Friday, July 10, 2020

Weekly and Daily Worship

Alma 31:23 Now, after the people [the apostate Zoramites] had all offered up thanks after this manner [with rote prayers], they returned to their homes, never speaking of their God again until they had assembled themselves together again to the holy stand, to offer up thanks after their manner.

Alma considered it a notable point of criticism that the Zoramites only spoke of God once a week. In contrast, in 2 Nephi 25:26, Nephi said this:
And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.
And I assume they did so more than once per week. How else could they teach their children the importance of the gospel of Jesus Christ? If worship is only a once-a-week occurrence for people, it can easily become a footnote in their lives rather than the focus of their lives. If we only think about God once a week, we are far too casual in our worship, and it could even be argued that we have broken our covenant to "always remember Him" (Moroni 5:2).

It is spiritually important to remember God, to think about God, and to talk about God, not just on Sundays, but all throughout the week. If a day goes by when we don't think about God, we're doing something wrong. Instead, we should make a point of worshiping God daily, even if all we can manage on a given day is reading a single verse of scripture and offering a simple, silent prayer. It doesn't take much work, just daily effort. Our daily worship can be wonderfully simple. What's important is that we do it, not just once a week, but every day.

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