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Ingratitude an evil of our times
Posted On 04/26/2008 21:22:52 by HappyNIL

"One of the evils of our time is taking for granted so many of the
things we enjoy. This was spoken of by the Lord: 'For what doth it
profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the
gift?' (D&C 88:33). The Apostle Paul described our day to Timothy when
he wrote that in the last days 'men shall be lovers of their own
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy' (2 Tim. 3:2). These sins are fellow travelers, and
ingratitude makes one susceptible to all of them."

(James E. Faust, "Gratitude As a Saving Principle," Ensign, Dec. 1996,
2)

 

I got this in my email and thought "Oh how true!"

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From: HappyNIL
04/27/2008 12:13:51


MyDogSkip wrote:


From President Ezra Taft Benson...




 




"The Prophet Joseph is reported to have said at one time that one of the greatest sins for which the Latter-day Saints would be guilty would be the sin of ingratitude. I presume most of us have not thought of that as a serious sin. There’s a great tendency for us in our prayers—in our pleadings with the Lord—to ask for additional blessings. Sometimes I feel we need to devote more of our prayers to expressions of gratitude and thanksgiving for blessings already received. Of course we need the daily blessings of the Lord. But if we sin in the matter of prayer, I think it is in our lack of the expressions of thanksgiving for daily blessings."




http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sou rceId=f8b25930f289b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1


It is abundant today isnt it.....we take for granted all that we have and dont give proper thanks to the Lord, the one who has made it possible for us to have what we have.


 



From: MyDogSkip
04/27/2008 08:43:34

From President Ezra Taft Benson...


 


"The Prophet Joseph is reported to have said at one time that one of the greatest sins for which the Latter-day Saints would be guilty would be the sin of ingratitude. I presume most of us have not thought of that as a serious sin. There’s a great tendency for us in our prayers—in our pleadings with the Lord—to ask for additional blessings. Sometimes I feel we need to devote more of our prayers to expressions of gratitude and thanksgiving for blessings already received. Of course we need the daily blessings of the Lord. But if we sin in the matter of prayer, I think it is in our lack of the expressions of thanksgiving for daily blessings."


http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sou rceId=f8b25930f289b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1


 

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