King Lamoni part 1 Alma 18

Okay, so last post was Alma 17, and I talked about Ammon going on a mission and he began working for King Lamoni.
So, it picks up in chapter 18 that King Lamoni is shown the arms that Ammon had hewn from the enemy Lamanites that had tried to scatter the king's flocks.
So, when the king saw these things he commanded his servants to repeat all that had happened and he was astonished and assumed that Ammon was the Great Spirit. So, he inquires as to where Ammon is, and he is told that Ammon is feeding the king's horses horses. Lamoni wants to speak with Ammon but he is too afraid to summon him.
Eventually he does summon him and Ammon asks what the king desired of him. The king was bewildered and did not speak for an hour, Ammon inquires again, what the king desires of him.

     ". . .But the king answered him not. And when it came to pass that Ammmon, being filled with the Spirit of God, therefore he perceived the thoughts of the king. And he said unto him: Is it because thou hast heard that I defended thy servants and they flocks,  and slew seven of their brethren with the sling and with the sword, and smote off the arms of the others, in order to defend thy flocks and thy servants; Behold is it this that causeth thy marvelings?"

Ammon, through the Spirit of the Lord, discerned the thoughts of Lamoni.
After Ammon had said these things, Lamoni told Ammon that he would give Ammon anything that he desired.
Ammon said that all he wanted was to teach Lamoni the Gospel. Lamoni consented that he wanted to learn.
Ammon teaches Lamoni the basics, and Lamoni listens and believes.

"And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying: O Lord have mercy; according to thy abundant mercy which thou hast had upon the people of Nephi, have upon me, and my people. And now, when he said this, he fell unto the earth, as if he were dead."

His servants took his body to his wife, the Queen, and laid him on a bed. He laid there, as if he were dead, for two days and two nights, and his wife and children mourned for him.

That's where chapter 18 ends. Chapter 19 is where the story really begins.

So, we may say "Oh, I'll never meet an Ammon that will give me this amazing spiritual moment and teach me like Lamoni."
So, wrong. We have our strong, young missionaries that preach the gospel. They are called by the Spirit and they are the true super heros of our day. They are truly men called of God, and if you invite the spirit in with you, you will have the same amazing testimony delivered to you that Ammon did, but like everything else in the world, you have to request it and invite it in. Feeling the Spirit is amazing and I always wondered why I didn't feel the spirit during church and all these spiritual activities, everyone's like Oh, I felt the spirit so strongly, and I never noticed a difference. I think the thing is that I invite the spirit with me always and I stay out of situations that would make him leave me. I strive to always feel him near, and if you invite him in and keep him in your mind and in your heart you will truly feel his love and your life will be blessed.
There will always be trials. Satan is constantly trying to put his hooks into anyone that tries to follow the straight and narrow path. He doesn't try to go after people without a testimony, of course he influences them, but anyone who is truly trying to be good he's going to hammer away at, day after day. He wants us to give up, he wants us to fail and to not believe. He puts all sorts of stumbling blocks and barriers in our way to slow us down or stop us all together, but we can't let him win. He may win a battle or two, but we cannot let him win the war. We have to be prepared to step up and boldly declare our testimonies, and be like Ammon.