Nephi had been struggling to teach the people, but they just weren’t listening anymore. He went home and knelt upon his garden tower and prayed, sad about the wickedness of the people. A crowd gathered and heard him praying. When Nephi saw the crowd, he began to teach them, calling on them to repent or they would be destroyed. He reminded them that they needed to turn from their wicked ways and turn to Christ.

To show the people that he truly was a prophet, he told them that the chief judge had just been murdered. Five men went to see if Nephi was right. Eventually everyone learned that Nephi was right, but even this miraculous sign didn’t cause the people to repent.

Nephi was saddened again because of the wickedness of the people. The Lord comforted Nephi, and gave him special priesthood power, which allowed him to ask God for anything, because God knew Nephi wouldn’t ask for anything contrary to the will of God.

Our prophet today has special priesthood keys that help him to direct the church. God speaks to us through his prophet. The prophet can help us know things that we should watch out for, things we should do to be happy, and he always reminds us to stay on the right path. It’s important that we learn to listen to and follow the prophet.