- 1. One kind of deception seeks to mislead us about whom we should follow. ... "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
- 2. Satan also seeks to deceive us about right and wrong and persuade us that there is no such thing as sin.
- 3. The prophet Nephi warns against another kind of deception: "And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell."
- Those who fall for this deception may profess to believe in God, but they do not take His commandments or His justice seriously. They are confident in their own prosperity and conclude that God must have accepted their chosen route.
- Beware of the slick package and the glitz of a good time. What the devil portrays as fun can be spiritually fatal.
- "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
- I fear, brethren, that too many of us are either not fasting on fast day or we are dong so in a lackadaisical manner.
- When we fast with purpose, we have something to focus our attention on besides our hunger.
- In common with all of the human family--everyone being the progeny of our loving Heavenly Father--we share vast congruence in our DNA or genetic physical makeup, as well as the universally possible and promised blessings and characteristics that identify our divine parentage and spiritual potential. It is this special blending of our common origins and characteristics and also of our unique attributes, experiences, and specialized challenges that make each of us who and what we are. While we have many differences in what constitutes special peril for us individually, we share much that establishes the apt description of "perilous times' for all.
- In our own day, we have been promised that the Lord has many gifts in store for "those who love [Him] and keep all [His] commandments" and also those "that seeketh so to do." While not every gift of God is pledged to every person, we have been assured that "to every [person] is given a gift by the Spirit of God."
- "If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, ... that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal."
- Many of the blessing of Father Abraham come as the Holy Ghost is poured out upon all people. Any worthy man or woman who receives the Holy Ghost can actually become "a new creation."
- But when they were needed--when they were trusted with a vital mission--they were among those who shone the most brilliantly in priesthood service.
- "For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.
- Our youth need fewer critics and more models to follow.
- First, men have been shown their eternal possibilities and have made the decision to achieve them. They cannot really long rest content with mediocrity once excellence is within their reach.
- Second, other men and women and, yes, young people have followed the admonition of the Savior and have loved their neighbors as themselves and helped to bring their neighbors' dreams to fulfillment and their ambitions to realization.
- The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change men's lives.
- "If we don't try, then we don't do; and if we don't do, then why are we here?"
- "Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven."
- "And if you eye be single to my glory, your bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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