Alma had to flee from King Noah’s guards, then with 450 others he has to flee from King Noah’s armies. Now Alma’s people again are fleeing this time from the Lamanites. Of Alma’s people it is written “they were much frightened (Mosiah 23:26).”
Alma gave them an invitation “that they should not be frightened, but that they should remember the Lord their God and he would deliver them (Mosiah 23:27).”
It was not easy but they were abled to hush “their fears, and began to cry unto the Lord that he would soften the hearts of the Lamanites… And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the hearts of the Lamanites (Mosiah 23:28-29).”
The devil “teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray. But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint [nor fear]. - 2 Nephi 32:8-9