THE VERY LAST BOOK OF MORMON POST!!!!!!

Day 96
Read: Ehter 14 - Moroni 4
Mark: Ether 15:19
"All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not. The devil has no power over us only as we permit him.l The momen we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power." - Joseph Smith
What things help you most to prevent Satan from having any power over you?

Day 97
Read: Moroni 5-7
Mark: Moroni 7: 47-48
"The phrase 'love of Christ' might have meaning in three dimensions. 1. Love for Christ, 2. Love from Christ, 3. Love like Christ....People who have charity have a love for the Savior, have received of his love, and love others as he does." - Elder C Max Caldwell
How often do you pray for charity? Why do you think you would be a bettr person if you were filled with charity?

Day 98
Read : Moroni 8 - 9
Mark: Moroni 9:20
"Our capacity to feel controls our behavior in many ways, and by inaction when our feelings prompt us to do good, we deaden that capacity to feel...A sex saturated society cannot feel the needs of its suffering members because instead of developing the love that looks outward, it turns man selfishly inward...we have ears, but cannot hear, not only the promptings of God but also the pleas of men...We shut out people, nature, and God." -Elder Neal A Maxwell
How do you respond to promptings or feelings that you should do something?

Day 99
Read: Moroni 10
Mark: Moroni 10: 3-5, 32
"To meet the difficulties that are coming, it will be necessary for you have a knowledge of the truth of theis work for yourselves. The difficulties will be of such a character that the man or woman who does not possess this personal knowledge or witness will fall. If you have not got the testimony, live right and call upon the Lord and cease not till you obtain it...The time will come when no man nor woman will be able to endure on borrowed light. Each will have to be guided by the light within himself. If you do no have it, how can you stand?"
-Elder Heber C Kimball

DAY 100
YOU DID IT!!!!!!
Now What???
"There are three great reasons why Latter day Saints should make the study of the Book of Mormom a lifetime pursuit. THe Book of Mormon - "is the keystone of our religion", " was written for our day" and "helps us draw nearer to God." - President Ezra Taft Benson
So does it end here or will you read today? tomorrow?

Day 90
Read: Mormon 8:9
Mark: Mormon 9: 11-12, 21
"The Lord will never forsake or abandon anyone.l You may abandon him, but he will never abandon you. You never need to feel that you are alone." - Elder Joseph B Worthlin
Mormon's ministry ends in these chapters. Pay attention to Moroni's warnings for our day. Righteousness sometimes seems to bring loneliness? Why are we not really as alone as we sometimes feel? In chapter 9 look for reasons why you can rely on the Lord.

Day 91
Read: Ether 1-3
Mark: Ether 3:4-5
What ever Jesus lays hand upon lives. If Jesus lays his hands upon a marriage, it lives. If he is allowed to lay his hands upon the family, it lives." - President Howard W Hunter
Look at the symbolism in the account of the Savior touching the stones that lit the way for the Jaredites. What does this account teach you about the touch of the Savior's hand? How have you felt the Lord's hand in your life?

Day 92
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through: Ehter 3 or If you're up to date with your reading, take time to study: 3 Nephi 27
Who did the Lord teach His disciples about the name of His church? What is the gospel, or good news, that He has given us. What things did Jesus say we must do in His church?

Day 93
Read: Ether 4-7
Mark: Ether 6:9
"Sometimes...we get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing than prayer." - President J Reuben Clark Jr
"music is one of the most forseful instruments for governing the mind and spirit of man."
- President Boyd K Packer
In what ways do you use music in your personal worship? How do you use music to help others feel the Lord's influence?

Day 94
Read: Ehter 8-10
Mark: Ether 8:26
"THe Book of Mormon is Christ-centered. That is its essential feature, and that is the reason we are commanded to study it continually. We must use the Book of Mromon to bring us to Christ."
-Elder Dallin H Oaks
How is your study of the Book of Mormon bringing you closer to the Savior?

