Bending the Rules – A Little
It seems that with suggestions of panic, rationing, food shortages, intermingling with war, politics, etc. resounding through news, the interest in being prepared is once again on the rise. Having taught preparedness and written many books about it, I have a firm...
Happiness by Invitation
You are cordially invited to Come Unto Christ Who: Everyone is invited who has a true desire to discover happiness and to receive it in this life and throughout eternity. What: Feel the power of His redeeming love through obedience, even in small things. You will...
Persecution
In 1 Nephi, chapter 19, Nephi discusses the life of the Savior, who would come far into the future. He talks about the Savior’s death and the persecutions the Jewish people would face as a result. The Book of Mormon Student Manual clarifies misunderstandings some...
Respect for the Sacred
When God commanded Nephi to make plates on which to record the records of the people and the church, Nephi explained that he wrote only that which he considered sacred. However, he noted that many had little respect for that which is sacred. For the things which some...
Journals and Histories
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I did make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the record of my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraven the record of my father, and also our journeyings in the wilderness, and the...
Does the Book of Mormon Forbid Dancing and Music?
When Lehi’s family boarded the ship they’d made for crossing the ocean to a new home chosen for them by God, boredom might have been a challenge for them. Unlike Noah’s family, they didn’t have the large number of animals to care for. 9 And after we had been driven...
The Still, Small Voice
In 1 Nephi 17:45, Nephi, a young adult, rebukes his older brothers: Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still...
Worship Only God
When Nephi, the young adult son of the prophet Lehi, sought his brother’s help, they ridiculed him. Nephi had been commanded by God to build a boat, so the family could travel to the land of promise God had chosen for them. His two older brothers, however, had no real...
Doing the Impossible
We have been following the progress of Lehi and his family in our previous posts. Lehi was a prophet who was instructed by God to flee Jerusalem. After he preached repentance to them, his life was in danger. He took his family and only the most essential items and...
The Lord Provides a Way to Obey
Lehi was a prophet in Jerusalem around 600 B.C. When the Lord commanded him to take his family and only those things necessary for survival, and to flee, he did so. His life was in danger from those who did not want to be told to repent. He and his family fled into...
Conditions for Inspiration
The prophet Lehi, at God’s command, left behind his wealth and comfortable life and took his family and fled Jerusalem after his life was endangered by the wicked. Finally, God told them it was time to head into the wilderness, to unknown territories. The next...
Respect for Authority
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a strong respect for authority. We believe in obeying the law. Within our church organizations, we show respect for our leaders and follow the chain of command. When Nephi, a Book of Mormon prophet, was a...
Lehi and Humility
People familiar with the Book of Mormon usually refer to the story of the broken bow as Nephi’s story, because he was the hero of it all. You can read the entire story summarized in Nephi and the Broken Bow. As you read the story, note that although it’s told by Nephi...
Solving Problems God’s Way
In the previous post, I outlined the story of the teenaged Nephi, a future prophet, who went into the wilderness with his family at God’s command. In the course of the journey to a new home, Nephi, the family hunter, broke his bow and the family faced potential...
Nephi and the Broken Bow
Nephi was the son a great Book of Mormon prophet named Lehi. When the family was told by God to leave their home for their own safety and to go into the wilderness, they did so, some willingly and with faith, others grudgingly. Early in their journey an event occurred...
Happy Even When Alone
I have two dear sisters who are in their early forties and have never been married. They live together and strive for a measure of happiness and belonging, but nothing can wipe away their deep yearning for a companion of the heart with whom they can share their lives....
Righteous Attitudes Lead to Righteous Living
The teenaged Nephi was asked by his older brothers to explain the vision their father had received. The vision contained some strong warnings for the two oldest sons of their father, Lehi. These older sons, Laman and Lemuel, lacked faith and did not enjoy living the...
The Hope of Jacob’s Ladder
Do you remember the story of Jacob’s ladder? 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed,...
Obedience Brings True Happiness
I remember when I first joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (otherwise known as the Mormons,) my sister was very concerned for me. “You have so many restrictions on you now. I don’t see how you can be happy with all those rules,” she said. I tried...
The Great and Abominable Church
The Book of Mormon periodically refers to an evil church. It is called the great and abominable church or the church of the devil. What church are they referring to? 24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that the book proceeded forth from the...
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