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What are righteous desires LDS?
In order to have righteous desires, we have to control our thoughts and achieve appropriate feelings. Mormon teaches that if our heart is not right, even a good action is not counted for righteousness. “For behold, God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good; for if he offereth a gift, …
What we insistently desire over time is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity?
Therefore, what we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity. “For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts” (D&C 137:8–9).
What does it mean to believe LDS?
Belief is something we choose—we hope for it, we work for it, and we sacrifice for it. We will not accidentally come to believe in the Savior and His gospel any more than we will accidentally pray or pay tithing. We actively choose to believe, just like we choose to keep other commandments.
When we have a vision of what we can become our desire and our power to act increase enormously?
Using his knife he amputated his own arm, relieving his body from the boulder and then hiked five miles for help. “What an example of the power of an overwhelming desire,” Elder Oaks said. “When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously.
What does it mean to educate and train our desires?
It requires not only constant preparation, but also constant nourishing of desires that are noble and eternal, while discarding those that are unrighteous and evil. Educating our desires also requires strengthening and fortifying them through scripture study, prayer, obedience, and righteous experiences.
How do our desires affect our choices LDS?
Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming. Desires to satisfy these needs compel our choices and determine our actions.