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Nephi labored diligently with loving kindness to help his brothers experience the plan of happiness by urging them to keep the commandments of the Lord. God had covenantally promised property, posterity, and prosperity to the children of Abraham …
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Nephi paid the price. “Having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision…I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost…. and believing that …
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Mark Twain famously quipped that if Joseph Smith would have left out the phrase “it came to pass,” the Book of Mormon would have only been a short pamphlet (Roughing It, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1901, p. 133). We may justifiably join …
We live in a time of extraordinary abundance and resources. As the years slip by we have seen an acceleration of opportunity and possibilities. There is more of everything. What would have been considered extravagant a century or more ago has become …
One of the purposes of the Book of Mormon is to teach us about the covenants with the fathers, “Which is to show unto the remnant of the house of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of …
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The scriptures are God’s instructional manual for the covenant path. God covenanted with father Abraham to give him and his descendants property, posterity, and prosperity (Genesis 12:1-3). Those promises are secured by God’s commitment and …
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