalem.  Then he departed out of the land, and whither he went, no man knoweth; and his son Nephi did keep the records in his stead, yea, the record of this people.  And it came to pass that in the commencement of the ninety and second year, behold, the prophecies of the prophets began to be fulfilled more fully; for there began to be greater signs and greater miracles wrought among the people. But there were some who began to say that the time was past for the words to be fulfilled, which were spoken by Samuel, the Lamanite.  And they began to rejoice over their brethren, saying: Behold the time is past, and the words of Samuel are not fulfilled; therefore, your joy and your faith concerning this thing hath been vain.  And it came to pass that they did make a great uproar throughout the land; and the people who believed began to be very sorrowful, lest by any means those things which had been spoken might not come to pass.  But behold, they did watch steadfastly for that day and that night and that day which should be as one day as if there were no night, that they might know that their faith had not been vain."

In the Old Testament we read that the Lord is compassionate, merciful, patient, and full of goodness and truth  Exodus 34:6 "And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"

A verse with a thought booklet tells us we need to build on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ, and no other. The story is told of a family who were looking at houses to buy.  They found one online that looked like just what they wanted.  It had everything they were looking for.  But when they went to see the house they noticed that the floor didn't seem level in some spots.  The foundation was not firm and the house was sinking and shifting.  A house built on a crumbling foundation will not stand.  And lives built on any other foundation than Jesus Christ will not stand firm either.  1 Corinthians 3:11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."
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