Flooding My Life with the Book of Mormon 2.0

2 Nephi 9:10 O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit. I am not spared death, but it is not my permanent and final end. Though it may capture me temporarily, Christ provides an escape, a release. I will not remain dead forever, either physically or spiritually.

1 Nephi 21:24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives delivered? Christ is my Advocate, Redeemer, and Deliverer. He also contends for me as my Champion. He has already defeated Satan and has set my rescue in motion. Though Satan may appear as a powerful adversary, even as a mighty hunter, he is no match for Christ. Because I sin, I am rightfully the devil's prey. He should own me, lock, stock, and barrel. But because Christ is mightier than Satan, He can snatch me from my captor and deliver me to the safety of the Father's arms.

1 Nephi 19:16 Yea, then will he remember the isles of the sea; yea, and all the people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in, saith the Lord, according to the words of the prophet Zenos, from the four quarters of the earth. From the isles of the sea and the four quarters of the earth--no matter how lost I am and how far away I have drifted, Christ can find me and lead me back to God. There is no place I can hide, no isle I can escape to, no corner of the earth so remote that Christ cannot find me if I am willing to be found. No sin is so deep and so dark that Jesus cannot penetrate the darkness and shine His light and lift me up. 

1 Nephi 17:26 Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to do that great work; and ye know that by his word the waters of the Red Sea were divided hither and thither, and they passed through on dry ground. Deliverance is always miraculous. The deliverance of Israel from the Egyptians is the ultimate Old Testament symbol of the miraculous deliverance Christ would perform in the atonement. He provides a way back to the Father when I can find no way back on my own. He parts the sea of sin and mortal weakness so I may traverse a straight, solid path to God. 

1 Nephi 10:18 For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him. God planned all things from the very beginning. He knew exactly how earthlife would play out for His family. He knew Adam and Eve would transgress His law and bring about the fall of mankind. In fact, He needed it to be so, so that mortality would have meaning.  We had to have choices, and so we needed opposition. At the same time, God planned for the way for us to return to Him. The atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ were planned as well. Jesus would be the way that we could follow to return to our Father in heaven. To paraphrase Elder Holland, Jesus was not Plan B or even Plan A, He was and is the ONLY Plan .

1 Nephi 5:8 And she spake, saying: Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded my husband to flee into the wilderness; yea, and I also know of a surety that the Lord hath protected my sons, and delivered them out of the hands of Laban, and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath commanded them. And after this manner of language did she speak. Sariah's testimony was based on outcomes. This is shaky ground for a testimony. At first, she lost faith in God because she thought He had not protected her sons, and now her faith in God was stronger because He had indeed protected them. What would happen to her faith when the next thing goes wrong? I may want God to protect me from every problem and every danger, but the fact is, He will not protect me constantly. I have to experience adversity and trials. If He kept me from every difficulty, this life would be wasted. I would return to Him weaker than when I left Him. This life is a probation, me...

  1 Nephi 1:20 And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him [Lehi]; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. God's tender mercies are the blessings He grants us from His tender, loving heart as our Father. Tender mercies are not earned, they are gifts. Sometimes we don't even ask for them. He gives them simply out of the goodness of His magnificent heart. They are kindnesses He showers blessings upon us because He loves us. Tender mercies are not everyday, run-of-the-mill, ordinary blessings, but are special gifts, added bonuses.  He grants His tender mercies to those whom He has chosen. And why are certain people chosen? Because they have faith, and they are try...