David Journal

Tag: Helaman

  • Gadianton’s expertise

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    What was Gadianton’s skill that allowed him to become the leader of the band of Kishkumen while Kishkumen was still alive. As I think about it his skill must have been in manipulating, flattering, and making personal connections between people so that they were indebted to him.

  • No time for rest

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    After then end of the war with Amalikiah and Ammoron, in less time than it took to win that war the Nephites lost three chief judges (natural death, murder, and casualty of war) as well as losing and regaining their capital city. It’s hard to believe that the Lamanites recovered from the war so fast…

  • No rest from wickedness

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    Somehow I never connected that the rise of secret combinations among the Nephites took place almost immediately after they won their great war with the Lamanites.

  • Exercising agency in my desires

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    The restored gospel teaches much about the critical role that individual agent plays in the plan of exaltation. I think I have an opportunity to use my agency now to cultivate my desire for Laura not based on external stimuli but based entirely on my choice.

  • Crab in a bucket

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    I feel like a crab in a bucket except that I have some say in whether I allow myself to be pulled back into the dysfunctional patterns I am trying to escape. I searched for the scrotal reference to the hymn Do what is Right and found myself reading the words of the Lord to…

  • Righteous fathers

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    In seeking to identify the patterns of righteous father’s I read of Lehi, Alma, Alma the younger, Helaman (the father of Nephi and Lehi, not the son of Alma), and Mormon. Consistently these father’s set a good example for their children and taught them the doctrine. They encouraged them in righteousness and admonished then when…

  • No wasted resources

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    Even Samuel comes to tell the people of Zerahemla about their wickedness he also comes to tell them the conditions of repentance. Servants of the lord never simply preach condemnation. If there is no hope for repentance the Lord won’t call His servants to labor in that particular congrats. His desire isn’t too prove His…

  • Prophecy in detail

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    I love how detailed Samuel’s prophecy was – a day, a night, and a day without darkness and they would see the sun rise and set plus there would be a new star

  • Assured by the Lord

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    Did Nephi need the assurance that the lord was pleased with Him not because of the work and trials he had already experienced but for that which was shortly to come? When Nephi declared the message that the Loud instructed him to share (repent or be smitten even into destruction) the people began contending among…

  • Samuel in Zerahemla

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    I had recognized the similarities between Alma on Ammonihah and Samuel in Zerahemla before but I hadn’t thought about how distinctly parallel the two events were and I realized today that this was another manifestation of the first being last and the last being first.