Day 95
Read: Ether 11-13
Mark: Ehter 12:27
" The Savior isn't our last chance. He is our only chance. Our only chance to overcome self-doubt and catch a vision of who we may become. Our only chance to repent and have our sins washed clean. Our only chance to purigy our hearts, subdue our weaknesses and avoid the adversary. Our only chance to obtain redemption and exaltation. Our only chance to find peace and happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come." - Sister Sheri L Dew
What weaknesses has the Lord helped you to overcome? What weaknesses do you still have that you want to be strengths?

Day 83
Read: 3 Nephi 20-21
Mark: 3 Nephi 21:6-7
"Every person who embraces the gospel becomes of the house of Israel...The great majority of those who become members of the Church are literal descendants of Abraham through Ephraim, son of Joseph. Those who are not literal descendants of Abraham and Israel must become such and when they are baptized and confirmed they are grafted into the tree and are entitled to all the rights and privileges as heirs." -Presiden Joseph Fielding Smith
What Blessings are promised to you because you are of the house of Israel?

Day 84
Read: 3 Nephi 22-26
Mark:3 Nephi 24:7-10
"I can't list all the ways that blessings will come from obedience to this principle (of tithing), but, I testify many will come in spiritual ways that go well beyound economics...I express my deepest gratitude for every blessing of the gospel of Jesus Christ escpecially the greatest of all gifts, the exemplary life and atoning death of God's Only Begotten Son. I know I can never repay heaven for any of this benevolence, but, there are many ways I need to try to show my thankfulness. One of those ways is in the payment of tithes and freewill offerings."
-Elder Jeffrey R Holland
What blessings do you receive from paying tithing?

Day 85
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the capters you wstill need to read to be caught up through: 3 Nephi 26 or If you're up to date with your reading, take time to sudy: 3 Nephi 11
What did the Nephites do to finally understand the voice they heard? What were the first things the Savior taught? What did Jesus say was his doctirne?

Day 86
Read: 3 Nephi 27-28
Mark: 3 Nephi 27:19-20
"THe most imortant of all the commandments of God to the one that you're having most difficulty keeping. Today is the day for you to work...until you've been able to conquer that weekness. Then you start on the next one that's most difficult for you to keep. That's the way to sanctify yourselves by keeping the commandments of God." - President Harold B Lee
What commandments are most difficult for you? What are you doing to be more obedient? Who can help you?

Day 87
Read: 3 Nephi 29 - Mormon 1
Mark: Mormon 1: 13-15
"(president Brigham Young said) 'I want you to teach the people - and I want you to follwo this consel yourself - that they must labor and so live as to obtain the Holy Spirit, for without this you cannot build up the kingdom; withut the spirit of God you are in danger of waling in the dark." - President Wilford Woodruff
As a young man Mormon enjoyed the blessings of the Lord despite living in a wicked society. How can you keep the Spirit with you regardless of conditions in the world?

Day 88
Read : Mormon 2-4
Mark: Mormon 2:12-13
"Full repentance involves a 180 degree turn and without looking back!...In ritual regret, we mourn our mistakes but without mending them. THere can be no real repentace without personal suffering and the passage of sufficient time for the needed cleansing and turning...Chastening is often needed until the turning is really under way.!"
-Elder Neal A Maxwell
We can be sorry for the wrong reasons (Like when we're caught or punished). What can help you be sorry for the right reasons?

Day 89
Read: Mormon 5-7
Mark: Mormon 6:16-20
"The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became." - Hugh Nibley
What led to the fall of the Nephites? What things do you do each day to stay strong?

Day 78
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
3 Nephi 8 or
If your're up to date with your reading take time to study: Helaman 13

What did Samuel the Lamanite preach to the wicked Nephites before the Savior came? What are mofern prphets teaching us as we prepare for Christ's second coming?

Day 79
Read: 3 Nephi 9-10
Mark: 3 Nephi 9:13-15
"An atonement was made. Ever and always it offers amnesty from transgression and from death if we will but repent. Repentance is the escape clause in it all. Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands...Humbly I lay claim upon the atonement of Christ. I find no shame in kneeling down in worship of or Father and His Son". _ President Boyd K Packer
What can the Lord do for you wen you repent?

