Claim The Exceeding Great And Precious Promises

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I have been thinking about the talk given by Elder Spencer J. Condie: Claim the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises. I am going to post part of the talk I have been thinking about. Any commentary on this subject given by others is welcome.

The Lord’s countless exceeding great and precious promises include forgiveness of our sins when we confess them and forsake them. Opening the windows of heaven is a promise claimed by those who pay a faithful tithe (see Malachi 3:10, and finding “great treasures of knowledge” accrues to those who observe the Word of Wisdom (Doctrine & Covenants 89:19).

Becoming unspotted from the world is a promise to those who keep the Sabbath holy (see Doctrine & Covenants 59:9; Exodus 31:13). Divine guidance and inspiration are promised to those who “feast upon the words of Christ” (II Nephi 32:3) and who “liken all scriptures” unto themselves (I Nephi 19:23).

The Lord also promised that “whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you” (III Nephi 18:20). We are promised that the Holy Ghost will be our constant companion when we “let virtue garnish [our] thoughts unceasingly” (see Doctrine & Covenants 121:45-46). We can claim the spiritually liberating promise of fasting, which will “loose the bands of wickedness,” undo our “heavy burdens,” and “break every yoke” (Isaiah 58:6).

Those who are sealed in holy temples and who faithfully keep their covenants will receive God’s glory, which “shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever” (Doctrine & Covenants 132:19).

Sometimes, in our earthly impatience, we may lose sight of the Lord’s precious promises and disconnect our obedience from the fulfillment of these promises. The Lord has declared:

“Who am I, saith the Lord, that have promised and have not fulfilled? I command and men obey not; I revoke and they receive not the blessing."

“Then they say in their hearts: This is not the work of the Lord, for his promises are not fulfilled. But wo unto such, for their reward lurketh beneath, and not from above” (Doctrine & Covenants 58:31-33).

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I have been thinking about the talk given by Elder Spencer J. Condie: Claim the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises. I am going to post part of the talk I have been thinking about. Any commentary on this subject given by others is welcome.

Alma 32. God speed.