Exodus 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins agirded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in bhaste: it is the Lord’s passover. There are many symbols in the Passover. This one that they should have their loins girded, shoes on their feet, and staff in their hand seems to …
Michael T. Ringwood, “An Easiness and Willingness to Believe,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 100–102. I witness that this easiness and willingness to believe will come from doing those seemingly insignificant things taught to us repeatedly since our youth. Obedience will bring soft hearts and an easiness to believe in the word of God. I …
Exodus 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one adead. It took a great tragedy for Pharaoh to be willing to recognize the Lord. Hopefully, we are willing to recognize the Lord …
JST, Exodus 10:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: afor he hath hardened his heart, and the hearts of his servants, therefore I will show these my signs before him; Pharaoh had a hard time acknowledging the Lord. Sometimes we all have a hard time (hopefully not as hard as Pharaoh, but still). The Lord tries to show us evidence if we …
Exodus 4:10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of aspeech, and of a bslow tongue. Moses had a hard time trusting in the Lord in this thing. Over and over he tells the Lord that people would not listen to him because …
Exodus 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, aand God had respect unto them. The children of Israel were having a hard time in Egypt, but the Lord was very aware of them and was setting things up to free them. He is very aware of us in our day too, and is always setting things …
JST, Genesis 50:28 And he shall bring them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers; and he shall do whatsoever work I shall command him. Joseph of Egypt prophesied of Joseph Smith and what he would do in the latter days. One of those things would be to reveal …
Genesis 49:26 The ablessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the butmost bound of the everlasting chills: they shall be on the head of dJoseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. Jacob blesses each of his sons which tells us a lot about them. Joseph he …
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Doctrine & Covenants 58:42 Behold, he who has arepented of his bsins, the same is cforgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more. The Lord remembers our sins no more when we repent. We should do likewise. An essential part of forgiveness is forgiving ourselves. We will make mistakes but we can repent and when we do we …
Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you to apreserve you a bposterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. God sent Joseph ahead of his family into Egypt to prepare and save them \”by a great deliverance\”. Likewise, Christ was sent to earth to prepare and save us \”by a great deliverance\”. Joseph …