Day 80
Read 3 Nephi 11-12
Mark 3 Nephi 11: 10-11
:Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership...As we attend the temple, we learn more richly and deeply the purpose of life and the significance of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us make the temple, with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ultimate earthly goal and the supreme mortal experience." -President Howard W Hunter
The Nephites were gathered at the temple when the Savior visited them. How are you preparing to go to the temple?

Day 81
Read 3 Nephi 13-16
mark: 3 Nephi 15:21, 24
"Aren't we rather prone to see the limitations and weaknesses of our neighbors? Yet that is contrary to the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ...If we have the spirit of fault finding...that never comes as the result of the companionship of the Spirity of our Heavenly Father and is always harmful." - President George Albert Smith
The Savior gave teachings to the Nephites similar to the Sermon on the Mount. He warned not to judge. What helps you to always look for the best in others and not be critcial?

Day 82
Read: 3 Nephi 17-19
Mark: 3 Nephi 18:6-7, 11
"We are commanded to repent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in this way, the Lord renews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. The importance of this evident in the Lord's commandment that we partake of the sacrament each week."
-Elder Dallin H Oaks
How can taking the sacrament each week help you to be just as clean as when you were recognized?

Day 77
Read: 3 Nephi: 6-8
Mark: 3 Nephi 6:12-14
"I testify that no one of us is less treasured or cheriched of God than another. I testify that He loves each of us-insecurities, anxieties, self image and all. He doesn't measure our talents or our looks, He doesn;t measure our professions or our possessions. He cheers on every runner, calling out that the race is against sin, not against each other." - Elder Jeffrey R Holland
Why is pride "the great stubling block of Zion"? What can help you be more humble?

Day 78
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
3 Nephi 8 or
If you're up to date with your reading, take time to study: Helaman 13

What did Samuel the Laminite preach to the wicked Nephites before the Savior came? What are modern prophets teaching us as we prepare for Christ's second coming?

Day 79
Read 3 Nephi 9-10
mark: 3 Nephi 9:13-15
"An atonement was made. Ever and always it offers amnesty from transgressions and from death if we will but repent. Repentance is the excape clause in it all. Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from unside. We hold that key with our hands...Humbly I lay claim upon the atonement of Christ. I find no shame in kneeling down in worship of our Father and His son.l: - President boyd K Packer
What can the Lord do for you when you repent?

Day 80
Read: 3 Nephi 11-12
Mark: 3 Nephi 11:10-11
:Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership...As we attend the temple, we learn more richly and deeply the purpose of life and the significance of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us make the temple, with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ulitmate earhtly goal and the supreme mortal experience."
President Howard W Hunter

The Nephites were gathered at the temple withn the Savior visited them. How are you preparing to go to the temple?

Day 81
Read: 3 Nephi 13-16
Mark: 3 Nephi 15:21,24
"Aren't we rather prone to see the limitations and weaknesses of our neighbors? Yet that is contrary in the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ...If we have the spirit of fault finding...that never comes as the result of the companionship of the Spirit of our Heavenly Father and is always harmful" - President George Albert Smith

The Savior gave teachings to the Nephites similar to the Sermon on the Mount. He warned not to judge. WHat helps you to always look for the best in others and not be critical?"

Day 82
Read: 3 Nephi 17-19
Mark: 3 Nephi 18:6-7, 11
"We are commanded to rpent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in this way, the Lord nrenews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. THe importance of this is evident in the Lord;s commandment tht we partake of the sacrament each week."
-Elder Dallin H Oaks

How can taking the sacrament each week help you to be just as clean as when you were baptized.?

Day 83
Read: 3 Nephi 20-21
Mark: 3 Nephi 21: 6-7
"Every person who embraces the gospel becomes of the house of Israel..THe great majority of those who become members of the Church are literal descendants of Abraham through Ephraim, son of Joseph. Those who are not literal descendants of Abraham and Israel must become such and when they are baptized and confirmed they are grafted into the tree and are entitled to all the rights and privileges as heirs." =President Jospeh Fielding Smith
What blessings are promised to you because you are of the house of Israel?

