Week 5 day 29-35

— Day 29: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Helaman 1-9 Mark & Ponder: Helaman 10:4-5
Scripture of the Day:
“And blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “And blessed are they who
do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.
“And blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. “And blessed are all the pure
in heart, for they shall see God.” (3 Nephi 12:5-8)
Thought for the day:
“Be patient in little things.” (William S. Plumer)
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Day 30: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Helaman 10-14 Mark & Ponder: Helamam 5:12
Scripture of the Day:
“I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.
And ye ought to say in your heart– let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee
according to thy deeds.” (D&C 64:10-11)
Thought for the day:
“We are required to forgive all men, for our own sakes, since hatred retards spiritual
growth.” (Orson F. Whitney)


— Day 31: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Helaman 15-16 & 3 Nephi:1-4 Mark & Ponder: 3 Nephi 11:14-15
Scripture of the Day:
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness
unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” “But he
that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.”
(Corinthians 2:14-15)
Thought for the day:
“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
(Aristotle)
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 Day 32: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: 3 Nephi 5-10 Mark & Ponder: 3 Nephi 11:29
Scripture of the Day:
“And I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall forsake all evil and cleave unto all
good, that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God.
“For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, and precept upon precept...”
(D&C 98:11-12)
Thought for the day:
“Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way... Realize that God will
judge you by the way you make use of all your possibilities.  It is wise and proper to want
to make the most of every opportunity, but don’t quit or weep because of failure or
disappointments.  Break down big commitments into smaller ones that you can handle.”
(Marvin J. Ashton)


— Day 33: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: 3 Nephi 11-16 Mark & Ponder: 3 Nephi 12:48
Scripture of the Day:
“And, if you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life;
which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God.” (D&C 14:7)
Thought for the day:
“It is a happy day when we come to know that with God nothing is impossible for us.”
(Marvin J. Aston)
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Day 34: ___________________  Date: ___________________          
Read: 3 Nephi 17-21 Mark & Ponder: 3 Nephi 27:8
Scripture of the Day:
“Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened them out of a deep sleep, and they
awoke unto God. Behold they were in the midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls
were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word; yea, they were encircled about
by the bands of death, and the chains of hell and an everlasting destruction did await
them.” (Alma 5:7)
Thought for the day:
“Why do the children of men set their hearts upon earthly things?   ...(the) moment that
men seek to build up themselves, in preference to the kingdom of God, and seek to
hoard up riches, while the widow and fatherless, the sick and afflicted, around them,
are in poverty and want, it proves that their hearts are weaned from their God; and their
riches will perish in their fingers, and they with them.” (Pres Brigham Young)


— Day 35: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: 3 Nephi 22-30   Mark & Ponder: Ester 12:6
Scripture of the Day:
“For behold, this is my work and my glory– to bring to pass the immortality and eternal
life of man.” (Moses 1:39)
Thought for the day:
“The test of the church is the kind fo men it produces.” (Pres. David O. McKay)

Week 4 Day 22-28

— Day 22: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 30-36 Mark & Ponder: Alma 32:21
Scripture of the Day:
“Wherefore, fear not even unto death; for in this world your joy is not full. Therefore,
care not for the body, neither the life of the body; but care for the soul, and for the life
of the soul.  And seek the face of the Lord always, that in patience ye may possess your
souls, and ye shall have eternal life.” (D&C 101:36-38)
Thought for the day:
“The gospel of Jesus Christ is not insurance against pain.  It is a resource in event of
pain, and when the pain comes...rejoice that you have resource to deal with your pain.”
(Carlfred Broderick)


— Day 23: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 37-41 Mark & Ponder: Alma 36:18-19
Scripture of the Day:
“...I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised
up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood.”
(D&C 101:80)
Thought for the day:
“Nothing pleases God more than to have his children seek greater light and knowledge.”
(Hugh Nibley)
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Day 24: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 42-44 Mark & Ponder: Alma 34:32-34
Scripture of the Day:
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall
be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)
Thought for the day:
“THOUGH CHRIST
A THOUSAND TIMES
IN BETHLEHEM BE BORN,
IF HE  I S  NOT BORN  IN THEE,


— Day 25: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 45-50 Mark & Ponder: Alma 46:12
Scripture of the Day:
“Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be,
like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea,
the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.”
(Alma 48:17)
Thought for the day:
“The central conflict in the premortal council was: Shall man have agency, or shall he
be coerced to be obedient?  Christ stood for the former, Satan for the latter.  The
conflict continues in mortality.   One of Lucifer’s primary strategies has been to restrict
our agency through the power of earthly governments...we live in one of history’s most
exceptional moments– in a nation and a time of unprecedented freedom.  Freedom as
we know it has been experienced by perhaps less than 1 percent of the human family.”
(Pres Ezra Taft Benson)

— Day 26: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 51-54 Mark & Ponder: Alma 37:6-6
Scripture of the Day:
“And the Lord called his people ZION, because they were of one heart and one mind, and
dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.” (Moses 7:18)
Thought for the day:
“There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving.” (N. Eldon Tanner)

THY  SOUL  I S     STILL FORLORN.”


— Day 27: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 55-58 Mark & Ponder: Alma 37:35
Scripture of the Day:
“yea, they had been taught by their mothers.” (Alma 56:47)
Thought for the day:
“The family is the basic unit of the kingdom of God on earth.  The Church can be no
healthier than its families.  No government can long endure without strong families.”
(Pres. Spencer W. Kimball)
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 Day 28: ___________________  Date: ___________________          
Read: Alma 59-63 Mark & Ponder: Alma 41:10
Scripture of the Day:
“For I was hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a
stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me;
I was in prison. and ye came unto me.  “Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done
it unto the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.” (Matthew 25:35-40)
Thought for the day:
“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
(Aristotle)

Thanks Aunt Lolly

Last night we were at Grandmas house Wrapping gifts for a family that we are going to Secret Santa.  We had a great time getting everything wrapped.  These kids are going to be well dressed for awhile.

