Keep Covenants.

Alma 53:14,15


"...for they were about to break the oath which they had made. And Helaman feared lest by so doing they should lose their souls..."

Helaman realized the importance of keeping covenants. He would not have the Anti-Nephi-Lehi people defend themselves. He would rather have a weak army then suffer those people to break a covenant. When we break the covenants we make with God, we can lose our souls. When we make covenants, we promise to God to always keep them! We must not take them lightly or forget how sacred and important they are.