Day 84
Read: 3 Nephi 22-26
Mark: 3 Nephi 24:7-10
"I can't list all the ways that blessings will come from obedience in this principle (of tithing), but I tesify many will come in spiritual ways that go well beyound economics...I express my deepest gratitude for every blessing of the gospel of Jesus Christ, especially that greatest of all gifts, the exemplary life and atoning death of God's Only Begotten Son. I know I can never repay heaven for any of this benevolence, but, there are many ways I need to try to show my thankfulness. one of those ways is in the payment oftithes and freewill offerings."
-Elder Jeffrey R Holland

What blessings to you receive from paying tithing?

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 less active? What things do you do to nourish others with the word of the Lord?

Day 71
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
Helaman 7
or If you're up to date with your reading, take time to study: Helaman 5

What did Helaman name his sons? Why? Whose name have you taken upon yourself? How were the Lamanites converted through their ministry?

Day 72
Read: Helaman 8-10
Mark: Helaman 8: 4, 7-9
"How we respond to the words of a living prophet when he tells us what we need to know, but would rather not hear, is a test of our faithfulness." - President Ezra Taft Benson

Even though wicked men were arguing against Nephi, some righteous people knew he was prophet and supported him. How can you sustain our living prophet?

Day 73
Read: Helaman 11-12
Mark: Helaman 12:2-3
"Afflictions can soften us and sweeten us, and can be a chastening influence. We often think of shcstiening as something being done to punish us...Divine chastening, however, is a form of learning as its admisnistered at the hands of a loving Father." - Elder Neal A Maxwell

Why do you think it is so much easier to remember the Lord when we suffer, thand when everything is going well? What can you do to remember the Lord even when times are good?

Day 74
Read: Helaman 13-15
Mark: Helaman 14:30-313
"Spiritual maturity is understanding that we cannot blame anybody else for our actions. Some factors may make it harder for us to perform according to God's plan for us, but being accountable for how we use our agency means being answereable for our own behavior." = Sister Elaine Cannon

In what ways do you use your agency to help you to grow?

Day 75
Read: Helaman 16 - 3 Nephi 2
Mark: 3 Nephi 1:12-13

"Gifts of the Spirit which the Lord bestows upon those who believe and obey the gospel of Christ are called sins. That is, their receipt stands as an evidence or sign of the presence of that faith which results from believing the truth. Signs are wonders and miracles; they always and invariably are manifest to and among the faithful saints." - Elder Bruce R McConkie

Why didn't Satan want the faithful Nephites to believe in the signs? What lies does he send today to try to keep you from believing the witness you've received as a result of your faith?

Day 76
Read: 3 Nephi 3-5
Mark:3 Nephi 3:12-14, 4:10

In providing out of home activities for the family, we must us care, otherwise, we could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeds, only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected." - President Boyd K Packer

How can you help your family receive the strength that comes from being "gathered together"?

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? i 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 nnumber who will us 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 60
Read: Alma 47-49
Mark: Alma 48: 11-13, 17
"Be true to your own convictions. You know what is right, and you know what is wrong. You know when you are doing the propert thing...We need not fear as long as we have in our lives the power that comes from righteously living by the truth - President Gordon B Hinckley

The lamanites did not want to go to battle against the Nephites, but they also did not want to displease the king (Alma 47:2) Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to do the right thing, but were afraid you would displease someone? Why is it always better to do the right thing than to worry about what others might think of you?

Day 61
Read: Alma 50-51
Mark: Alma 50:19
"Mormon wants to teach what will be of most worth to us and his use of the words thus and thus we see make the lessons easier to recognize and understand. Pay close attention to the "thus we see" phrases in the Book of Mormon. here Mormon wants you to understand that the Lord is keeping His word to Lehi and blessing the Nephites with prosperity when they keep the commandments." - Elder Henry B Eyring

In what ways has the Lord kept his word to you?

