Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Section 66



1 Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have turned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the Savior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.
 2 Verily I say unto you, blessed are you for receiving mine everlasting covenant, even the fulness of my gospel, sent forth unto the children of men, that they might have life and be made partakers of the glories which are to be revealed in the last days, as it was written by the prophets and apostles in days of old.
The Lord reminds us that we “are clean, but not all,” meaning we must constantly humble ourselves and ask his forgiveness on a daily basis. Each day we need goals to start doing things pleasing to the Lord, and stop doing things that are offensive to Him. 

Monday, November 23, 2015

Section 65



4 Pray unto the Lord, call upon his holy name, make known his wonderful works among the people.
 5 Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth.
Jesus Christ has restored the “keys of the kingdom” again upon the earth through the prophet, Joseph Smith.  This means that his prophets and apostles act and speak in his name; and whether by his voice or the voice of one of his servants, it is the same.  From David O. McKay to the present prophet, Thomas S. Monson, I have never doubted that Jesus Christ speaks with, and directs his work on the earth through these great men. If I have questioned a policy or procedure I have relied on the following advice from President Henry B. Eyring: Sometimes we will receive counsel that we cannot understand or that seems not to apply to us, even after careful prayer and thought. Don’t discard the counsel, but hold it close. If someone you trusted handed you what appeared to be nothing more than sand with the promise that it contained gold, you might wisely hold it in your hand awhile, shaking it gently. Every time I have done that with counsel from a prophet, after a time the gold flakes have begun to appear and I have been grateful. April 1997 Finding Safety in Counsel  General Conference.

Friday, November 6, 2015

Section 64



Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin.