You're not going to the woods to pray in my life. In fact, more than once. Then I recently was talking about Enus

with a friend and he said he too had gone to the woods to pray. And I know Scott that you took

Enus's example but went to a mountain. I wonder how many of us have

retreated somewhere trying to do what Enus did. I don't think the location matters because

it can be right in our own bedroom, but there is

something magnificent to learn about prayer from Enus in his book.

Welcome to Meridian magazine's Come Follow Me podcast on the Book of Mormon.

We're Scott and Maureen Proctor, and today's lesson is called He Works in Me to Do His Will,

which covers the chapters from Enus to the words of Mormon.

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Ha ha ha! We see a wonderful pattern that shows up in the Book of Mormon, including in the Book of Enus, and that is the profound

impact that the teachings of parents have on their children. Enist went to the woods to pray, but was overtaken by a more important purpose.

He said, the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life and

the joy of the Saints sunk deep into my heart.

His father of course was Jacob and those words didn't just change his day.

They had reached soul deep echoing throughout his life.

I love knowing that long after Jacob had taught his son, his words stayed with him.

We see the same how Alma's words had so penetrated his son, Alma the

younger. All those years when ostensibly Alma the younger had not only fought his father's

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