Note: "Reform is hard no matter how bad we need it," Reinventing the Bazaar (John McMillan)

Note: In my struggle with an "addiction" I would list this as the first step in recovery. Once you have turned your life over to God and are willing to follow through with that life you have everything going for you.

Note: "And oft escaped the tempter's snare"... the truth of that lyric rings out to me as a testimony of the strength that we can find through prayer.

Hymn 142:1
Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care
And bids me at my Father's throne Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief
And oft escaped the tempter's snare By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
And oft escaped the tempter's snare By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

Note: There truly is no peace unto the wicked. I can testify of that statement better than I can testify of the truth of the Book of Mormon.

1 Nephi 20:22
And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also, there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Note: Without repentance I would be among this group centered around pridefulness.

Mormon 8:28
Yea, it shall come in a day when the power of God shall be denied, and churches become defiled and be lifted up in the pride of their hearts; yea, even in a day when leaders of churches and teachers shall rise in the pride of their hearts, even to the envying of them who belong to their churches.

Note: If only I hadn't had to learn this the hard way...

Alma 39:6
For behold, if ye deny the Holy Ghost when it once has had place in you, and ye know that ye deny it, behold, this is a sin which is unpardonable; yea, and whosoever murdereth against the light and knowledge of God, it is not easy for him to obtain forgiveness; yea, I say unto you, my son, that it is not easy for him to obtain a forgiveness.

Note: The Lord always provides a way to live by his commandments.

1 Nephi 3:7
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.

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Isaiah 55:6
¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: