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"Safety in Counsel"

… to help us understand the seriousness with which we must heed their counsel in our lives and marriages. God the Father … and Covenants 124:25 promises us, “If my people will hearken unto my voice, and unto the voice of my servants whom … covenant offerings of time spent in the Lord’s service—a truth that I treasure and wish I could share with every …

The Liahona Triad

… depends entirely upon each person’s faith, diligence, and heed.” I awoke suddenly, knowing exactly where that phrase … Book of Mormon remembers it. It is one of those jewels of truth that jump out at one from the Book of Mormon. The first … it was a strong and frequently used synonym for “hear,” “hearken,” “listen to,” “pay attention to,” or “keep.” Today …

The Path of Angels

… a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction. . . . So she named the Lord who … Hagar on her way only after the Lord tells Abraham to hearken to the voice of his wife (see v. 12). After wandering … salvation. Alma clearly and succinctly teaches this truth: “And we see that death comes upon mankind, yea, the …

The Little, Narrow Prison of Language: The Rhetoric of Revelation

… and world at large—like the opening line of section 1, “Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who … and all readers and hearers are called upon to give heed. Listen, hearken, hear are the words with which the … in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be” (D&C …

Deliverance from Bondage

… by the Lord to take those among the Nephites who would “hearken unto the voice of the Lord” and leave the land of … road to bondage was the failure of Noah and his people to heed the warnings of the prophet Abinadi. In his first visit … The Prophet Joseph Smith was slain because he taught the truth about God, and there are those today who “trample [the …

Filling the Immensity of Space

… speaks of “the power of God,” identified as the “light of truth,” or “the light of Christ,” which light “proceedeth … [5] But men are endowed with moral agency and are free to hearken to the light and be led to more and more light and … depart from the living God; therefore let the church take heed and pray always, lest they fall into temptation; yea, …

“With the Assistance of the Holy Prophets”

… encouraged religious educators to do more to ensure that truth is locked into the hearts of the youth of the Church. … he listed some of the results of their choices to hear and hearken. Note how closely the words here both mirror and … cried unto them, saying: Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have chosen” (3 …

The Lord’s Preface (D&C 1)

… . . . “Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give … “And now I, the Lord, give you a testimony of the truth of these commandments which are lying before you. “Your … is very grim at the outset and quickly gets grimmer. “Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who …

The Lord’s Preface (D&C 1)

… . . . “Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give … “And now I, the Lord, give you a testimony of the truth of these commandments which are lying before you. “Your … is very grim at the outset and quickly gets grimmer. “Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who …

“Wherefore, Ye Are Free”: How the Plan of Salvation Ensures Perfect Agency and Accountability

… of agency we experience expands as we choose “light and truth,” or contracts as we choose darkness through … to continue in learning truths of the gospel, but all who hearken to the Light of Christ within them will be prepared … it will press just firmly enough for us to pay heed. But most of the time, if we do not heed the gentle …