1 Nephi 17:41

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41 And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.

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33 Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.

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2 Kings 5:1-14

1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region>, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">land</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Israel</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the prophet that [is] in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Samaria</st1:place></st1:City>! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

4 And [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">land</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Israel</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.

5 And the king of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

6 And he brought the letter to the king of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have [therewith] sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass, when the king of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

8 And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jordan</st1:place></st1:country-region> seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12 [Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of <st1:City w:st="on">Damascus</st1:City>, better than all the waters of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Jordan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Brothers and sisters, we must not fail to do the simple and easy things that the gospel requires and thereby deny ourselves and our families the great blessings that the Lord has promised….Charles Francis Adams, the grandson of the second president of the Untied States, was a successful lawyer, a member of the U.S. ambassador to Britain. Amidst his responsibilities, he had little time to spare. He did, however, keep a diary. One day he wrote, “Went fishing with my son today—a day wasted!” On that same date, Charles’s son, Brooks Adams, had printed in his own diary, “Went fishing with my father today—the most wonderful day of my life” (Daily Guideposts, 1994). President Hunter has said, “Frequently it is the commonplace tasks that have the greatest positive effect on the lives of others” (BYU 1986-87 Devotional and Fireside Speeches, p. 115). I pray that we will heed the counsel of our prophet and have the faith to follow the Savior by doing the simple things His gospel requires.

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[prospectmom]

So nice to know the little , simple things we do make a difference and count....

[pam]

I think when we start on the simple things..the bigger things will be much easier to conquer.