As we've discussed the last couple of days: We feel sadness when something bad happens to us or to someone we love. We feel fear when we think something bad is likely to happen to us or to someone we love. Anger is also triggered by a negative experience. But unlike sadness and fear, anger... Continue Reading →
They Were Seeking for Power – Alma 46:4, 19-20
4 And Amalickiah was desirous to be a king; and those people who were wroth were also desirous that he should be their king; and they were the greater part of them the lower judges of the land, and they were seeking for power. 5 And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah,... Continue Reading →
His People Were Doubtful – Alma 46:29
29 And it came to pass that when Amalickiah saw that the people of Moroni were more numerous than the Amalickiahites--and he also saw that his people were doubtful concerning the justice of the cause in which they had undertaken--therefore, fearing that he should not gain the point, he took those of his people who... Continue Reading →
The People Came Running Together – Alma 46:21
21 And it came to pass that when Moroni had proclaimed these words, behold, the people came running together with their armor girded about their loins, rending their garments in token, or as a covenant, that they would not forsake the Lord their God; or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of... Continue Reading →
How Quick…to Be Led Away – Alma 46:8-9
8 Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one. 9 Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men. (Alma... Continue Reading →
In Memory of Our God… – Alma 46:12
12 And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it—In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.(Alma 46:12)We gain courage by remembering the things we value... Continue Reading →
He Caused the Title of Liberty to Be Hoisted upon Every Tower – Alma 46:36
36 And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty to be hoisted upon every tower which was in all the land, which was possessed by the Nephites; and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites.(Alma 46:36)We all need reminders of our values and of the covenants we've... Continue Reading →
He Went Forth…Crying with a Loud Voice – Alma 46:19-21
19 And when Moroni had said these words, he went forth among the people, waving the rent part of his garment in the air, that all might see the writing which he had written upon the rent part, and crying with a loud voice, saying:20 Behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land, let... Continue Reading →
Alma 46:8 How Quick the Children of Men Do Forget the Lord Their God
8 Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.(Alma 46:8)Why do we forget so easily? The Nephites had just been delivered from their enemies and had expressed gratitude for their success. How could... Continue Reading →