Family Home Evening for Moroni 7-9

 Discuss

In these final chapters of Moroni in the Book of Mormon, we consider the fact that Moroni is all alone. All of the Nephites, including his own father and family, have been destroyed by the Lamanites. Moroni is hiding from the Lamanites, so that he can finish his book in the Book of Mormon and bury it in the place that the Lord instructed him to do so, where it remained for thousands of years, until he told Joseph Smith where to find it.

As he sits alone in hiding, Moroni thought about the important teachings of his father, Mormon. He thought about us, the future readers of his words. He knew that a lot of us would be living in a world that teaches that there is no hope for the future and that everything is sad. Moroni wanted to teach us what his father taught him; no matter how bad things are there is always hope. He taught:

Read Moroni 7:41

41 And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.

Discuss

Jesus Christ is the hope in this world. In this season of Christmas, think about the sacred night when hope was born! Everytime you see the baby Jesus at the center of a nativity, reflect upon the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and find hope in Its power. Think of the promise of joy that repentance and having His Spirit to be with you brings.

You are happier when you share your hope and joy with others, by having charity towards them. Moroni wrote:

Read Moroni 7:47-48

47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.

48 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.

Challenge

Moroni taught that we should pray to be filled with the love of charity. The Guide to the Scriptures says that charity is compassion, love, and service. Think and pray about something you can do to show charity towards someone else, and share the hope of the Savior with them as you do so. 

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