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For the little ones in your life, include them in Christmas celebrations with these fun Christmas books and stories written just for them: Before Christmas, read the prophecies of Christ's birth as told by Book of Mormon prophets. Reading and comparing these accounts with other prophesies of Jesus's birth can help give us a more complete picture of the circumstances surrounding the first Christmas. It also helps us to remember that the Lord knows His sheep no matter where they are, even those scattered on the isles of the sea. When you tell the Christmas story, include the events of Christmas day in the Americas as recorded in the Book of Mormon.
The Christmas story in the Book of Mormon is as miraculous as the one found in the Bible. We read in 3 Nephi 1 that on the very night the believers were to be killed, the sign of Jesus's birth is given along with many other "signs and wonders.
These faithful Saints would have to keep Christmas in their hearts for 33 years before the resurrected Christ would be able to visit them. We have it pretty easy remembering the spirit of the season for just one year. Give the best Christmas gift and share the Book of Mormon or your testimony of the Book of Mormon with someone. While treats and toys are fun gifts to give and receive, but they don't last. As Latter-day Saints, we have a greater, eternal gift to share: Sharing your testimony or giving someone a Book of Mormon doesn't have to be a big deal, either.
You can always slip one in along with other goodies and neighbor gifts. Or share a beautifully illustrated heirloom edition with an LDS family you know so they can more fully love and appreciate the Book of Mormon in their home. No matter how you decide to do it, sharing the Book of Mormon and emphasizing it in your life not only just at Christmas will bring blessings. These bags are perfectly arranged to accommodate temple clothing and even have a little room to spare. How to Give a Powerful Talk: I have never been one to see what is right before my nose. In fact, it takes a pretty decent amount of time before I can actually see things making sense before my eyes.
A Book of Mormon Christmas: The Nativity Story in Picture, Verse, and Song
So please forgive me when I say that I did not fully grasp the reason for the Book of Mormon until a few years ago. That would put me at over 20 years of reading these pages over and over and over again. Pretty frightening when you think about. Something changed in my reading comprehension a short while ago that made all the difference.
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I began to realize that literally each prophet bares his testimony of Jesus Christ. There are so many powerful witnesses of Christ, his Atonement, and the plan for our salvation. In some way or another, each prophet shares his own experience discovering this testimony for himself. And almost all of them include a special witness of Christ being born.
Let me share three of my favorite examples: Nephi, Jacob, and King Benjamin. I love his honesty with himself and with us.
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He often tells us in his writings just how it is with him, and I have grown to love his honesty. And it is because of this honest approach to his writings that I truly believe his testimony of Christ. Is there anything more humbling than a young man taking himself apart and choosing to ponder on the things of God? It is then that Nephi is given his own vision, because if you read closely, you begin to understand that Nephi is treated to a little bit more than his own father saw.
I behold that thou hast shown unto me the tree which is precious above all. Nephi is speaking with the Spirit of the Lord and is being shown exactly what his father saw, and yet, he is burning to know more. And lucky him, for he is about to witness the Christmas story play out before his very eyes. Which, to us, may seem unfathomable, even silly. But remember, Nephi grew up practicing the law of Moses, and at that time the very reason for this law had been forgotten. I looked…and beheld a virgin, and she was exceedingly fair….
Nephi, what beholdest thou? And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair…. And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God? I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do know know the meaning of all things. Even the great prophet Nephi had to start somewhere!
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He is shown the mother of the Son of God bearing a child in her arms and is told by the Spirit that this child is,. And then Nephi is asked again if he now understands the meaning of the tree which his father saw. This time, Nephi knows the answer: It is now that Nephi begins to understand and the vision is further unfolded to him.
- A Book of Mormon Christmas!
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- A Book of Mormon Christmas: The Nativity Story in Picture, Verse, and Song by Michelle Kendall.