Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Week 10




Day 64

GET BACK ON SCHEDULE

Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:

Alma 56 or If you’re up to date with your reading, take time to study: Alma 42

What things does Alma teach about the plan of salvation?

How can God be “a perfect, just God and a merciful God also”?





Day 65

Read: Alma 57-59

Mark: 57:27, 58:11-12

“He whose name this church bears has promised that He will be in our midst, lead us along, go before us, and even fight our battles. He has further counseled, ‘Be not afraid of your enemies,

for I have decreed in my heart … that I will prove you in all things, whether you will abide in my covenant, even unto death, that you may be found worthy’ (D&C 98:14).”

-Elder Neal A Maxwell

How can the Lord help you overcome fear?





Day 66

Read: Alma 60-61

Mark: Alma 60:20

“When you look in the dictionary for the most important word, do you know what it is? It could be remember …our greatest need is to remember.”

~ President Spencer W. Kimball

“Satan wants us to be slow to remember what we have received and heard. He wants us to minimize and even forget the quiet witnesses of the Spirit that have told us who we really are.”

~ Sister Susan L. Warner

What helps you to not forget the spiritual experiences you’ve had?





Day 67

Read: Alma 62-63

Mark: Alma 62:41

“These people all had basically the same experience. The war was the same length for all people; yet out of the same experience some were hardened and some were softened. What made the difference? It was what they thought of God and his Son.”

~ C. Max Caldwell

When you experience trials, do you feel your heart is hardened or softened? What can you do to improve your thoughts of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ? How do you think this will

help to soften your heart?







Day 68

Read: Helaman 1-3

Mark: Helaman 3:35

“If Satan can succeed in creating in us the pastime of arguing, quarreling, and contention, it is easier for him to bind us with heavier sins which can destroy our eternal lives.”

~ Elder Marvin J. Ashton

How can you avoid contention in your family and other relationships?





Day 69

Read: Helaman 4-5

Mark: Helaman 5:12

We have an increasing number who have been convinced, through the Book of Mormon, that Jesus is the Christ. Now we need an increasing number who will use the Book of Mormon to

become committed to Christ. We need to be convinced and committed.”

~ President Ezra Taft Benson

What are some things you can do to build upon the sure foundation?





Day 70

Read: Helaman 6-7

Mark: Helaman 6:3

“Every [convert] needs three things: a friend, a responsibility, and nurturing with the ‘good word of God.’ It is our duty and opportunity to provide these things.”

~ President Gordon B. Hinckley

What kind of friend are you to converts, members who are new to your ward, or the less-active? What things do you do to nourish others with the word of the Lord?

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