Day 62
Read: Alma 52-54
mark: Alma 53:20-21
"In th espiritual battles you are waging, I see you as today's sons of Helaman" - President Ezra Taft Benson

Notice how Mormon describes these young men. How are you living so that you can be likened to the stripling warriors?

Day 63
Read: Alma 55-56
Mark: Alma 56:47-48
"We need more mothers who know the truth, whose children do not doubt their mothers know it." - Elder Neal A Maxwell

What important lessons have you learned from your mother?

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 55
Read: Alma 37-38
Mark: Alma 37:35-37
"I have little or no fear for the young man or the young woman, who honestly and conscietiously supplicate God twice a day for the guidance of His Spirit. I am sure that when the temptation comes they will have strength to overcome it by the inspiration that shall be given to them. Supplicating the Lord for the guidance of His Spirit places around us to safeguard and if we...honestly seek the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord. I can assure you that we will receive it." - President Heber J Grant
What are some things you talk to the Lord about? How does He direct you for good?

Day 56
Read: Alma 39-41
Mark: Alma 41;10
"You cannot do wrong and feel right it is impossible." - President Ezra Taft Benson
Alma uses four chapters (39-42) to counsel his son Corianton to repent. How important is to you to follow the counsel of your parents and other righteous priesthood leaders? Read Alma 36:20. During the same time Alma was racked with torment for his sins, whose words did he remember that caused him to cry out for forgiveness?

Day 57
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
Alma 41 or
If you're up to date with your reading, take time to sudy: Alma 32
To what does Alma liken the seed? Why is faith important for the seed to grow? How can you know if it is a good seed?

Day 58
Read: Alma 42-43
Mark: Alma 42:14-15
"How great the wisdom and the love, that filled the courts on high, And sent the Savior from above to suffer, bleed and die!" - Hym 195
How does understanding the Fall help you more fully love Jesus and appreciate whe he did for us?

Day 59
Read: Alma 44-46
Mark: Alma 46:12
"The value of a country rests upon the values of its people. For the people of God, for the people who wnat peace, for their women and their children, there is only one way, one church and one Lord." - Charles Didier
Why do the wicked go to war? How are their motives different from the reasons why the righteous go to war?

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 surffering and self-mastery. The sufferings of our Savior were part of his education." - Presiden Spencer W. Kimball
How do you respond to adversity?

Day 46
Read: Alma 17-18
Mark: Alma 17: 2-3
"Fasting can help to overcome personal flaws and sins. It can help us overcome our weaknesses. Help them become strengths. Fasting can help us become more humble, less prideful, less selfish and more concerned about the needs of others. It can help us see more clearly our own mistakes and weaknesses and help to be less prone to critcize others. THroughout the scriptures the term fasting is usually combined with prayer...Fasting without prayer is just going hungry for 24 hours. But fasting combined with prayer Brings increased spirituality. " - Elder Carl E Pratt
What experiences have you had with fasting?

Day 47
Read: Alma 18 -20
Mark: Alma 20:17
"Anger is not an expression of strength. It is an idication of ones inability to control his thoughts, words, his emothions....When the weakness of anger takes over, the strength of reason leaves."
-President GOrdon B Hinckley
When is it most difficult to control your anger? Why is it important to stay in control of your thoughts, words and actions?

Day 48
Read: Alma 21-23
Mark: ALma 22: 15-18
"No part of working by faith is more difficult, then walking the road of repentance. However, with faith unto repentance, we can push roadblocks out of the way, moving forward to beg God for mercy...One simply surrenders, caring only about what God thinks, not whay 'they' think...Giving away all our sins is the only way we can come to know God." - Elder Neal A Maxwell
What are you willing to give to know him.

Day 49
Read: ALma 24-26
Mark: Alma 26:11-12
"As children of GOd we are somebody. He will build us, mold us and magnify if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out and walk with him. What a great blessing to be created in his image and know of our true potential in and through him! What a great blessing to know that in his strength we can do all things." - Elder Marvin J Ashton
WHat do you think some of the might miracles my be that the Lord will work through you?

