Sometimes God directs us to participate in difficult conversations. Elijah initiated a famine by declaring to King Ahab, "There shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word" (1 Kings 17:1). Three years later, there was no doubt in Ahab's mind that Elijah had caused the famine and that only Elijah could end it.... Continue Reading →
“Now Is the Time” – Alma 13:21, Alma 34:33
After teaching the people of Ammonihah about the Fall of Adam and Eve and about how to receive the grace of God, Alma issued a call to action. Extending his arm toward his audience, he proclaimed, “Now is the time to repent, for the day of salvation draweth nigh” (Alma 13:21). He urged the people... Continue Reading →
That Ye Would…Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance – Alma 13:27-29
27 And now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea, with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance; 28 But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his... Continue Reading →
O That We Had Repented – 3 Nephi 8:24-25
24 And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared, and they would not have been burned in that great city Zarahemla.25 And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O... Continue Reading →