Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 62:40
"And there had been murders, and contentions, and dissensions, and all manner of iniquity among the people of Nephi; nevertheless for the righteous’ sake, yea, because of the prayers of the righteous, they were spared."
As it has finally reached election night and we await the result to come in, I reflect on how regardless the outcome it will not change me. My prayers will continue and I will strive every day to be a true follower of Christ.
"Note the effect that the prayers of the righteous had upon a nation. The prayers of the righteous also kept the Nephites from being destroyed later during the days of Captain Moroni and Samuel the Lamanite.
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) said the following about prayers offered in our day: “There are many many upright and faithful who live all the commandments and whose lives and prayers keep the world from destruction”
Once the righteous were destroyed or removed from Ammonihah, the prayers of the righteous ceased to protect the city and “every living soul of the Ammonihahites was destroyed”.
(Spencer W. Kimball, "Voices of the Past, of the Present, or the Future", Apr 1971 General Conference)
(Book of Mormon Student Manual, "Chapter 25: Alma 8-12", "Prayers of the Righteous")
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