Day 5

Trying to catch up, so it may not make sense.

Matt. 3
 - The Kingdom of God is always close at hand, because I could go there right now if God wanted.
 - Why did Jesus, the Son of God, go to a man that to me is dressed in rags, that was over 50 miles away? Because John the Baptist had the authority.
 - Even leaders need to repent. I say this because my wife and I have been watching 24. (don't watch this show if your trying to do something like this to be productive)
 - We must bring good fruit - service, teach about God
 - God uses trials to separate the good from the bad, the righteous from the wicked.
 - I am so grateful that other people's worthiness/actions/decisions doesn't determine or affect my salvation. Even if I were put in prison for the rest of my life (for doing nothing wrong), I am the only one that can work out my own salvation. Christ was baptized in order to be perfect.
 - God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are all present when Christ was baptized. That's how crucial baptism is.

1 Nephi 1:3
 - I know The Book of Mormon is true. I feel closer to God as I read it, just like I do when I read the Bible.

Mosiah 11:1-18
 - Following one person can be very bad, unless that one person is God or Christ.
 - The king surrounded himself with bad people to make it seem okay. 'Everyone else does it.'
 - We labor to support the government. Is the government good? The foundation of the government is.
 - It's okay to have nice things and maybe even to have extravagant things, but not if that is where our heart is. Not if we raise ourselves above others. Not if we say look at me instead of God.
 - If we have money it's to help the poor. To help them help themselves.
 - We need to be ready for satan's little attacks too. The flocks that get scattered by the Lamanites are like our friends, family. God is trying to keep us together and satan is trying to scatter us like a wolf scatters sheep.
 - We should never say I did it, but praise God. Say God gave me the strength to do it.
 - We should delight in serving God and others.
 - There are 'guards' at our doors. Are they good or bad? The good guards keep us safe and warn us. The bad guards restrict us, until all we can do to get free is pray to God. The guards are our choices we make. When we make good choices, the Holy Spirit becomes a guard too.

2 Nephi 33:1-4
 - I feel exactly like this.