Mosiah 20-21

Mosiah 19

Mosiah 17-18

Mosiah 16

Mosiah 15

Mosiah 13-14

Mosiah 12

Mosiah 10-11

What an amazing man Zeniff was.

He followed the Lords commands, and

prospered because of it. His people were

happy, well fed, and protected!!

You would think he would have

known that Noah would have

been such a ...... what's a good word?

JERK!!!
But, I am sure he was led by the

Lord!!! Not everyone can pass their

test right?

So Zeniff, grows old and

passes his reign onto Noah.

Who instantly taxes the people,

takes himself many concubines,

Builds every comfort for himself

that he can think of, fires all of his

Fathers priests and hires all new ones.

He totally let's this Authority go to his

head....although I can say it would be

really hard not to spoil myself with

all the finer things in life if I were rich.

But, I would not take advantage of

other people to get them!!!!

Abinidi tries to warn the people

that they have forgotten the Lord. That

they need to repent and go to the Lord

or he will deliver them into their enemies

hands. So what do they do when they hear this?

They get angry and want to kill Abinidi.

Gggggggggrrrrrrrrr!!!

So frustrating but, when you are living in

sin, it's hard to hear someone tell you

that you need to shape up.

I know that from experience!!!

Mosiah 9

Wow what a chapter.....

GO ZENIFF!!!!!

Look at him just going

in there getting what he wants

and making it work.

He knew what he wanted and

he built a thriving and pretty

prosperous little city out of it!!!

And then when King Laman

got greedy and lazy....and sent

his warriors in to kill Zeniff's people

and take all their crops, and herds.

Well Zeniff says... I don't think so

He arms his men, and takes the fight to

Laman' men!!! He's got guts!!!

He calls on the Lord for strength and

help and they "slay" a ton of men

3,043 to be exact!!!

Holy Moly,

these last few chapters have

been fun to read. I don't think I

have ever read them.

Thank you so much for doing this

with me!!! I have made it

further than any other time I have

started to read to Book of Mormon!!

Mosiah 7-8

Mosiah sends a party
of 16 people to Lehi-Nephi
to see what has been going on
there for the last several years.
Ammon leads his men out...
after 40 days of wandering
they find Lehi-Nephi.
They camp on a hill and
4 of them go to the city....and
are immediately jailed.
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King Limhi sends for them
to explain just what they are
doing in his land....and when they
tell him, he has their bands loosened
and summons all the people to be
gathered to hear him speak.
He teaches his people...
"..if ye will turn to the Lord with full
purpose of heart, and put your trust in him,
and serve him with all diligence of mind,
if ye do this, he will, according to his own will
and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage."
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Ammon then tells them of
King Benjamin's speech
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Limhi then tells everyone to go home
and tell Ammon about this journey
that his men went on and how they
found this abandoned city, with
bones everywhere, people and animal.
Ruins of buildings, a place that had
been numbered as the hosts of Israel.
(I would have been totally spooked
if I had found a place like that!!!)
They found plates with engravings
on them and King Limhi wanted
someone to be able to translate them.
Ammon tells him of the Prophet
that has the means through the
Lord to have the power to translate
these plates.
King Limhi then rejoices and gives
thanks unto God.
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This was a really fun chapter for
me to read....it almost made me think
of like an Indiana Jones movie or
something....Ammon and his men
searching the land and then
being jailed....Limhi's men
searching the land and finding
these ruins with bones everywhere,
and Gold plates, shields, swords...
just lots of adventure!!!!
I played it out in my mind like
a movie. Fun!!

Mosiah 6

Times are good in the lands....
Mosiah and his people
are working and living up
to the standards of their covenants.

Mosiah 5

"For how knoweth a man the master whom
he has not served, and who is a stranger unto
him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of
his heart?..... Therefore, I would that you should be
steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good
works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent,
may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven,
that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal
life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and
mercy of him who created all things, in heaven and in
earth, who is God above all, Amen."

Mosiah 3-4

Mosiah 2

Words of Mormon & Mosiah 1

Omni

Omni

Amaron

Chemish

Abinadom

Amaleki

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5 Nephites over a span of 130 years

write in this one book of Omni.

That is about how good I am at

journaling!!!

But, they show again and again how the

Lord blesses the righteous.

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Amaleki says

"...for there is nothing good save it comes

from the Lord: and that which is evil comes

from the devil. And now, my beloved

brethren,I would that ye should come

unto Christ...and partake of his salvation, and

the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him,

and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him,

and continue in fasting and prayer, and endure to

the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved."

Enos & Jarom

"And my soul hungered; and I kneeled

down before my maker, and I cried

unto him in mighty prayer..."

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Enos had his own personal struggles

which is what led him to kneel

down in prayer to the Lord and

ask for forgiveness. So much

that he prayed all day and into the night.

The Lord answered him saying

"...thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou

shalt be blessed...Because of thy

faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before

heard nor seen...thy faith hath made thee whole."

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That wasn't enough for Enos though, he

cared so much for his people, the Nephites

that he prayed for them also. The Lord

answered him again, and still Enos

began to pray again for the Lamanites

this time. The Lord answered him again

" I will grant unto thee according to thy

desires because of they faith."

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How many times do we get stuck

in a prayer rut? Where we say

the same repetitive things

over and over again. If we pray

with meaning having full faith in Christ

that he will answer our prayers....

He will answer our prayers!!!

I am going to try and do better....

having more faith and meaning

behind my prayers.

Jarom taught me that in the world

there is a mix of good and evil. I think

that is unavoidable....but we have a great

gift to help us through the temptations

of Satan. We have a modern day prophet

giving us guidance and revelation, specific

to our time and trials we are facing today on

the earth. I think of the Olive tree vineyard

and how the Master and his servant worked

diligently to save this vineyard and to grow

this vineyard. And to me The Master

is our Heavenly Father and his servants are

Jesus Christ and our prophets!!

I need to do better not only at reading my

scriptures, but at reading what the

prophets in our times are writing, because

those are scriptures as well!!!