Choose You This Day

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1. 2 Nephi 2:16

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   Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other.”

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2. Moses 4:3

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   The prophet Lehi said: “Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself.

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3. 1 John 2:1

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   In Jesus Christ, “we have an advocate with the Father.” After completing His atoning sacrifice, Jesus “ascended into heaven … to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men.” And, having claimed the rights of mercy, “he advocateth the cause of the children of men.”

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4. Moroni 7:27

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   In Jesus Christ, “we have an advocate with the Father.” After completing His atoning sacrifice, Jesus “ascended into heaven … to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men.” And, having claimed the rights of mercy, “he advocateth the cause of the children of men.”

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5. Moroni 7:28

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   In Jesus Christ, “we have an advocate with the Father.” After completing His atoning sacrifice, Jesus “ascended into heaven … to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men.” And, having claimed the rights of mercy, “he advocateth the cause of the children of men.”

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6. Mosiah 15:7

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   Christ’s advocacy with the Father in our behalf is not adversarial.

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7. 1 John 2:2

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   Christ’s advocacy is, at least in part, to remind us that He has paid for our sins and that no one is excluded from the reach of God’s mercy.

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8. 2 Corinthians 5:16

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   Christ’s advocacy is, at least in part, to remind us that He has paid for our sins and that no one is excluded from the reach of God’s mercy.

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9. Colossians 1:19

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   Christ’s advocacy is, at least in part, to remind us that He has paid for our sins and that no one is excluded from the reach of God’s mercy.

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10. 2 Nephi 10:24

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    Christ’s advocacy is, at least in part, to remind us that He has paid for our sins and that no one is excluded from the reach of God’s mercy.

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11. Revelation 12:10

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    I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ.” Why? Because “the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

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12. Ether 8:25

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    If Lucifer were teaching a child to walk and the child stumbled, he would scream at the child, punish him, and tell him to quit trying.

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13. 2 Nephi 2:27

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    If Lucifer were teaching a child to walk and the child stumbled, he would scream at the child, punish him, and tell him to quit trying.

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14. 2 Nephi 2:6

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    If Lucifer were teaching a child to walk and the child stumbled, he would scream at the child, punish him, and tell him to quit trying.

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15. Alma 12:32

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    God’s plan includes directions for us, referred to in the scriptures as commandments.

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16. 2 Nephi 2:26

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    Indeed, God desires, expects, and directs that each of His children choose for himself or herself.

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17. Doctrine and Covenants 88:32

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    When we discover that we are off the path, we can stay off, or because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can choose to reverse our steps and get back on.

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18. Alma 34:31

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    No matter how long we have been off the path or how far away we have wandered, the moment we decide to change, God helps us return.

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19. 2 Nephi 31:20

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    No matter how long we have been off the path or how far away we have wandered, the moment we decide to change, God helps us return.

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20. Joshua 24:15

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    We need to choose whom we will serve.

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21. 2 Nephi 4:35

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    Choosing to follow the Father’s plan is the only way we can become inheritors in His kingdom; only then can He trust us to not even ask for that which is contrary to His will.

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22. Helaman 10:5

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    Choosing to follow the Father’s plan is the only way we can become inheritors in His kingdom; only then can He trust us to not even ask for that which is contrary to His will.

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23. 2 Nephi 10:23

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    “Wherefore, my beloved brethren [and sisters], reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil … ; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.”

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24. 2 Nephi 10:25

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    I conclude with the rest of Jacob’s blessing: “Wherefore, may God raise you from … everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God.” In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

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25. Numbers 17

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    The fictional character Mary Poppins is a typical English nanny—who happens to be magical.

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