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Click graphic to read Alma 14-16 The accounts in Alma 11–16 illustrate the sacrifice people are willing to make for their testimony of the truth. As Alma and Amulek began teaching the people of Ammonihah, they met with opposition. After they explained several eternal truths, many people “began to…

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Click graphic to read Alma 12-13 After Amulek’s words brought Zeezrom “to tremble under a consciousness of his guilt” (Alma 12:1), Alma stood to expound upon what Amulek had taught. Because the people in Ammonihah had become so wicked, Alma focused on truths that would help them…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 10-11 After Alma taught in the cities of Zarahemla, Gideon, and Melek and had many people accept his message, the people in Ammonihah rejected his teaching and cast him out of their city. However, obedient to the Lord’s command, Alma returned…

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Alma’s testimony of Jesus Christ can help us better understand the breadth of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and teach us how to receive the blessings of His Atonement each day as we continue along the path to Eternal Life. Alma 7:11-13 contains specific words that can help us…

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Click on the graphic to read Alma 5-6 You may remember a general conference address in which Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles compared the process of conversion to the process of pickling a cucumber (Referred to as, “The Parable of the Pickle” in “Ye…

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Click on graphic to read Alma 2-4 Amlici, a cunning man after the order of Nehor, wanted to become king over the Nephites. He gathered support among many people. The Nephites held a vote and chose to reject him and continue with their system of judges. The followers of…

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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 28-Alma 1 These chapters are filled with new beginnings that can teach us great lessons. Consider some of the principles that can be learned from the following events: Having been truly converted, the sons of King Mosiah felt a strong…

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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 26-27 These chapters always make me think of the first time I found out the REAL story of Aladdin. My mother had been talking about how Disney movies always create their own versions of the classic tales and it seemed…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 22-25 Limhi’s people came into Lamanite bondage as a result of their wickedness (see Mosiah 20:21), and they were humbled and turned to God as a result of their bondage. Alma’s people were brought into bondage as a trial of their…

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Click the graphic to read Mosiah 18-21 It is difficult to determine the effect that one person can have, but with time the results can be seen. You may never know how the decisions you make will affect others. Abinadi may have died without knowing if anyone…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 14-17 God sends certain people into our lives to help us see the Savior more clearly (see Mosiah 14-16). I will refer to these people as “Abinadi’s”. They can be prophets (like the Abinadi in this account), or leaders, or parents, or teachers,…