Alma 39-42 Karma is taught everywhere by different names throughout the world. Perhaps, you may have heard some version like, “what goes around, comes around” or the “golden rule.” As author David Mitchell describes it, “by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” Put simply, karma means we choose our actions, and their…
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Wrap the Savior Around Your Day Like a Blanket
Alma 36-38 Here are 5 powerful quotes about Christ which directly relate to Alma 37:36. Which resonates most with you today? 1 62 And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, I leave these sayings with you to ponder in your hearts, with this commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall call upon me while I am near—63 Draw near unto me…
Say Prayers that Pierce the Sky
Alma 32-35 We have direct access to the Ultimate Supreme Being and he loves us enough to count the hairs on our head. Divine Code Amulek gives a wonderful sermon about prayer including a full, descriptive list of things to remember in our prayers. Then he adds this little gem at the end: But this…
How To Rise Above Someone’s Ego
Alma 30-31 Alma 31 is one of my favorite “how-to” chapters in the Book of Mormon. Probably because it details how Alma collided with “superior,” difficult egos and then rose above the challenge they presented. Regrettably, we all face unreasonable, selfish people at some point or another. In this chapter, Alma guides us through the…
Discover the Surprising Doorway to Bliss
Alma 23-29 Imagine yourself going through this doorway to a happier self. Of all people, we as Latter-day Saints should be the most optimistic and the least pessimistic…Let us remember that the real source of our strength and happiness is beyond the reach of men and circumstances. Ezra Taft Benson Ammon had been tied up,…