Day 36: Alma 11-12

Welcome to Day 36...

 Today Amulek and Alma continue to preach to the wicked people of Ammonihah, fielding Zeezrom's insolent questions with finesse, expounding on God's plan of salvation and pleading with the people: "Seeing we know these things and they are true, let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we provoke not the Lord our God to pull down his wrath upon us...but let us enter into the rest of God."  

I feel like my heart is softened each time I humbly open the scriptures, which often puts me in a forgiving and repentant state at the same time. 

So let's hop to it! On to the best part of our day! 

Opening Song: "Be Still My Soul" by Vocal Point

• Begin with prayer
• Scripture Study: Alma 11-12 (listen)
• Study Guide: (here)

• Video: Discussions on the Book of Mormon

• Video: "There Was A Plan of Redemption"

• Alma 11:43-44
  "The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.
  Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil."

Alma 12:10 "And therefore, he that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full."

“As true disciples seek guidance from the Spirit, they receive inspiration tailored to each encounter. And in every encounter, true disciples respond in ways that invite the Spirit of the Lord.”--Robert D. Hales, Ensign, General Conference Nov. 2009, 73

              

“If you are slipping into things that you should not slip into or if you are associating with people who are pulling you away in the wrong direction, that is the time to assert your independence, your agency. Listen to the voice of the Spirit, and you will not be led astray. …As a servant of the Lord, I promise that you will be protected and shielded from the attacks of the adversary if you will heed the promptings that come from the Holy Spirit.” 

• Record thoughts and impressions in your journal.

• Close study session with prayer.