Dear Friends and Neighbors: The end of the book of Helaman and the first few chapters of 3 Nephi present similar situations that could easily be compared to the times we live in today or may experience in the future. Why did Mormon put those chapters in the Book of Mormon? Because Jesus Christ had shown us unto the prophet Mormon; therefore, Mormon understood what we would be up against (Mormon 8: 34-35). In this week’s reading, the theme is “Arise and Come Forth unto Me”. In chapter 9 of 3 Nephi, the voice of Christ proclaims His divinity and invites men to come unto Him and be saved. Jesus…

THIS WEEK’S SPIRITUAL MESSAGE: In this week’s reading we read where the Nephites were preparing for the Gadianton Robbers to come upon them for a great battle. When the time arrived, and they saw the appearance of the Gadianton robbers, they fell to the earth and cried to the Lord that He would spare them and deliver them out of the hand of the enemies. We have seen this time and time again in the Book of Mormon. It is our hopes that in our personal lives where we may be experiencing our own battles that we may be like the Nephites where we fall to the earth in prayer…