Alma 56-58
Reading Assignment for class on Tuesday, Feb. 27: Alma 56-58
Learning Activities:
1) Use this map to make sense of where each of the events in these chapters takes place.
2) What lessons can we learn from the Stripling Warriors (and their mothers)?
3) What power comes from being completely obedient?
President Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
“[You] will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. …“… Obedience to the commandments of God will provide physical and spiritual protection” (Russell M. Nelson, “Face the Future with Faith,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2011, 34, 35).
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Sister Julie B. Beck, who served as the Relief Society General President, spoke about the influence of righteous mothers:
“In the Book of Mormon we read about 2,000 exemplary young men who were exceedingly valiant, courageous, and strong. ‘Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him’ (Alma 53:21). These faithful young men paid tribute to their mothers. They said, ‘Our mothers knew it’ (Alma 56:48). …“The responsibility mothers have today has never required more vigilance. More than at any time in the history of the world, we need mothers who know. … When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children” (Julie B. Beck, “Mothers Who Know,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2007, 76).
President David O. McKay (1873–1970) said:
“If I were asked to name the world’s greatest need, I should say unhesitatingly wise mothers” (David O. McKay, Secrets of a Happy Life, comp. Llewelyn R. McKay [1967], 2).
“After the Storm” (5:25). This video tells the story of a woman named Maylene, who felt helpless in the face of many challenges until she survived a tornado and found strength by trusting in God.