Daily Answers: A Soft Heart

​My daily question in my scripture study today was "How can I have a soft heart?" There's a lot of divisiveness right now about the corona-virus and racial equality. Instead of being fearful and defensive, I'd like to have personal peace and empathy for others--a soft heart. Today I read in Alma 30 about Korihor, the Anti-Christ. Alma is grieved because of the hardness of Korihor's heart (Alma 30:46). Instead of making a list of all that Korihor does to have a hard heart like "resist the spirit of truth" (Alma 30:46), here's a list of what I can do to have a soft heart.

How to have a soft heart:

Believe the prophecies spoken by the prophets (vs 6).

Choose to serve the Lord (vs 8).

Believe that there is a Christ (vs 12).

Have faith in what I cannot see (vs 15).

Look forward to a remission of my sins (vs 16).

Believe in the atonement of Jesus Christ (vs 17).

Be wise in whom I believe (vs 20).

Rejoice in the coming of Jesus Christ (vs 22).

Believe in the righteous traditions of my fathers (vs 23).

Partake in ordinances and performances which bind me to Jesus Christ (vs 23).

Believe in the freedom of righteous choices (vs 27).

Be grateful for the service of my church leaders (vs 28).

Believe that God is real and known (vs 28).

Labor in the church and rejoice in the joy of my brethren (vs 34).

The truth is joyful (vs 34).

Embrace the Spirit of God (vs 42).

Recognize the testimony of all things--the holy prophets, the scriptures, the earth, all things upon the face of the earth and its motion, the planets (vs 44).

Submit to the spirit of truth (vs 46).

Bring other souls to the truth (vs 47).

Recognize the power of God (52).
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Believe that the Lord will support his children now and at the last day (vs 60).