Mosiah 2:15-21 (11/30/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Silent Night
Prayer:  Mom

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 2:15-21

What we learned...

"When you serve your fellow man then you are also serving the Lord." (Kenyon)

"King Benjamin is telling his brethren all the things he did for them was not to boast but to get them to also serve God." (Shaylee)

"When you serve others you're serving the Lord." (Brandon)

"King Benjamin said that if we served God with our whole souls we would still be unprofitable servants to God."  (Dad)

Mosiah 2:9-14 (11/29/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Angels We Have Heard on High
Prayer:  Dad

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 2:9-14

What we learned...

"Don't argue with the words the prophet says. You should be paying attention to what he says instead." (Kenyon)

"King Benjamin is a selfless ruler. He helps the people and serves them." (Brandon)

"King Benjamin is good king that doesn't make others serve him but he serves other people." (Jaron)

"King Benjamin represents the difference between how righteous leaders lead versus the leaders and rulers in the world. Worldly rulers have others serve them while righteous rulers and leaders in the Lord's kingdom serve others. Just like the Savior who is our King and the greatest of all spent His whole life serving others sacrificing His life for us even taking upon Him all of our sins, troubles and sorrows."  (Dad)

Mosiah 2:2-8 (11/28/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Families Can Be Together Forever
Prayer:  Jaron

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 2:2-8

What we learned...

"There were so many people at the temple to hear the words of King Benjamin that they did not number them." (Kenyon)

"They made a tower for King Benjamin to stand on for all the people to hear him preach. But not everyone could hear him so he wrote down his words, and they passed it among the people who didn't hear him preach." (Shaylee)

"People sacrificed the firstlings of their flocks to give thanks to the Lord for delivering them from their enemies, having just leaders and teachers, and for having peace." (Brandon)

"The people were gathered according to their families to hear King Benjamin." (Jaron)

"King Benjamin's speech was written down." (Maycee)

"King Benjamin's address is patterned just like general conference today - people gather together as a family to hear the words of the prophet and also the words are recorded so they can read them afterward just like general conference is published in the Ensign."  (Dad)

Mosiah 1:13-18, 2:1 (11/27/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
Prayer:  Maycee

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 1:13-18, 2:1

What we learned...

"Since King Benjamin appointed Mosiah to be the next king he gave him the brass plates, the sword or Laban, the plates of Nephi and the Liahona." (Kenyon)

"Nephi's family was punished of their actions when Laman and Lemuel tied up Nephi, and they were not paying attention to the Liahona." (Shaylee)

"The Nephites were favored by the Lord but they would lose His favor and protection if they transgressed and headed down the wrong path." (Brandon)

"Highly favored means that the Lord gives you blessings for following His commandments." (Jaron)

"Mosiah sent a proclamation to the people so that they would gather together to the temple to listen to King Benjamin." (Maycee & Mom)

"The blessings from our ancestors' righteousness blesses us because we are born and raised into highly favored conditions but these blessings are conditional upon us being faithful to the gospel like they were."  (Dad)

Mosiah 1:6-12 (11/26/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Families Can Be Together Forever
Prayer:  Maycee

CLICK TO READ Mosiah 1:6-12

What we learned...

"Not all things that King Benjamin taught his sons are in the book." (Kenyon)

"King Benjamin was teaching his sons to search diligently in the scriptures." (Shaylee)

"If you search the scriptures diligently, you will prosper." (Brandon)

"Blotted out means that you remove it or take it out." (Jaron)

"King Benjamin chose his son Mosiah to replace him as king." (Maycee)

Words of Mormon 1:17-18, Mosiah 1:1-5 (11/25/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
Prayer:  Jaron

CLICK TO READ Words of Mormon 1:17-18, Mosiah 1:1-5

What we learned...

