Nephi, one of my favorite prophets of the Book of Mormon, prayed mightily that the anger of his brothers would cease.

Yet, as he prayed, his brothers anger only increased to the point that they wanted to take his life.

A great example of how our prayers don’t always turn out the way we had hoped. Yet Nephi continued to show gratitude for being highly favored of the Lord throughout his life.

The Lord sometimes keeps us in our trials to allow us the opportunity to show gratitude in them. This draws us nearer to him and answers our prayer to become like him.

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