Day 41
Read: Alma 7 thru 9
Mark: Alma 7:11-12
"To succor means to 'run to'. I testify that in my fears and in my infermities 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 42
Read: Alma 10 thru 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 reseurrected 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 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:
Alama t
What are some of the questions Alma asks in order to ponder the process of becoming converted or reborn?

Day 44
Read Alma: 12 thru 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 - forces of righteousness will finally win. But what remains to be seen is where each of us personally, now and int 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 38
Read: Mosiah 20 thru Alma 1
Mark: Alma 1:6, 16
"The Nephite prophets repeatedly identified the wearing of costly clothing with apostasy and failure to live by gospel standards.: - Elder Bruce R McConkie
What might your way of dressing say about you.?

Day 39
Read: Alma 2:4
Mark: Alma 2: 18, 28
"Safety can't be wone 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 strenghtened by the Lord? How can we receive the Lord's help in the challenges we face?

Day 40
Read: Alma 5 thru 6
Mark: Alma 5:14, 26
"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world sould 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 behaviour, but Chirst can change human nature" - President Ezra Taft Benson
What would someone see in your countenance?

Day 35
Read: Mosiah 24-25
Mark: Mosiah 24:14-15
"We should seek to be happy and cheerful and not allow Satan to overcome us with discouragement, despair or depression." - Elder Joseph B Wirthlin
:THe Lord..Loves us...comforts and strenghtens us and enables us to bear our afflictions with patience and fortitude" - ELder George Q Cannon
How can we submit more cheerfully to the will of the Lord?

Day 36
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your redading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
Mosiah 25 or
If you're up to date with your reading, take time to study: Mosiah 14-15
Abinadi quoted Isaiah to testify of the Savior. What did Isaiah teach about Christ? What can you learn about the Saviour from Abinadi's testimony?

Day 37
Read: Mosiah 26-28
Mark: 26:29-30
"You always need to confess your sins to the Lord. If they are serious trangressions, such as immortality, they need to be confessed to a bishop or stake president. Please understand that confession is not repentance. It is an essential step, but is not of itself adequate. Partial confession by mentioning lesser mistakes will not help you resolve a more serious, undisclosed transgression. Essential to forgiveness is a willingness to fully disclose to the Lord and, where necessary, His priesthood judge all the you have done." - Elder Richard G Scott
Why is confession an essential part of repentance?

Day 29
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Using your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to be caught up through:
Mosiah 8
or
If you're up to date with your reading, take time to study:
Mosiah Chapters 3 and 4
Once we've felt the Lord's forgiveness, how do we retain the remission of sins?

Day 30
Read: Mosiah Chapters 9 through 11
mark: Mosiah 9:17, 10:10-11
"The enabling and strenthening aspect of the Atonement helps us to see and to do and to become good in ways that we could never recognize or accomplish with our limited mortal capacity. I testify and witness that the enabling power of the Savior's Atnoement is real." - ELder David R Bednar
In what ways do we depend on our onw strenth? How can we more fully receive the strength of the Lord?

Day 31
Read: Mosiah Chapters 12 thru 14
Mark Mosiah 13:15
"When I was a little boy---I came home from school one day, threw my books on the table and took the name of the Lord in vain in expressing my relief that school was out for the day. My mother heard me. She was shocked. She took me by the had and led me to the bathroom...the procedeeded to wash my mouth out with that terrible soap...and then said. "Don't let me ever hear such words from our lips again." The tast was terrible. THe reprimand was worse. I have never forgotten it and I hope that I have never usded the Lord's name in vain since that time."
-President Gordon B Hinkley
How can we keep the Lord's name sacred?

More Reading!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 25
Read: Jarom - Words of Mormon
Mark: jarom 1:5
"We have become a nation of pleasure seeking sabbath breakers...What fits the purpose of the Sabbath? Activities that contribute to geater spirituality...I don't believe that it is possible to keep our spirituality on a high plane by spending our Sabbaths on the beach, on the golf course..or in our own homes..looking at televisiton." - President Ezra Taft Benson
How can you more fully keep the Sabbath day holy?

