pam Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Jarom 1Â*9 And thus being prepared to meet the Lamanites, they did not prosper against us. But the word of the Lord was verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: inasmuch as ye will keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land.10 And it came to pass that the prophets of the Lord did threaten the people of Nephi, according to the word of God, that if they did not keep the commandments, but should fall into transgression, they should be destroyed from off the face of the land.Quotes for DiscussionConditions of America’s LibertyBecause our nation is a creation of heaven, and because it has a divine destiny, we Americans must learn that it can continue to exist only as it aligns itself with the powers of heaven….Our first President, George Washington…warned that if we are to survive as a free and independent nation, we must obey the Almighty God who brought us into being.Mark E. Petersen, in Conference Report, April 1968, 59Even this nation will be on the verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution is upon the brink of ruin, this people will be the Staff upon which the Nation shall lean, and they shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction.Joseph Smith, Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 304 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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