Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
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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 converted, the sons of King Mosiah felt a strong desire…
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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 always creates their own version of the classic tales and everyone thinks that…
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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); 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 faith…
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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 examined. You never know how the decisions you make will affect others. Abinadi may have died without knowing if anyone believed…
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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 (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 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 were men who understood that success on the court (whether a basketball court or…
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Click graphic to read Mosiah 8-10 After reading King Benjamin‘s stirring words, his son, Mosiah, reigns. 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 Nephi,…
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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 doctrine. King Benjamin speaks of being born again (born of God), adoption, and becoming children of Christ (See Romans 8 for more from Paul) Did you notice how many times the word NAME appeared in Mosiah 5?…
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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 is 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…
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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 like…
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