Here’s your daily dose of what matters most! In the moving Restoration hymn, “Let Zion In Her Beauty Rise,” we are reminded that the Lord will soon return to the earth. How can we prepare our hearts for that glorious day?
Scripture
And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest.—Moses 7:64
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There are few things of which Israel’s prophets have spoken with more fervor and zeal than the latter-day gathering of the house of Jacob and the part that favored people will play in the building of Zion again on earth.—Bruce R. McConkie
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This Day in Church History
1947: President George Albert Smith offers the prayer to open the U.S. Senate session, the first Church leader to be so invited.
1962: The Boston Stake, the first stake in Massachusetts, is organized.
1969: Elder Marion G. Romney dedicates Spain for the preaching of the gospel.
1999: Ground is broken for the Medford Oregon Temple.
Daily Question – Answer in the Comments
What is one way you can join the Lord in building up Zion?
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Aleah is a graduate of Southern Virginia University, where she studied English, Creative Writing, and Dance. She now works full time as a marketing and product manager, writer, and editor. She currently hosts the podcast “Single to the Glory” about singlehood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Aleah served a mission in California and loves baking, Lang Leav poetry, Gaynor Minden pointe shoes, and Bollywood movies.
