Opening Our Hearts

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1. 2 Nephi 32:5

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   simply: “If ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.”

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2. 2 Timothy 3:1

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   After baptism we are confirmed and given the Holy Ghost.

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3. Doctrine and Covenants 8:2

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   The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, which allows Him to dwell in our hearts and communicate directly with our spirits.

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4. Doctrine and Covenants 85:6

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   The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, which allows Him to dwell in our hearts and communicate directly with our spirits.

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5. Moroni 8:26

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   Mormon taught, “Because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost.”

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6. Alma 12:10

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   Alma said, “He that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion of the word.”

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7. Helaman 3:35

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   Mormon wrote of the Nephites, “[Their souls were filled] with joy and consolation … because of their yielding their hearts unto God.”

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8. Psalms 34:18

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   And then the Psalmist simply wrote, “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart.”

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9. 2 Nephi 33:1

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   Let us apply the idea of a gateway to the heart to receiving personal revelation.

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10. Matthew 5:8

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    “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

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11. Jacob 3:2

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    prophet Jacob: “O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love.”

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12. Doctrine and Covenants 121:34

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    “Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men.”

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13. Helaman 12:2

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    Many in the world now live in prosperous and peaceful circumstances.

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14. Doctrine and Covenants 121:36

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    The Lord noted three natural consequences of having one’s heart set on the things of the world: First, we seek to hide our sins instead of repenting of them.

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15. Doctrine and Covenants 63:55

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    said, “I, the Lord, am not pleased with my servant Sidney Rigdon; he exalted himself in his heart, and received not counsel, but grieved the Spirit.”

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16. Doctrine and Covenants 112:10

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    “Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers.”

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17. Doctrine and Covenants 121:37

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    In the Liberty Jail revelation, the Lord described the effect of a worldly heart: “Behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and … behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself.” Brothers and sisters, in these very “perilous times,” we cannot afford to grieve the Spirit and be left to ourselves.

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18. Moroni 7:48

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    I close in testimony with two of the promises made to those who seek to come unto the Lord: “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with [His] love, … that we may be purified even as he is pure.”

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19. Philippians 4:13

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    “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

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