27 Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins? 28 Behold,... Continue Reading →
Lessons from the Writings of Isaiah
During the month of September, I've studied the chapters in the Book of Mormon which are quoted from the Book of Isaiah. Here are some of the principles I've learned and tried to apply to my life: Gratitude We are more productive when we are grateful. Gratitude also inspires us to serve willingly. When we notice... Continue Reading →
Above the Stars of God – 2 Nephi 24:12-17
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount... Continue Reading →
Stiff Necks and High Heads – 2 Nephi 28:14
14 They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err because they are taught by the precepts of... Continue Reading →
The Large and Spacious Building – 1 Nephi 12:18
18 And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men. And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the Holy... Continue Reading →
Lessons from the Writings of Mormon – Part 2
Here are more of the lessons I've learned so far this year by studying the writings of Mormon: Pride Pride and contention go hand in hand, and they grow without any effort on our part. Pride can be difficult to detect. Contention with others or feelings of enmity toward others are an indication that we are becoming... Continue Reading →
Puffing Them up with Pride – 3 Nephi 6:15-16
15 Now the cause of this iniquity of the people was this—Satan had great power, unto the stirring up of the people to do all manner of iniquity, and to the puffing them up with pride, tempting them to seek for power, and authority, and riches, and the vain things of the world.16 And thus... Continue Reading →
The Lord Had Blessed Them So Long – Helaman 6:17
17 For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed; therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one... Continue Reading →
It Did Grow upon Them from Day to Day – Helaman 3:33-34, 36
33 And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges there was peace also, save it were the pride which began to enter into the church—not into the church of God, but into the hearts of the people who professed to belong to the church of God—34 And they were lifted... Continue Reading →
To Pull Down Their Pride and Their Nobility – Alma 51:13, 17-18, 21
13 And it came to pass that when the men who were called king-men had heard that the Lamanites were coming down to battle against them, they were glad in their hearts; and they refused to take up arms, for they were so wroth with the chief judge, and also with the people of liberty,... Continue Reading →