He speaks of God sending the rain to confirm their inheritance when they were weary. Do you ever look back and think about the things God has done for you? When you are feeling discouraged, this is a good thing to do to remind yourself how much God loves you.ĭavid remembers God displaying His presence.
In this Scripture David is remembering the things the LORD has done for him in the past. “I promise you that daily family prayer and scripture study will build within the walls of your home a security and bonding that will enrich your lives and prepare your families to meet the challenges of today and the eternities to come” (L. Tom Perry, in Conference Report, Apr. These sacred books are our bulwark of defense against a cunning adversary” (Marvin J. “I challenge every Latter-day Saint to come to a knowledge and an understanding of the scriptures. There’s an increase in faith and a desire to do what’s right and a feeling of inspiration and understanding that comes to people who study the gospel-meaning particularly the Standard Works-and who ponder the principles, that can’t come in any other way” (Bruce R. “I think that people who study the scriptures get a dimension to their life that nobody else gets and that can’t be gained in any way except by studying the scriptures. Kimball, “How Rare a Possession-the Scriptures!” Ensign, Sept. “I am convinced that each of us, at least some time in our lives, must discover the scriptures for ourselves-and not just discover them once, but rediscover them again and again” (Spencer W. I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more, I find it easier to abide their counsel” (Spencer W. If I immerse myself in the scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. “I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. Read them in your families and teach your children to love and treasure them” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Power of the Word,” Ensign, May 1986, 82). Immerse yourselves in them daily so you will have the power of the Spirit to attend you in your callings. I urge you to recommit yourselves to a study of the scriptures. “Let us not treat lightly the great things we have received from the hand of the Lord! His word is one of the most valuable gifts He has given us. Personal revelation will flow” (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Power of the Word,” Ensign, May 1986, 81). “When individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, … other areas of activity will automatically come. This is the most profitable of all study in which we could engage” (Howard W. “When we follow the counsel of our leaders to read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kinds come to us. Hinckley, “Rise to the Stature of the Divine within You,” Ensign, Nov. “As you read of the life and teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ, you will draw closer to Him who is the author of our salvation” (Gordon B.
Hinckley, “The Light within You,” Ensign, May 1995, 99). At first it may seem tedious, but that will change into a wondrous experience with thoughts and words of things divine” (Gordon B. I promise you that as you read, your minds will be enlightened and your spirits will be lifted.
I hope that for you this will become something far more enjoyable than a duty that, rather, it will become a love affair with the word of God. “I am grateful for emphasis on reading the scriptures. No for when men receive their instruction from Him that made them, they know how He will save them” ( Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. You will not then be dependent on man for the knowledge of God nor will there be any room for speculation. You will then know for yourselves and not for another. “Search the scriptures-search the revelations which we publish, and ask your Heavenly Father, in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, to manifest the truth unto you, and if you do it with an eye single to His glory nothing doubting, He will answer you by the power of His Holy Spirit.
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