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Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 39–42 – Autumn Dickson

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Perspectives on Corianton

by Autumn Dickson

In the chapters we’ve been reading lately, Alma is counseling with his sons. We read so many incredible sermons of missionaries and prophets to their people, but these are incredible messages given from father to sons. One of these messages is especially relevant today as Alma talks to his son Corianton. Corianton had been guilty of sexual sin. As the Come Follow Me manual so eloquently puts, it can be hard to know how to help our loved ones when they’ve made a big mistake. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 39–42 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 36–38 – Autumn Dickson

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Diligence is Underrated

by Autumn Dickson

There was a period in my life where my stress levels grew to problematic levels that were consuming me. I was experiencing some postpartum depression, and that was combined with responsibilities that threatened to drown me. I was tired all of the time. I was waking up at the crack of dawn with a toddler (after waking up with the baby throughout the night), and I would move from task to task to task to task until as late as 10:00 pm. This was compounded by health problems that I started experiencing. For weeks on end (maybe even a few months), it felt like there wasn’t a reprieve. There wasn’t any time to pull my head above water for a breath. Conner was swamped with his own work, and so we were both just surviving. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 36–38 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 32–35 – Autumn Dickson

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Nourish Belief

by Autumn Dickson

This week, we find the well-known sermon taught by Alma about planting a seed of faith and nourishing the tree. Alma is approached by the poorer class of people who have been cast out of the synagogues because of their coarse clothing. Alma then begins to preach unto them, teaching them about worship and belief. Here is the beginning of the analogy he teaches to the people. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 32–35 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 30–31 – Autumn Dickson

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Hearts of the Zoramites

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In the chapters for this week, we read an interesting account about some Nephite dissenters known as Zoramites. These Zoramites had stopped following the Law of Moses and taken to a new form of worship that astonished Alma and the other missionaries. Once a week, on the “day of the Lord,” the Zoramites would gather at the synagogues they had erected. Then, they would all take turns standing up and reciting the same prayer. After this worship experience, they would head home, never speaking of their worship again until the next time they gathered in the synagogues. Here is some of the prayer they would recite: [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 30–31 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 23–29 – Autumn Dickson

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He Relentlessly Pursues Us

by Autumn Dickson

In chapters 24 and 25 of Alma, we read about the details of a war between the Lamanites, Nephites, and the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi. Let’s cover the timeline of this story so we can pull out details of how the Lord works with His people. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 23–29 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 17–22 – Autumn Dickson

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The Power of Women

by Autumn Dickson

Just as a heads up, I will be speaking about Ammon this week, but it takes a bit for me to segue into it so stay with me.

In the March 2024 Relief Society Broadcast, J. Anette Dennis, the first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency taught, “There is no other religious organization in the world, that I know of, that has so broadly given power and authority to women.” This has caused quite a backlash on social media. I’ve read a lot of the comments regarding it, and though there are too many to cover, I’d like to talk about one common argument. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 17–22 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 13–16 – Autumn Dickson

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Foreordained

by Autumn Dickson

As we begin the chapters for this week, we find Alma preaching to the people regarding a variety of topics. One of these topics is how high priests are foreordained and sent to the earth to fulfill special callings. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 13–16 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 8–12 – Autumn Dickson

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Revelation for Alma

by Autumn Dickson

In the chapters for this week, we read about Alma and Amulek attempting to convert the hard-hearted people of Ammonihah. In the beginning, we observe Alma as he originally goes into the city to preach to the people. They spit on him and revile him, and he leaves the city with much sorrow. As he is journeying, an angel comes and uplifts him and shares this message. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 8–12 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 5–7 – Autumn Dickson

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The Change of Heart

by Autumn Dickson

In the chapters for this week, we find various sermons and experiences from Alma as he is traveling from city to city to try and build up the church. In one of the areas, Zarahemla, he found some issues within the church that were plaguing the Saints and taking them away from the Lord. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Alma 5–7 – Autumn Dickson

Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Mosiah 25–28 – Autumn Dickson

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Belief Comes First

by Autumn Dickson

In the chapters this week in Mosiah, we learn about the rising generation who did not believe in the word of God. They had not been around in the time of King Benjamin, and so they didn’t have the same experiences as their parents. There is one verse in there that really has me pondering some of the ways I have framed the gospel in my mind. [Read more…] about Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Mosiah 25–28 – Autumn Dickson