< ALMA 27 >
v. 23 And behold, we will set our armies between the land Jershon and the land Nephi, that we may protect our brethren in the land Jershon; and this we do for our brethren, on account of their fear to take up arms against their brethren lest they should commit sin...
I know how to protect my keep (LOTR reference for Peter)
We place ourselves between our children and influences, not behind them.
The Nephites stood out in front, for parents that means: being present, not passive. Knowing who enters the home (who are my kid's friends?), not outsourcing moral formation to schools, peers, or their phones.
Proverbs 22:6 - train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
1) Important to have the Spirit in our home
Protection is made complete with a spiritual atmosphere:
Practical army placements: Family prayer, scripture study, reverent tone about sacred things, repentance modeled openly.
It's not perfection, it's humility
2) Covenants from an inner fortress inside children
Covenants help us 1) always remember him 2) have HIs Spirit to be with them.
When kid's make and internalize covenants they gain identity anchors, a sense of belonging to God, moral reflexes.
3) Teaching children why, not only what
Rules may protect to some degree, but understanding why helps kid's make the right choices.
4) Filtering inputs is a first-line defense
Limiting access to smartphones, social media, watching with them, knowing what they are seeing. People will argue that you are keeping your kids in a bubble. They don't have your kid's good intentions at the heart of their argument. Social media is the greatest evil that has been perpetrated on our children in the modern age. Study after study shows how evil it is to let our children engage in this swill. Limiting their exposure is the best thing you can do to place yourself between them and the armies of the adversary.
Parents can't remove the evil from the world, but they can build resilience, teach discernment, reduce the intesity of the attack, and delay exposure until they are prepared.
I know how to protect my keep (LOTR reference for Peter)
We place ourselves between our children and influences, not behind them.
The Nephites stood out in front, for parents that means: being present, not passive. Knowing who enters the home (who are my kid's friends?), not outsourcing moral formation to schools, peers, or their phones.
Proverbs 22:6 - train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
1) Important to have the Spirit in our home
Protection is made complete with a spiritual atmosphere:
Practical army placements: Family prayer, scripture study, reverent tone about sacred things, repentance modeled openly.
It's not perfection, it's humility
2) Covenants from an inner fortress inside children
Covenants help us 1) always remember him 2) have HIs Spirit to be with them.
When kid's make and internalize covenants they gain identity anchors, a sense of belonging to God, moral reflexes.
3) Teaching children why, not only what
Rules may protect to some degree, but understanding why helps kid's make the right choices.
4) Filtering inputs is a first-line defense
Limiting access to smartphones, social media, watching with them, knowing what they are seeing. People will argue that you are keeping your kids in a bubble. They don't have your kid's good intentions at the heart of their argument. Social media is the greatest evil that has been perpetrated on our children in the modern age. Study after study shows how evil it is to let our children engage in this swill. Limiting their exposure is the best thing you can do to place yourself between them and the armies of the adversary.
Parents can't remove the evil from the world, but they can build resilience, teach discernment, reduce the intesity of the attack, and delay exposure until they are prepared.
v. 28 ... and they never did look upon death with any degree of terror, for their hope and views of Christ and the resurrection; therefore, death was swallowed up to them by the victory of Christ over it.
Perfect brightness of hope
Perfect hope means: they know Christ lives. They trust in the resurrection. They trust judgement will be just. They trust mercy is real. So death loses its ultimate threat.
This shifts the question from How do I survive to how do I remain true?
They didn't just join a religion, they became a covenant people. A second mile type of disciple.
Perfect brightness of hope
Perfect hope means: they know Christ lives. They trust in the resurrection. They trust judgement will be just. They trust mercy is real. So death loses its ultimate threat.
This shifts the question from How do I survive to how do I remain true?
They didn't just join a religion, they became a covenant people. A second mile type of disciple.