Flooding My Life with the Book of Mormon 2.0

2 Nephi 6:2 Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things. The godly order, or the order by which God operates, we call the priesthood. According to the Topical Guide, the order to which Jacob was ordained is the Melchizedek Priesthood. To be ordained is to be appointed and invested with authority. Jacob did not take the responsibility upon himself to be the priest and minister to the Nephites. He received that assignment by ordination from his brother Nephi, who had received authority from his father, Lehi. Jacob exercised his ordained authority to lead the people in spiritual matters, including calling them to repentance.  By analogy, proper political authority is derived from the governed. The people choose their leader ...

1 Nephi 21:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. One of the names of God is Mighty. He is power personified. Everything He does, He does with power. Further, He is the most powerful of all beings and forces in the universe. Nothing and no one has more power than God. All other things and beings derive their power from Him. What is more marvelous about His power is, that He uses it to bless me. Everything He does is calculated for my benefit. It is wonderful to contemplate that the most powerful, mighty Being in the universe is on my side. 

1 Nephi 17:48 And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these words they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him. When a person speaks or acts in the name of a higher authority, they are stating that the authority has been delegated to them to speak or act. They act in place of the higher authority, as if they were indeed the very one they represent. As an agent, their acts are as binding and authoritative as if the higher authority were performing them directly. The city, in the form of the city council, authorizes police officers to enforce the laws of the city. All governments ...

1 Nephi 17:46 And ye also know that by the power of his almighty word he can cause the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye know that by his word he can cause the rough places to be made smooth, and smooth places shall be broken up. O, then, why is it, that ye can be so hard in your hearts? If God has the power to change the very crust of the earth that seems so permanent and immutable, He surely has the power to change me--a fleshy, weak, squirmy mortal. He can make rough places smooth. If He can flatten Mount Everest and fill in the Grand Canyon, He can smooth out the rough spots in my character.  He can also break up smooth surfaces. If He can churn up the West Utah Salt Flats, He can likewise break up my smooth pride, conceit, and self-sufficiency to humble me and bring me to my knees.  But whatever He can tear up, He can also smooth out again. He won't leave me broken in pieces if I repent and turn to Him for healing.

1 Nephi 17:32 And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did make them mighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea, unto the scattering them to destruction. The children of Israel had to cross the river before God would make them mighty. They had to put themselves in the right place and exercise their faith. God parted the river for them, but they had to follow the priests and walk through it before the Lord would bless them with victories over their enemies. I likewise must put myself in the right place to receive God's greatest blessings. I must stand in holy places. To get to those holy places, I must cross over the river that separates me from God. That river is the sin in my life, which has carved a deep chasm between me and my Father.  Christ can stop the waters and build a bridge over the chasm for me by His atonement when I repent. Once I cross into the holy places, such as the temple, God gives me power to face and defeat my enemies--Satan, temptation,...

1 Nephi 2:14 And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit, until their frames did shake before him. And he did confound them, that they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he commanded them. Any power I may possess to teach or testify comes through the Holy Ghost. God's power is the only true power of conversion. Evil people may be mighty in words and clever in expression and charismatic in personality, and they may sway our thinking when we use only our mortal powers of reasoning, but God's power not only changes minds but changes hearts. God's power never fades or gets overridden by someone with fancier speech or more logical reasoning. To have the power to change hearts and invite people to repent and come unto  Christ, I must have the power of the Holy Ghost in me. The Holy Ghost can make even a poor speaker powerful in testimony. When the Holy Ghost operates in both the speaker ...