A Scripture Picture Book– Alma 32

Children love a good story. The Book of Mormon has some of the best stories I know. It's full of suspense, marvelous manifestations, family challenges, secret plots, miracles, war, life lessons, and a walk with God. It will change your life.

Sometimes we feel like we need to simplify the original words for children, but much of the rich content is lost when we do this.

Children love to look at the pictures when we read together, so we created a simple picture book using the words from Alma 32 and some Google images.

If you want to use this book, here's how to put it together:

• First copy page 2 on the back of page 1, page 3 on the back of page 4, page 5 on the back of page 6, page 7 on the back of page 8, and page 9 on the back of page 10. The pictures are formatted to fit on an 8.5"x 11" sheet of paper.

• Make sure the papers are stacked in the correct order.

• While stacked fold the 8.5”x 11” papers in half.

• Open up your book and put a couple staples down the middle crease.

• Your book is ready to read.

• Note: The mastery scriptures are written inside the front cover.

Take time to stop and talk about what you've read to make sure your child understands the passage. Have them tell the story back to you in their own words. Talk about words they might not understand. It's okay to paraphrase parts of the story to help them understand the story line, but eventually you'll want to read the words as printed in the book.

Reading the Book of Mormon also helps develop the reading skills of young readers.

Scripture Mastery – Alma 32:28

Read scripture in context:

Alma and Amulek have success among the Zoramites who are poor. He teaches them they don't need a synagogue to worship the Lord and teaches them how faith is developed.

Scripture to Memorize:

Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me. Alma 32:28

The Meaning of Words:

true: Conformable to fact; being in accordance with the actual state of things; Genuine; pure; real; not counterfeit, adulterated or false;

resist: Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition; to strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat or frustrate.

swell: become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume; be intensely affected or filled with a particular emotion.

motion: the action or process of moving or being moved.

enlarge: To dilate; to expand; as with joy or love. To expand; to make more comprehensive.  To increase in appearance; to magnify to the eye;  To set at liberty; to release from confinement or pressure.

enlighten: To make light; to shed light on; to supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth. To quicken in the faculty of vision; to enable to see more clearly. To give light to; to give clearer views; to illuminate; to instruct; to enable to see or comprehend truth; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding. To illuminate with divine knowledge, or a knowledge of the truth.

Questions to Discuss:

Why do prophets often use the things found in nature to describe the things of the spirit? Why must the Word be planted in my heart? Why must the soil or the heart be soft in order to receive the Word? Where else in the soul could the Word be planted? What is unbelief? How do I cast the Word out by my unbelief? How do I resist the Spirit of the Lord? Why do I resist the Spirit of the Lord? What does it feel like when the Word swells within my breast? How is the soul enlarged? Is this joy or love that is felt in my heart? How does the Word enlighten my understanding? Is this pure intelligence that comes from the Holy Ghost? When something is delicious, do I want more of it? Do I hunger and thirst after righteousness because it is delicious? How does Alma use the physical senses to help me understand the workings of the Spirit of God?

Marking the Scripture:

1. Underline all the “begin/beginneth”. How is planting the seed of faith a new beginning?
2. Highlight the references to seed in green.
3. Highlight what not to do in pink.
4. Highlight in blue the references to word and the effects of the Word.
5. Highligh behold in yellow.

Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

Scrapbook Copy of Scripture:

After the children memorize the verse, they can put this colored copy in their Book of Mormon Scrapbook

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If you want to memorize it for life, you can use the chart at the end of the Memorize For Life post.

Other Helpful Hints are posted at the end of - Remember and Hear God's Voice