This weeks reading is as follows:
Sunday: Mosiah 4:11-30 (pg 155-157)
Monday: Mosiah 5 (pg 157-159)
Tuesday: Mosiah 6 (pg 159)
Wednesday: Mosiah 7 (pg 159-162)
Thursday: Mosiah 8 (pg 164-167)
Friday: Mosiah 9, 10 (pg 164-167)
Saturday: Mosiah 11 (pg 167-170)
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How wonderful that on this Easter morning we have just finished reading and studying a great discourse on the Atonement and the power wrought by our Savior. Oh, wouldn't it have been great to have been in attendance at King Benjamin's speech? To have felt that sweet Spirit as a remission of sins swept down over all who prayed.
But we who are blessed to live in the latter days are no less accessible to those feelings, in fact, as has already been said, we never have to wait until later to hear or read the words of the prophet. We can just turn on the computer or tune in with our TV to listen to messages of hope and instruction.
I have always found it very interesting to note that our salvation and retaining a remission of sins also depends on how we treat our brothers and sisters here in mortality.
The Savior's atonement turned the key and unlocked the door, but each of us has to make the choice to grab the handle, push open the door and step through
I LOVE your thoughts Tim!
We had a scripture study on that and it turned really long. What amazing power the atonement holds for us. We are so grateful! We are so blessed to be able to turn to General Conference soon and hear our beloved prophet speak and improve our lives. What great blessings the gospel affords!
What a great read this week, very inspiring! I was amazed this morning in our reading how much the world today resembles that of King Noahs. It is so easy getting caught up in the things of the world. As brother Storey stated I am grateful that I have that door to walk through and make a choice to follow my savior.
Bishop
Reading about Abinadi brings back a great memory in our famiy scripture study adventures.
Elder Russell M. Nelson once said, “I would be less than honest with you if I conveyed the impression that our family scripture time was a howling success. Occasionally it was more
howling than successful. But we did not give up” (“Living by Scriptural Guidance,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 16).
Four years ago, there was a day when my gentlemen were particularly restless during family scripture study. I was already feeling frustrated when it was our then 4-year-old’s turn to read. He did not want anything to do with the chapter we were reading. Instead, he wanted to know more about the beautiful pictures in his Book of Mormon. I was at my breaking point.
The perfectionist in me needed to finish our designated chapter. The
woman in me just wanted to toss the books aside, run away and escape the bickering. The mother in me wanted to cuddle up with Andrew and talk about the pictures. The three of us made a compromise.
The perfectionist read the final verses aloud to the family herself. The woman then told them they could have some free time to play. The mother snatched up Andrew and pulled him onto her lap to talk about the pictures.
By Sunday, this scene was nearly forgotten. Sister Williams brought
Andrew to me when church was over. She was excited as she related an
incident in their primary class that day. They were talking about King Noah and Abinadi. While she was presenting the lesson, Andrew bent down to get his Book of Mormon from under his chair. He turned through the pages, then held the book up and told his classmates, “This is Abinadi.”
Andrew remembered the pictures.
“Just as the best meals are home cooked,” Elder Ballard says, “the most nourishing gospel instruction takes place at home” (Ensign, May 1996, 81).
The question was asked in our written reading schedule, "What is a cimeter?" There is a marvelous article in the Maxwell Institute website that discusses weaponry of the ancient Americas. It describes how weapons were most likely tools that then served a dual purpose. It is interesting to see how evidences are continually being brought forward to help us better understand the Book of Mormon and the people who lived then.
We as a family really enjoyed King Benjamin's speech. The boys enjoyed it as much as they did Enos. These particular passages really have hit home in our family. On just what awesome the atonement is. And I agree with Sister Grimm it is amazing when you think the little ones aren't really listening what they are taking in still. The Boys were sad to read what a great King Benjamin was and how King Noah was just the opposite. And the effects it had on all their people.
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