A Mighty Change

By Larry Doyle Crenshaw

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For those who seek the Godly path through faith and obedience to His laws and ordinances, blessings will come and we can experience a mighty change of heart.  Please note that faith, obedience, laws and ordinances are necessary precursors to His blessings.  Even then, it is by grace that our salvation comes, after all we can do.

This week’s meditation notes the power of such a personal mighty change of heart.

A Mighty Change

And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually… and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things….  And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days… And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters…. I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain the name written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called, and also, the name by which he shall call you

 Book of Mormon    Mosiah 5:2-3, 5, 7, 12

I must receive a mighty change of heart

Bestowed by the Lord Omnipotent’s hand

To change my disposition and set me apart

That I may be sanctified and evil withstand

I've been taught faith, obedience and truth

Taught by prophets and the King of Kings

I've taught my children to learn in their youth

The mighty change that the gospel brings

I seek prophecy and truth of every needful thing

Things that were, things that are, or are to be

Making covenants with my God, Savior and King

To obey His laws and follow His every decree

Retaining the name written in my heart

Not to be found on God’s left hand

I seek for blessings the Lord imparts

His thoughts and intents to understand

Such mighty change comes highly priced

As I strive the remainder of my days

To become a begotten Child of Christ

Basking safe and warm in heaven’s rays

Larry Doyle Crenshaw