Home in Zion and a Summer Cottage in Babylon

One home in Zion and a summer cottage in Babylon (being afraid that God can’t do His part cuz R stands in His way and won’t cooperate and this will provide us with a life of misery and struggle. And also that God can’t provide joy to me under such circumstances.)


Can’t prepare the field for rain if I am not on my own acreage!

I have not decided in my heart to stay on my own acreage! I am receiving the desire of my heart. I want to interfere and direct and point out what he needs to do differently when NOT under the direction of the Spirit. I get off my acreage all the time.

In Joseph Smith Translation, Luke 14:28 the Lord says: "Wherefore, settle this in your hearts, that ye will do the things which I shall teach, and command you." I love that phrase "settle this." Brothers and sisters, I pray that we are "settled." There are precious blessings that come only from the complete yielding of one's heart to God. Elder Larry W. Gibbons
To come to Zion, it is not enough for you or me to be somewhat less wicked than others. We are to become not only good but holy men and women. Recalling Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s phrase, let us once and for all establish our residence in Zion and give up the summer cottage in Babylon (see Neal A. Maxwell, A Wonderful Flood of Light [1990], 47). D. Todd Christofferson, “Come to Zion,” Ensign, Nov 2008, 37–40
Elder Neal A. Maxwell stated, "Even if we decide to leave Babylon, some of us endeavor to keep a second residence there, or we commute on weekends" (The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, p.25).



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