We were expecting someone to bring by something for Grandmas because she has been getting the 12 days of Christmas and one of the kids opened the door and noticed that there was a package from Aunt Lolly on the porch. They ripped open the package for Grandma and realized that Lolly had not wrapped the gifts.  Inside the box were handmade hats for each of the kids.  They look so cute.  Last night the boys set theirs carefully on the dresser before they went to bed.  Then they put them on first thing this morning.  Marissa just slept in hers.

Scripture study week 3

I am going to do this a little different.  Here is this weeks Scripture study.  I will post it once a week.  You can still find the whole plan here—

Day 15: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Mosiah 23-29  Mark & Ponder: Mosiah 4:27
Scripture of the Day:
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the
saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone; “ In whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.” (Ephesians 3:19-10, 22)
Thought for the day:
“Search the scriptures, search the revelations which ye publish and ask your Heavenly
Father, in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, to manifest the truth unto you, and if you
do it with an eye single to his glory, nothing doubting, he will answer you by the power
of his Holy Spirit.  You will then know for yourself and not for another.  You will not then
be dependent on man  for the knowledge of God; nor will there be any  room for
speculation... For when men receive their instruction from Him that made them, they
know how He will save them... Again we say: Search the scriptures, search the Prophets
and learn what portion of them belongs to you.” (Prophet Joseph Smith)
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Day 16: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 1-5 Mark & Ponder: Mosiah 4:30
Scripture of the Day:
“I am the way the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
(John 13:6)
Thought for the day:
“If we desire to learn the ideal life to lead among our fellow men, we can find a perfect
example in the life of Jesus.  Whatsoever our noble desire, our lofty aspirations, our
ideals in any phase of life, we can look to Christ and find perfection.  So, in seeking a
standard for moral manhood, we need only to go to the Man of Nazareth and in him find
embodied all virtues that go to make the perfect man.”  (Pres David O. McKay)

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Day 17: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 6-10 Mark & Ponder: Alma 4:10
Scripture of the Day:
“...I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine.” (D&C 38:27)
Thought for the day:
“Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin and to take them by the
hand, and watch over them with tenderness.  When persons manifest the least kindness
and love to me,  O what power it has over my mind, while the opposite course has a
tendency to harrow up all the harsh feelings and depress the human mind.”
(Prophet Joseph Smith)
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 Day 18: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 11-14 Mark & Ponder: Alma 5: 14
Scripture of the Day:
“...That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day
of judgement.  For by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words shalt thou be
condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37)
Thought for the day:
“ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies
within us.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

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Day 19: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 15-19 Mark & Ponder: Alma 11:40
Scripture of the Day:
“My God hath been my support; He hath filled me with his love; even unto the consuming
of my flesh. He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of  them to quake
before me.  Behold, he hath given me knowledge by visions in the nighttime.”
(2 Nephi 4:20-23)
Thought for the day:
“The Lord works from the inside out.  The world works from the outside in.  The world
would take people out of the slums.  Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they
take themselves out of the slums.  The world would mold men by changing their
environment.  Christ changes men, who then change their environment.  The world
would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.”
(Pres. Ezra Taft Benson)
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Day 20: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 20-24 Mark & Ponder: Alma 11:43
Scripture of the Day:
“Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which
do and will exist in the hearts of men  in the last days, I have warned you, and
forewarned you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation”
(D&D 89:4)
Thought for the day:
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we
are moving.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)


— Day 21: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Alma 25-29 Mark & Ponder: Alma 30:60
Scripture of the Day:
“Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place?  He that
hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully  He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the  God
of his salvation.  This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face , O
Jacob. Selah.” (Psalms 24: 3-6)
Thought for the day:
“Peace is more than a spot of ink on a piece of paper or a sound upon lips.  It is the
application of the teachings of the Prince of Peace in our daily lives.”

Day 14

— Day 14: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Mosiah 16-22 Mark & Ponder: Mosiah 2:17
Scripture of the day:
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy might.”  (Deut. 6:5)
Thought for the day:
He ate and drank the precious Words–
His Spirit grew robust–He knew no more–
that he was poor, Nor that his frame
was Dust– He danced along the dingy Days
And this Bequest of Wings Was but a Book–
What liberty A loosen spirit brings–
  (Emily Dickinson)

It is hard to believe that When I wrote this post it was over a week ago.  By the time this posts I should be reading day 28.  Well on my way to making my deadline. I should finish the Book of Mormon on Christmas day what a great gift to give myself.

Day 13

— Day 13: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Mosiah 10-15 Mark & Ponder:  Mosiah 3:19
Scripture of the Day:
”And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom;
yea seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also
by faith. “Orgaghnize yourself; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even
a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of
glory, a house or order, a house of God.” ( D&C 88:118-119)
Thought for the day:
“We cannot be made perfect without our progenitors, neither can they be perfected
without us, and they are as much dependent upon us as we are dependent upon them.
We can build temples, they cannot; it is not their province to administer in them at
present, but it is ours, and we are called upon to do so.  They are interested in our
welfare, they are our fathers, we are their children;  they are laboring there, we here,
for our mutual salvation and exaltation in the kingdom of God.”  (Pres. John Taylor)

Day 12

— Day 12: ___________________  Date: ___________________            
Read: Mosiah 4-9 Mark & Ponder: Jacob 2:18-19
Scripture of the day:
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine. or nakedness, or peril, or sword” (Romans 8:35)
Thought for the day:
“A true Mormon home is one in which if Christ should chance to enter, he would b
pleased to linger and rest.” (Pres. David O. McKay)