Day 26
Read: Mosiah Chapaters 1 thru 2
Mark: Mosiah 2:17
"Our focus should be on righteousness, not recognition, on service, not status. The faithful visitng teacher, who quietly goes about her work month after month, is just as important to the work of the Lord as those who occupy what some see as more prominent positions in the Church. Visibility does not equate to value...When we understand why we serve we will not worry about where we serve." -President Howard W Hunter
How often do you serve?

Day 27
Read: Mosiah Chapters 3 thru 4
Mark Mosiah 4:30
"Work at keeping your thoughts clean by thinking of something good. The mind can think of only one thing at a time. Use that fact to crowd out ugly thoughts. Above all, don't feed thoughts by reading or watching things that are wrong. If you don't control your thoughts. Satan will keep tempting you until you eventually act them out." - Elder Richard G Scott
What helps you must to control your thoughts?

Day 28
Read: Mosiah Chapters 5 thru 8
Mark Mosiah 5:2-7
"No one can be born again without baptism. But, the immersion of water and the laying on of hands to confer the Holy Ghost do not of themselves guarantee that a person has been or will be born again. The new birth takes place only for those who actually enjoy the Gift or companionship of the Holy Ghose, only for those who are fully converted, who have given themselves without restraint to the Lord." - Elder Bruce R McConkie
How can you more fully give yourself to the Lord to experience that might change of heart?

Day 21
Read: Jacob Chapters 2 thru 4
Mark: Jacob 2-18-19
"If you have not chosen the kingdom of God first it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead." - William Law
Are your decisions based on how your choices will help to build the Lord's kingdom? if needed, how can you change?

Day 22
GET BACK ON SCHEDULE
Use your reading chart to find the chapters you still need to read to be caught up through:
Jacob 4 or If you'r up to date with your reading, take time to study: 2 Nephi 31-33
What is the doctrine of Christ: What are some things the Holy Ghost can do for us? As Nephi finishes his record what are the things it seems like he most wants us to Know?

Day 23
Read: Jacob 5
Mark: jacob 5: 61-62
" Give me a young man who has kep himself morally clean and has faithfully attended his Church meetings. Give me a young man who has magnified his priesthood and has earned the Duty to God Award and is an Eagle Scout. Give me a young man who is a seminary graduate and has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon. Give me such a young man, and I will give you a young man who can perform miracles for the Lord in the mission field and thoughout his life"
-President Ezra Taft Bensen
How can you prepare now to labor diligently to the Lord's vineyard?

Day 24
Read: Jacob 6 - Enos
Mark: Enos 1-4
"How many of you, with or without serious transgressions, have ever prayed all day and into the night? Have you ever wept and prayed for many hours? How many of you have prayed for five hours? for one? for thirty minutes? for ten? - President Spencer W Kimball
How often do you cry unto the Lord in mighty prayer? How can you make prayer more meaningful?

Back again with more Book of Mormon Reading

Day 18
Read: 2 Nephi Chapters 26 thur 27
mark 2 Nephi 26:8
Looking for the path to safety in the counsel of prophets makes sense to those with strong faith...the choice not to take prophetic counsel changes the very ground upon which we stand. It becomes more dangerous. The failure to take prophetic counsel lessens our power to take inspired counsel in the future. The best time to have decided to help Noah build the ark was the first time he asked. Each time he asked after that, each failure to respond whould have lessened sensitivity to the Spirit. And so each time his request would have seemed more foolish, until the rain came. And then it was too late. - Elder Henry B Ering
How does following the prophet keep you safe?

Day 19
Read 2 Nephi Chapters 28 thru 30
Mark: 2 Nephi 28:15
"There are at least three dangers that threaten the Church within, and the authorities need to awaken to the fact that the people should be warned unceasingly against them. As I see these, they are flattery of prominent men in the world, false educational ideas and sexual impurity.
-President Joseph F Smith
What are you doing to avoid being deceived?

