Grandmas Scripture Stories

We don't  know when Christ will come back to the earth.  There are things that need to happen before He comes.  Temple work- sealing families together forever (that is happening), The scriptures restored!  (Aren't we so grateful for the Book of Mormon).  The Gospel of Jesus Christ brought back to earth (that has happened), Missionary work (do you know any missionaries), Wi...

Jesus came and taught the people all about the sacrament.  He taught them they could always have His spirit to be with them if they would take the sacrament and covenant to remember Him and keep his commandments.  

Christ tells the people it is time for Him to return to His Father.  The people don't want Him to leave.  They are so sad He says He will stay and He asks for all their sick or anyone who needs healing to be brought to HIm and He will heal them.  He then gathers their little children and blesses them.  Fire comes down from Heaven and surrounds their little children and angels m...

Samuel the Lamanite had prophecied of the signs of Jesus crucifiction and the believers watched and waited. Storms came, and earthquakes, great destruction, a mists of darkness. A voice came from heaven saying Wo unto the people.  It told the people He was Christ the Son of God that came to help us find the way to truth and happiness.  He told them I am the Light of the World.  He t...

Nephi was the prophet and found out the wicked people had set a time when all those who beleived in Christ and the prophecies that He would be born, would be killed.  Nephi prayed very hard.  He knew Christ would be born but he was very worried about everyone else who believed like he did, that they would be killed.  That night as he prayed, he heard a voice telling him the Savior w...

Gadianhi was the leader of the Gadianton Robbers.  He wrote a letter to Lachoneus (the leader of the Nephites) demanding their lands, their animals, their food...everything!  He uses the devices Satan uses.  1-He flatters, 2-He lies, 3- He calls him foolish, 4- He threatens, 5-He says it is all theirs anyway, and 6-then he says if they don't listen and agree they will come destroy t...

It had been 600 years since Lehi left Jerusalem.  Many of the Nephites were not righteous anymore.  Samuel the Lamanite came to Zarahemla to preach to the people and prophecy of the signs of Jesus birth.  He said there would be a night a day and a night as bringt as noon day.  Some believed, but most did not and even tried to kill Samuel.  5 years passed and the unbeliever...

Nephi pours out his heart to God.  The Nephites will not repent.  God tells Nephi he sees how valiantly he is serving.  He tells Nephi whatever he prays for He will do, because he knows Nephi will only ask what God himself would ask.  Nephi prays for a famine.  After 2 years the people repent and recognize Nephi is a prophet of God.  

The prophet Nephi is so heartbroken about the wickedness of the Nephites (the Gadianton Robbers had overtaken the government) that he goes out and prays on his garden tower.  Some people in the city stopped to listen.  When Nephi noticed a crowd gathered he started to teach the people and prophesy.  Telling them if they did not repent they would all be destroyed.  Nephi told th...

After Pahoran's death (remember that great leader who fought to retake the government with Moroni) he had 3 sons who each wanted to take his place as chief judge of the land.  There was an election and Pahoran Jr. was selected.  Paanchi, his brother was mad!  He got those who voted for him to rebel... they got Kishkumen to go and kill Pahoran the new chief Judge (his own brother). &...

Samuel the Lamanite was called to preach repentance to the Nephites who were not obeying God or following his teachings.  Some Nephites repented, most got angry and tried to hurt Samuel by shooting arrows at him or throwing rocks at him.  Samuel was not afraid, He was obeying God and that mattered most to him.  Samuel prophesied many things to the Nephites including the signs of his...

Nephi and Lehi were the sons of Helaman.  They were brothers who taught the word of God.  They converted 8,000 Lamanites because the word of God was so powerful in them.  Some of the people did not believe and threw them in jail.  The guards came to take them and kill them.  Nephi and Lehi were surrounded by fire.  The fire did not burn them.  All 300 of the pris...

Moroni accuses Pahoran of neglecting their armies, being lazy, and a selfish traitor.  Pahoran does not get angry.  He thanks Moroni for his letter and asks him to come help him get the government back from the King men so they can get sufficient supplies and armies to regain peace in the land. "Life is perfect for none of us!  Rather than being judgemental may we have the pure love...

Moroni and his Nephite captains have been engaged in war against their enemies a long time.  They are short on supplies and are not getting additional soldiers for help.  They are in serious trouble.  Moroni is very upset with the government that they are not sending the additional help His men need.  In his anger he writes a mean letter to the Chief Judge, Pahoran.  He sa...

Ammoron took over as King of the Lamanites after his brother Amalikiah was killed.  Moroni wanted to save his own people (many women, children, and men) who had been captured in war by the Lamanites.  The Nephites only captured men, letting the innocent women and children go free.  When Moroni requested an exchange of prisoners but he requested an entire family for one of the Lamani...

The Lamanites kept coming and attacking the people of Ammon.  The Anti Nephi Lehi's were so sad to see the Nephites fight to protect them, often losing their lives.  They decided they could not watch anymore and were about to break their covenant.  But Helaman persuaded them not to, telling them God would continue to bless them, as He always had, if they were faithful to keeping the...

Teancum was a great military leader who worked for Captain Moroni.  Teancum had fought with the Nephites in many battles.  He had seen the heart ache and destruction war caused.  He was very upset with Amalikiah and all the destruction he had caused.  Amalikiah had been a Nephite and had left and joined with the Lamanites.  Late one night, after a full day of battle, Teanc...

After Amalikiah gains control of the Lamanite armies he comes back to the Lamanite King and When he hails the king, Amalikiah's servants kill the king.  The kings own servants are so afraid they run away.  Amalikiah tells everyone the Kings own servants killed him.  The queen is so sad and asks Amalikiah to come and tell her what happened to her husband the King.  Amalikiah use...

Amalikiah was a Nephite.  But He was never satisfied with what he had and always wanted more.  He wanted to lead.  He started to use flattery (telling people nice things to get them to do what you want) to get people to follow him.  When Moroni (the captain of the Nephite armies) found out he was very concerned.  He made the title of Liberty to remind the Nephites how impo...

Moroni prepares the Nephites and their cities, to focus on God and their freedoms.  He built ditches, walls of dirt, walls of stones, towers to have look outs, armies to stand guard.  Amalikiah and the Lamanites were shocked the Nephite preperation.  The Lamanites armies did not dare attack.  The Nephites had all power over their enemies.  Moroni and the Nephites did never...

Corianton served a mission with his brothers Helaman and Shiblon, his father Alma, Amulek, and Zeezrom.  Corianton did not obey the mission rules.  He did not do the things he was supposed to, and because of that people did not want to know about the church or God.  Alma talked to Corianton.  He had to get upset with him to make him understand he needed to do better.  Some...

Moroni was the Chief Commander of the Nephite Army.  Amalikiah was a Nephite that decided He no longer wanted to be a Nephite...He wanted to be incharge and He convinced many Nephites that if they put him incharge he would give them a position of honor.  He was so good at saying what the people wanted to hear, many Nephites stopped believing in the teachings of the church and started to...

Alma teaches the poor Zoramites that to gain a testimony you have to plant the word of God and allow it to grow like a seed.  

Shiblon was a very righteous man.  He had served missions with his father.  He had been stoned for things he taught.  He never wavered in his testmiony of the truth.  

Alma tells of his experience with an Angel of God.  His agony for 3 days and then his joy when he called on Christ.  HE counsels Helaman to use the scriptures to instruct the people.  Helaman is called to replace his father.