Power

• Alma 11:46…Speak boldly, directly, with pure doctrine and it will cause the sinners to tremble and be astonished.
• Alma 12: 15…The Savior has all power to save every man that believeth on His name and bringeth forth fruit meet for repentance
• Alma 12: 5-6…Satan uses people to exercise his power. They feel his power, but his sole purpose is to encircle them with his chains to everlasting destruction
• Alma 12: 5…Satan can exercise his power through people who are willing to let him
• Alma 7:8…The Lord God hath power to do all things which are according to His word.
• Alma 18: 35…Just a portion of the Lord’s Spirit can give you (1) Knowledge (2) Power (according to faith & desires that are in God)
• Alma 14: 20, 24…Unbelievers don’t understand. They always ask “if ye have such great power why do ye not deliver yourselves?” Sign seekers
• 3 Nephi 7: 18…Power – Speak with it, and others believe
• Mormon 8: 24…Power of God’s word – miracles
• 1 Nephi 19: 13…Don’t reject Power of God (as the Jews did)
• Mosiah 13: 6…No matter what the circumstances (even death) speak with power & authority
• Alma 47:18… And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.
• 2 Nephi 24: 12-19…12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms? 17 And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, every one of them in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
• Pearl of Great Price, Moses, Chapter 4:3… Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
• Alma 47:18… And it came to pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.
• “Blame is useless. Blaming only gives away our power. Keep your power. Without power, we cannot make changes. The helpless victim cannot see a way out.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 101
• “Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he has espoused, at the end of that trial or affliction that individual is nearer to God, nearer in regard to the increase of faith, wisdom, knowledge and power, and hence is more confident in calling upon the Lord for those things he desires. I have known individuals who have trembled at the idea of passing through certain ordeals who after they were through the temptation have said they could approach the Lord in more confidence and ask for such blessings as they desired. …”   Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, 2011
• “Blame is one of the surest ways to stay in a problem. In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 29
• “You are no longer helpless; you are acknowledging your own power. You are saying, “I am beginning to understand that I created this. I now take my own power back. I am going to release this old idea and let it go.””  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)  Page 60
•  Moses 4:3…Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
• “The priesthood is the power and authority of God. It has always existed and will continue to exist without end (see Alma 13:7-8, Doctrine and Covenants 84:17-18). Through the priesthood, God created and governs the heavens and the earth. Through this power, He exalts His obedient children, bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man (Moses 1:39; see also Doctrine and Covenants 84:35-38).” Manual Handbook 2: Administering the Church, Priesthood Principles