Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God He noticed two boats tied up The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets He climbed into the boat that was Simon rsquo s and asked him to put out a little from the shore Sitting there using the boat for a pulpit he taught the crowd When he finished teaching he said to Simon ldquo Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch rdquo Simon said ldquo Master we rsquo ve been fishing hard all night and haven rsquo t caught even a minnow But if you say so I rsquo ll let out the nets rdquo It was no sooner said than done mdash a huge haul of fish straining the nets past capacity They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them They filled both boats nearly swamping them with the catch

But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him By faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with fear prepared an ark to the saving of his house by the which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith

Then said he unto me These waters issue out toward the east country and go down into the desert and go into the sea which being brought forth into the sea the waters shall be healed And it shall come to pass that every thing that liveth which moveth whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live and there shall be a very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither for they shall be healed and every thing shall live whither the river cometh

But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God which was with me

Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee O let the nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth yield her increase and God even our own God shall bless us God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him

And blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success

Yet there shall be a space between you and it about two thousand cubits by measure come not near unto it that ye may know the way by which ye must go for ye have not passed this way heretofore

And that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed

The speech pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing