‘Did you think to Pray?’

Did you think to Pray?

How would you feel if  . . .

Your children asked three times for three important things. 

You gave them the important things.

After that, your children forgot to talk to you for four years!

That’s what happened to the Lord and his children in the book of Ether.

The Lord answered the brother of Jared’s prayers to 

1. keep the language of Jared and his brother and their families the same (Ether 1:35)
2. keep the language of their friends and families the same (Ether 1:36-37), and 
3. give them directions to get away from danger and find a choice land to live. (Ether 1:38-43).

“. . . it came to pass that the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth even to that great sea which divideth the lands. And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.

And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.

And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done, and did call upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were with him. And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye shall remember that my Spirit will not always strive with man; wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And these are my thoughts upon the land which I shall give you for your inheritance; for it shall be a land choice above all other lands.” (Ether 2:13-15)

‘Did You Think to Pray?’ Hymn # 140

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