"King Benjamin was teaching his sons their language so that it wouldn't be forgotten." (Kenyon)

"King Benjamin had three sons. And the Lamanites did not have the scriptures which is why they were so wicked." (Shaylee)

"About the people who were stiffnecked you need to teach them strictly to get the point across." (Brandon)

"They needed to pass the scriptures down from fathers to sons or else there wouldn't be the Book of Mormon, and the Nephites would have been wicked." (Jaron)

Words of Mormon 1:10-16 (11/24/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Count Your Many Blessings
Prayer:  Kenyon

CLICK TO READ Words of Mormon 1:10-16

What we learned...

"The Nephites were being very contentious and arguing amongst themselves." (Kenyon)

"The Nephites were committing crimes." (Shaylee)

"The plates were passed down from generation to generation from King Benjamin." (Brandon)

"The Nephites beat the Lamanites. The Nephites also were doing really bad stuff like false preachers and false prophets." (Jaron)

"King Benjamin's army beat the Lamanites." (Maycee)

"When you're getting prideful in your riches and self-righteous that's when false priests and prophets pop up among."  (Mom)

"Out of the things which are written in the Book of Mormon we will be judged at the judgement day."  (Dad)

Words of Mormon 1:3-9 (11/23/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  A Child's Prayer
Prayer:  Brandon

CLICK TO READ Words of Mormon 1:3-9

What we learned...

"Mormon's wish was that the Lamanites would receive the gospel and his record." (Kenyon)

"God told Mormon to include the plates of Nephi because He knew what would happen to the record of Lehi." (Shaylee)

"Every word in the Book of Mormon because we know there was tons more that was not included." (Brandon)

"Mormon combined the plates of all the important scriptures together." (Maycee & Mom)

Omni 1:28-30, Words of Mormon 1:1-2 (11/22/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  Love One Another
Prayer:  Shaylee

CLICK TO READ  Omni 1:28-30, Words of Mormon 1:1-2

What we learned...

"Amaleki died, and Mormon started to write." (Shaylee)

"Amaleki's brother went with the people of Zarahemla in the wilderness and never heard from him again." (Jaron)

"Mormon lived about 800 years after the book of Omni." (Maycee)

"Mormon gave Moroni the plates to record the remaining history of the Nephites and Lamanites and his testimony."  (Mom)

"As we saw with the people of Zarahemla who killed all but fifty of them off in the wilderness contention leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. That's why contention is of the devil and that Jesus taught that it's not enough just to not kill but it's also a sin to hate and be contentious."  (Dad)

Omni 1:21-27 (11/21/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Lord Is My Light
Prayer:  Shaylee

CLICK TO READ  Omni 1:21-27

What we learned...

"Coriantumr was the last survivor of the people who came from the tower of Babel." (Kenyon)

"Amaleki gave the plates to King Benjamin because he was a just man and a prophet." (Shaylee)

"During the time of King of Benjamin there was a serious war and bloodshed and the Nephites drove the Lamanites out of the land." (Brandon)

"Amaleki did not have any children to pass the plates along to so he gave them to King Benjamin." (Jaron)

"Coriantumr's ancestors came from the time of the tower of Babel." (Maycee)

"Amaleki invites us to come unto Christ, partake of His atonement, to continue in fasting and prayer, offer our whole souls unto Him, and endure to the end, and if we do these things, we will be saved."  (Dad)

Omni 1:14-20 (11/20/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  I Love To See The Temple
Prayer:  Mom

CLICK TO READ  Omni 1:14-20

What we learned...

"If we don't nourish our faith and testimony by reading the scriptures they will become corrupt." (Kenyon)

"They brought king Mosiah a stone with engravings upon it. And by the gift and power of God he was able to translate it." (Shaylee)

"King Mosiah taught the people of Zarahemla his language." (Jaron)

"Zarahemla gave Mosiah his geneaology." (Maycee)

"The Lord led Mosiah in the wilderness to the people of Zarahemla, which led to great rejoicing."  (Mom)

"A people that does not keep a written record and the scriptures will over time have their language corrupted and become an unbelieving and wicked people."  (Dad)

Omni 1:7-13 (11/19/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Shaylee, Jaron, Maycee & Eric
Hymn:  My Heavenly Father Loves Me
Prayer:  Dad

CLICK TO READ  Omni 1:7-13

What we learned...

