Today's Favorite Verse: Doctrine & Covenants 29:8
"Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked."
In this chapter it speaks of the terrible things that will happen to the proud and wicked before the Lord's second coming. As I read it the thought came over and over, "Where are the saint? Where are the saint?" I had to go back and read and find them. They are gathered to prepare their hearts and be prepared for when tribulation comes. Isn't that what I was hearing in this general conference? I went back and counted how many times the word "Prepare" was mentioned and it was 105 times. President Russell M. Nelson mentioned it 22 times in his talk "Embrace the Future with Faith". Preparing ourselves temporarily and spiritual for what is to come is exactly what I should be doing right now. President Nelson gave the following principles of preparation and a blessing for doing so.
Principles
Create Places of Security
Prepare Your Mind to Be Faithful to God
Never Stop Preparing
Blessing
"I promise that as we create places of security, prepare our minds to be faithful to God, and never stop preparing, God will bless us. He will “deliver us; yea, insomuch that he [will] speak peace to our souls, and [will] grant unto us great faith, and … cause us that we [can] hope for our deliverance in him.”
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