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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,…

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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 11-13 What do coach John Wooden and the prophet Abinadi have in common? Well, not much, but one thing that they do have in common is somewhat uncommon. They are men who understand that success on the court (whether a basketball court or…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 8-10 After the stirring words of King Benjamin, his son, Mosiah, begins his reign. Mosiah sends a search party after a group of Nephites who had left many years earlier and were never heard from again. They had desired to inherit the land of…

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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 5-7 For being such a short chapter, Mosiah 5 hits on some pretty essential and deep doctrines. King Benjamin speaks of being born again (born of God), adoption, and becoming children of Christ (See Romans 8 for more from the Apostle Paul on this). Did you notice how many times the word NAME appeared…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 3-4 One of the best things about today’s reading is that half of it was delivered by an “angel from God” (Mosiah 3:2). His message is one of “glad tidings of great joy”! (v.3. You will notice “joy” come up also in…

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Click on the graphic to read Mosiah 1-2 THE GREAT CONFERENCE OF 124 B.C.  I like to compare this part of the Book of Mormon to our modern-day general conference of the church. Each time that I read this account I imagine what it would have been…

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Click on the graphic to read Jarom-Words of Mormon Something that stands out to me in these pages is how to prosper in the Promised Land. The Lord provided prophets and plates to preserve and prosper His people in the Promised Land (that is my attempt…

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Click on graphic to read Jacob 6-Enos BEWARE OF FAITH-SHAKERS! Faith-shakers take on many forms. In today’s reading Sherem is the personification of a faith-shaker. Jacob describes meeting the faith-shaker Sherem with these words: “and he knowing that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, he…