"Therefore what say ye, my sons, will ye go against them to battle?
And now I say unto you, my beloved brother Moroni, that never had I seen aso great bcourage, nay, not amongst all the Nephites. ...
Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the aliberty of their bfathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their cmothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them."
Alma 56:44-45,47
In the Book of Mormon, one of my favorite stories is that of a group of 2 thousand young men. They knew that their fathers could not go to war because of a covenant they had made, so they courageously took up arms to defend their familes. Their mothers had taught them in such a way that they knew God and trusted that they would be delivered if they obeyed Him with exactness.
Today we do not have such battles in which we have to wear helmets or breastplates and carry sheilds and swords. We do however, fight daily against the powers of hell as we strive to obey with exactness the commandments of God. We must take courage and stand up for what we believe. Today we fight for the life and liberty of the souls of our families and friends.
And that leaves us with a challenge and a question: Are we willing to be valiant warriors in our modern day?
What helps you to have the daily strength to go to battle?
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