Mosiah 2-12

Chapter 4 verse 30:
"But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not"

Easy enough right?... All listed out, that is a lot of things to keep tabs on.. But the reality is, if you are watching yourself, you're already watching your thoughts and your deeds. Observing the commandments is an obvious no brainer if you want to make it back to God in the first place. I love that it says "continue in the faith". It reminded me of Elder Eyring's talk in Conference. That we need to promise to endure. Keep the commandments as longs as we live. Savor the moments as if time stops, appreciate all the miracles in our lives, even the smallest ones. He said to always be ready for our interview with the Master, no matter where we are in life. This scripture really ties that all together. We need to have a fixed determination to live the gospel. Like it says in chapter 5 verse 15: "Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable..." The scriptures speak the straight up truth!!

Chapter 7 verse 19
"Therefore, life up your heads and rejoice, and put your trust in God..."
Totally related to Elder Hales talk in Conference (Don't worry, I took 19 pages of notes...I don't think I've ever paid as much attention as I did this conference than ever before and I LOVED IT) He said that we need to TRUST THE LORD. We need to understand that we're not going to get all of our answers right away and that we need to be patient. We need to sincerely pray, and trust that our answers will come. The Lord has put a great deal of trust in us, to come here and have our agency. So we need to be trustworthy and then put our trust fully in Him.