Category Archives: Listening

How Can I Be a Better Listener?

Posted on May 12, 2019 by

Today, I pondered what I can do to be a better listener. Here are some relevant guidelines taught by the Book of Mormon: 1. Recognize your own limitations and prepare yourself to participate fully in the interaction. When Nephi returned … Continue reading →

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Behold Your Little Ones – 3 Nephi 17:21-23

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

21 And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them. 22 And when he … Continue reading →

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He Waketh Morning by Morning – 2 Nephi 7:4-5

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He waketh … Continue reading →

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There Was Silence – 3 Nephi 10:1-3

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

1 And now behold, it came to pass that all the people of the land did hear these sayings, and did witness of it. And after these sayings there was silence in the land for the space of many hours; … Continue reading →

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They…Did Open Their Ears to Hear It – 3 Nephi 11:5-6

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

5 And again the third time they did hear the voice, and did open their ears to hear it; and their eyes were towards the sound thereof; and they did look steadfastly towards heaven, from whence the sound came.6 And … Continue reading →

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I Perceive That Thou Art…Quick to Observe – Mormon 1:2-5

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

2 And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto the Lord, he came unto me, (I being about ten years of age, and I began to be learned somewhat after the manner of the learning of my … Continue reading →

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And They Would Not Hear – Alma 21:10

Posted on June 28, 2015 by

10 And it came to pass as he began to expound these things unto them they were angry with him, and began to mock him; and they would not hear the words which he spake. (Alma 21:10) I would summarize … Continue reading →

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