Book of Mormon Class / Alma 54-55

Taught by Sue G.

It's so comfy cozy meeting at Sue's house to chat and study the Book of Mormon!

If you haven't been yet, come and join us.

It's awesome!!

Alma 54-55

These two chapters begin a word for word account of an epistle sent from Moroni to Ammoron negotiating for an exchange of prisoners and demanding that the Lamanites withdraw and cease their attacks.  In answer, Ammoron demands that the Nephites lay down their weapons and become subject to the Lamanites.  Moroni refuses these terms.  He entices the Lamanite guards to become drunk and the Nephite prisoners are freed.  The city of Gid is captured without any bloodshed.  Alma 55:19

We can learn by the stupidity of the Lamanites.

President James E. Faust warned. "Over my lifetime, I have seen some of the most choice, capable, and righteous of men stumble and fall.  They have been true and faithful for many years and then get caught in a web of stupidity and foolishness which has brought great shame to themselves and betrayed the trust of their innocent families, leaving their loved ones a legacy of sorrow and hurt.  My dear brethren, all of us, young and old, must constantly guard against the enticements of Satan... We must choose wisely the books and magazines we read, the movies we see, and how ewe use modern technology, such as the Internet." 

One moment of weakness can lead to our demise. 

Pinterest Group ~ March and Aprils projects

We are having such a great time getting together to create!

Pinterest Group is an awesome time together, 

The best part...... Time Together Visiting.

The bonus......  WE MAKE FUN STUFF!!

In March we made some fun string Easter Eggs

Look how cute they turn out!

Heidi S. was the host this month and look at the adorable bird nest cupcakes she made us!

She had wheat grass growing everywhere in cute containers. Great idea for Easter and Spring.

She said she cuts off a bunch to throw in smoothies to get those awesome phytonutrients!! Bonus! 

For May we decided to make something that was fun and could also be a potential Mother's day gift,

So.....  walla!!!

We made cute chalkboards!

Started out with paint, brushes, a few tools 

and frames from the DI.

We pulled the frames apart.

Painted the glass with primer and chalk board paint.

Painted away on the frames .....

Then put them back together!

 

Add some cute writing that you can change as you please.

This one is Shannon P's.

Here is Sydney G's.

This is Tenneal S's

So much fun to create together!

"Would you sell your soul for a nickel?"

Lesson taught by: Jeanine M.

Elder Robert C. Gay tells a story of going to the movies with his allowance, buying a ticket for 25 cents and having enough money to also buy 5 candy bars.  After he turned 12, the price of the ticket went up. He decided he looked the same as he did when he was eleven so he paid for a 25 cent ticket and still had enough for his usual amount of candy bars.  After arriving home, instead of his father being pleased with him, he posed the question,

“Would you sell your soul for a nickel?”

This question is very similar to the one Christ asked his disciples shortly after they were asked to take up the cross and follow him. He asks them, 

“what shall a man give in exchange for 

his soul?"

As we recall the events leading up to His crucifixion, the disciples deny Him and Judas Iscariot even betrays Him.

How many of us claim to love the Savior and have a testimony that He is our Redeemer and yet we compromise and justify our actions.  Elder Gay said, “As we consider the nickel...exchanges in our lives, we can either self-justify our actions, like Cain, or look to submit to the will of God.”

King Lamoni’s father was taught by Aaron and was willing to forsake all he had so he could taste of the joy and hope of the atonement.  It is sweet to feel the connection to heaven and receive this healing power.

President Eyring spoke about the times when we feel disconnected to God.  He said, “God is never hidden, yet sometimes we are, covered by a pavilion of motivations that draw us away from God and make Him see distant and inaccessible.  Our own desires, rather than a feeling of “Thy will be done,” create the feeling of a pavilion blocking God.”

What are the things in our lives that create pavilions? Like the extra candy bars at the movies, are they worth hanging onto in exchange for our souls?

We can rid ourselves of pavilions blocking us from God by having faith that the atonement is real and that God is truly there.  We can have a desire to know and do His will.  

Patience is closely tied to having faith.  Having faith in God’s timetable as well as his plan for us requires patience and humility to accept His will.