Monday, July 11, 2016

Alma 31:1-23

1 - Alma's heart sickens when he hears of the perversions of the Zoramites.

2 - It caused Alma sorrow to hear of iniquity among his people.

3 - The Zoramites live in Antionum.

4 - The Nephites feared the Zoramites would enter into a correspondence with the Lamanites.

5 - Preaching has a more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword.  Alma wants to try the virtue of the word of God.

6 - He took Ammon, Aaron, Omner, Amulek, Zeezrom, Shiblon and Corianton with him.  He left Himni and Helaman in Zarahemla.

8 - The Zoramites were dissenters from the Nephites so they had heard the gospel.

9 - They had fallen into great errors.  They would not keep the commandments of God.

10 - They would not pray daily.

11 - They did pervert the ways of the Lord.

12 - The Zoramites built synagogues and had a strange way of worshipping.

13 - A stand to admit one person.

14 - Cry with a loud voice saying:

15 - Holy God we believe that thou art a Spirit.

16 - We are separated from our brethren and we don't believe their foolish traditions.  Thou hast elected us to be thy holy children.  There shall be no Christ.

17 - Thou hast elected us to be saved while others are destroyed.  We are not bound down to Christ.

18 - We thank thee that we are a chosen and holy people.

19 - Alma and his brethren are astonished beyond measure at these prayers.  

20 - Every man went forth and offered the same prayer.

21 - The places was called Rameumpton being interpreted is holy stand.

23 - After offering up thanks they returned to their homes never speaking of God until the next week.

GC: "Whoso Receiveth Them, Receiveth Me" Elder Neil L. Andersen.

I cleaned upstairs this morning and worked outside in the garage.  The garage is looking better but we still have alot of stuff to put away.  I am mainly sweeping and putting things in piles to be put away.  Oh yes, I held a board so James could run it through the power saw.  Sometimes you don't have to have any skill to help.

James had a doctor's appointment with Dr. Moffat today to get a referral for a new C-pap machine.  He ask me if I would go with him and I said yes.  I made some menus for the week and got my shopping list prepared so i could count this as my weekly shopping. When you don't buy meat your grocery bill is so much less.

We got food at Panda.  I had the steamed rice and veggies again and James had Pacific shrimp and veggies with no rice or noodles.  Both we yummy.

I mailed a birthday card and the CTR necklace I got Aurora for her baptism today.  I hope she gets it before next Monday.

I love this.

Wildlife report: One squirrel.  He was a "super" squirrel though.

James was in charge of FHE.  We listened to two Ensign articles.  The first was: "Like the Widow of Zarapeth: The Miracle of Fast Offerings."  Here are a few notes I took: Give for your own welfare.  Giving decreases selfishness and increases spirituality.

The last was called: "My Journey as a Pioneer from India."  This was a pretty amazing story.  This man's first contact with the church was President Spencer W. Kimball and they remained friends until President Kimball's death.

We were in bed by 9:00.

Darrel posted this picture of Rowan on Instagram:

The caption said: "Safety first at the pool."

This is a picture of Ruby and Max taken a couple of

years ago at Hamilton pool.