"Amaron pass the plates to his brother Chemish who passed them down to his son Amaleki." (Shaylee)

"The Lord spared the righteous from perishing by delivering them from the hands of their enemies." (Brandon)

"Mosiah was warned by the Lord to flee the land of Nephi."  (Mom)

Omni 1:1-6 (11/17/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee
Hymn:  The Wise Man Built His House Upon The Rock
Prayer:  Jaron

CLICK TO READ  Omni 1:1-6

What we learned...

"There was hope for Omni because he was admitting he was wicked." (Kenyon)

"Omni was Jarom's son and was a wicked man so he only wrote a little bit." (Shaylee)

"Omni kept the commandment of his father by writing their genealogy." (Jaron)

"They were working on their genealogy." (Maycee)

Jarom 1:10-15 (11/16/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee 
Hymn:  Scripture Power
Prayer:  Maycee

CLICK TO READ  Jarom 1:10-15

What we learned...

"The law of Moses was meant to prepare the people for the Messiah and the higher law." (Kenyon)

"People repented because the word of God pricked their hearts." (Shaylee)

"Somebody else is writing now in the Book of Mormon - Omni, Jarom's son." (Jaron)

"The people repented." (Maycee)

"The prophets warned that they'd be destroyed off the face of the earth if they didn't repent."  (Mom)

Jarom 1:3-9 (11/15/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee 
Hymn:  Kindness Begins With Me
Prayer:  Shaylee

CLICK TO READ  Jarom 1:3-9

What we learned...

"The Lamanites came to battle and started wars many times. But because of the Nephites were righteous, including their leaders, they prevailed." (Kenyon)

"It's important to be prepared. For example, the Nephites fortifying their cities for pending attacks." (Brandon)

"There were more Lamanites than Nephites." (Maycee)

"Those who were not stiffnecked and had faith had many revelations."  (Dad)

Enos 1:23-27, Jarom 1:1-2 (11/14/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee 
Hymn:  Happy Family
Prayer:  Kenyon

CLICK TO READ  Enos 1:23-27, Jarom 1:1-2

What we learned...

"Enos needed to continually remind the people of destruction because if he didn't they wouldn't care. The people were motivated only out of fear." (Kenyon)

"Jarom says that he's not going to write much because there is nothing better that he could say that his fathers already said." (Shaylee)

"The purpose of Jarom writing is to keep the genealogy, which his father commanded him." (Brandon)

"Jarom, son of Enos, is now writing on the plates." (Jaron)

"Enos said that he declared the word of Christ, and he feels good about what he's done in the world before he dies."  (Mom)

"Enos was really old and died." (Maycee)

Enos 1:16-22 (11/13/16)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Mom, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron & Maycee 
Hymn:  The Lord Is My Light
Prayer:  Kenyon

CLICK TO READ  Enos 1:16-22

What we learned...

"Have a balanced diet. If you eat all meat it's not good for you." (Kenyon)

"The Lamanites were very wicked, lazy and blood thirsty unlike the Nephites who were patient and grew their crops and tamed their animals." (Shaylee)

"Even if there are many prophets people can still be stiffnecked and not change." (Brandon)

"Enos was prophesying and testifying to the Nephites." (Jaron)

"Enos felt happy when the Lord made His promise to him." (Maycee)

"If the Lord makes us a promise He will keep it."  (Mom)

"Enos wasn't the first to get the Lord to covenant to spare their records to go to the Lamanites. His fathers also requested the same thing of the Lord, which shows us that the closer we are to God the more we desire to help bring souls to Him."  (Dad)