Day 45

Day 45

Read: Alma 14-16

 Mark: Alma 14:10-11

“The right question to ask is not why good people have trials, but how shall good people respond when they are tried?”

~ Elder Marion D. Hanks

 

“Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long suffering and self-mastery.  The sufferings of our Savior were part of his education.”

~ President Spencer W. Kimball

 

How do you respond to adversity?

Day 44

9/16

Day 44

Read: Alma 12-13

 Mark: Alma 13:2-4

 “God has saved for the final inning some of His strongest and most valiant children…Make no mistake about it – you are a marked generation.  There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time than there is of us…The final outcome is certain – the forces of righteousness will finally win.  But what remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and in the future, will stand in this battle – and how tall we will stand.  Will we be true to…our foreordained mission?

~ President Ezra Taft Benson

 

To what callings do you think you’ve been foreordained?

Day 43

Day 43

GET BACK ON SCHEDULE

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

Alma 11

or

 

If you’re up to date with your reading,

take time to study:

 Alma 5

 

What are some of the questions Alma asks in order to ponder the process of becoming converted or reborn?

Day 42

9/14

Day 42

Read: Alma 10-11

 Mark: Alma 11:42-44

 “What a comfort to know that all who have been disadvantaged in life from birth defects, from mortal injuries, from disease, or from the natural deterioration of old age will be resurrected in ‘proper and perfect frame.’”

~ Elder Dallin H. Oaks

 

How does it bring you hope knowing that because of Christ we will all live again?

Day 41

9/13

Day 41

Read: Alma 7-9

Mark: Alma 7:11-12

“To succor means to ‘run to.’  I testify that in my fears and in my infirmities the Savior has surely run to me. I will never be able to thank Him enough for such personal kindness

 and such loving care.”

~ Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

 

Why is it helpful to remember that the Savior knows what it’s like to have your problems?

Day 40

9/12

Day 40

Read: Alma 5-6

 Mark: Alma 5:14, 26

“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.”

~ President Ezra Taft Benson

 

What would someone see in your countenance?

Day 39

9/11

Day 39

Read: Alma 2-4

 Mark: Alma 2:18, 28

 “Safety can’t be won by tanks and guns and airplanes and atomic bombs.  There is only one place of safety and that is in the realm of the Almighty God that he gives to those who keep his commandments and listen to his voice.”

~ President Harold B. Lee

 

Why were the Nephites strengthened by the Lord?  How can we receive the Lord’s help in the challenges we face?