Moroni Prepares for War

While Amalickiah was preparing for war in his evil ways, Moroni was also preparing.  The scripture outlines his physical preparations in fortifying the land, but even before that, Mormon describes Moroni's spiritual preparation. 

Alma 48:7 Now it came to pass that while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power by fraud and deceit, Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God. 

This should be such a strong reminder for us, that before the physical preparations for conflict or trials or challenges, we need to make spiritual preparations.  Before we put on our physical armor we need to put on the armor of God.  Before we prepare our arguments, before we ready the Power Point, before we pack our suitcase, before we prepare to go meet the adversary, we need to immerse ourselves in the scriptures, spend time on our knees, ponder in the temple, partake of the sacrament.  We need to do as Moroni did and prepare our minds to be faithful unto the Lord our God.