Hello, my name is Elder Sherrrow and I'm serving in Vacaville 3rd ward, I have been out on my mission about a year and am loving every minute of it. Today I would like to share with you a simple story about the working of Satan and how He tries to attack our weakness. I'm going to relate a story from the book of Mormon to explain the way the adversary works. So if you remember in the book of Alma Ch.16 the city of Ammonihah is taken over and destroyed by the lamanites. Ok so now we are going to fast forward about six years later. And the Lamanites and Nephites are still in battle, and in Alma Ch.49 it reads:
1 And now it came to pass in the eleventh month of the nineteenth year, on the tenth day of the month, the armies of the Lamanites were seen approaching towards the land of aAmmonihah.
2 And behold, the city had been rebuilt, and Moroni had stationed an army by the borders of the city, and they had acast up dirt round about to shield them from the arrows and the bstones of the Lamanites; for behold, they fought with stones and with arrows.
3 Behold, I said that the city of aAmmonihah had been rebuilt. I say unto you, yea, that it was in part rebuilt; and because the Lamanites had destroyed it once because of the iniquity of the people, they supposed that it would again become an easy prey for them.
4 But behold, how great was their disappointment; for behold, the Nephites had dug up a aridge of earth round about them, which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect, neither could they come upon them save it was by their place of bentrance.
5 Now at this time the chief acaptains of the Lamanites were astonished exceedingly, because of the wisdom of the Nephites in preparing their places of security.
6 Now the leaders of the Lamanites had supposed, because of the greatness of their numbers, yea, they supposed that they should be privileged to come upon them as they had hitherto done; yea, and they had also prepared themselves with shields, and with abreastplates; and they had also prepared themselves with garments of skins, yea, very thick garments to cover their nakedness.
7 And being thus prepared they supposed that they should easily overpower and asubject their brethren to the yoke of bondage, or slay and massacre them according to their pleasure.
8 But behold, to their uttermost astonishment, they were aprepared for them, in a manner which never had been known among the children of Lehi. Now they were prepared for the Lamanites, to battle after the manner of the instructions of Moroni.
Satan like the laminites is striving to over take us but we will be prepared for him as we listen to our leaders. General Conference is this weekend, Satan and his minions are "great in numbers", "they have prepared with shields, and breast plates, and thick garments.'' insomuch "they think that they can overtake us". But behold, to their uttermost astonishment, the people of the church were aprepared for them, in a manner which never had been known among the children of men. Now they were prepared for Satan, to battle after the manner of the instructions of President Thomas S. Monson. Let us all be prepared for our great leaders instructions this weekend.