Day 20
Read: 2 Nephi 31 - Jacob 1
Mark: 2 Nephi 31:10-13, 20
"When we understand our baptismal covenant and the gift of the Holy Ghost, it will change our lives and will establish our total allegiance to the kingdom of God. When temptations come our way, if we will listen, the Holy Ghost will remind us that we have promised to remember our Savior and obey the commandments of God." -Elder Robert D Hales
Sometimes we take our basptism for granted. What do you do to remember and increase your appreciation for your baptism.?

Book of Mormon

Day 15
Read: 2 Nephi Chapters 14-18
mark: 2 Nephi 15-20-21
"Today's popular enterainment often makes what is evil and wrong look enjoyable and right. Let us remember the Lord's counsel: "Woe unto them that call eveil good and good evil." Pornography, though billed by Satan as entertainment, is a deeply poisonous, deceptive snake that lies coiled up in magazines, the Internet and the television." - Elder David E Sorensen
What helps you to see thing for what they really are?

Day 16
Read: 2 Nephi Chapter 19-23
Mark: 2 Nephi 21:12
"The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."
-Joseph Smith
What part do you play in these prophecies?

Day 17
Read 2 Nephi Chapters 24-25
mark 2 Nephi 25:23, 26
"Literally, the Atonement means to be 'at one' with Him. The nature of the Atonement and its effects is so infinite, so unfathonable, and so profound that it lies beyond the knowledge and comprehension of mortal man. I am profoundly grateful for the principle of saving grace...The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and above all, forgiving."
-President James E Faust
How do you experience the Savior's Love?

Book of Mormon Reading

August 11th
Read: 2 Nephi Chapters 2 -3
Mark 2 Nephi 2:25, 27-28
"Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God. Joseph Smith
What brings you true happiness?

AUGUST 12TH
Read: 2 Nephi Chapters 4 thru 7
Mark: 2 Nephi 4:15-16
"No father, no son, no mother no daughter should get so busy that he or she does not have time to study the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. None of us should get so busy that we crowd out contemplation and praying.:
President Spencer W Kimball
What is it that brings a person to love the scriptures?

AUGUST 13TH
Read: 2 Nephi Chapters 8 thru 9
Mark: 2 Nephi 9:50-51
"Keeping everything in balance ca be a real problem.. Often the lack of clear direction and golas can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imabalance in our lives...Our main goal should be to seek "immortality and eternal life." With this as our goal, why not elimainate from our lives, the things that clamor for and consume our thoughts, feelings, and energies without contributing to our reaching that goal?" Elder M Russel Ballard
How do you spend your time, money and energy?

AUGUST 14th
Read: 2 Nephi 10-13
mark: 2 Nephi 12:2-13
"I can visualize an army of righteous youth prepared and worthy to attend the temple. I can see families sealed together for eternity. I can see youth who understand what it means to be "saviours...on mount Zion" I can see youth whose hearts are turned to their fathers. And I can envision youth growing up in such a way that they will come forth from the temples filled with strength to resist worldly pressures. I can see a generation of youth who will "stand...in holy places, and be not moved" Sister Elaine S Dalton
Why do you think Isaiah compares the temple to a mountain?

MORE BOOK OF MORMON READING....

August 6th

Read 1 Nephi Chapters 13 & 14
Mark 1 Nephi 14:14
Nephi saw the "other books" would come forth through the gentiles. What important things would the "other books" do? What are those other books?


August 7th

Read 1 Nephi Chapters 15 & 16
Mark 1 Nephi 15: 23-24
How can you "hold fast" to the iron rod?


August 8th

Read: 1 Nephi 17 & 18
Mark: 1 Nephi 17:45
What things have you felt while reading or praying?


August 9th

Read: 1 Nephi 19 thru 21
Mark: 1 Nephi 19 :23
How do the things you read in the scriptures relate you your life?



August 10th

Read: 1 Nephi 22 thru 2 Nephi 1
Mark: 1 Nephi 22:26
How can Satan be bound in hisefforts to influence you?


HAPPY READING!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOK OF MORMON 100 DAY READ A THON

WOW! CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY AUGUST 1ST. I AM GOING TO TRY AND POST WHAT YOU SHOULD BE READING HERE . ALONG WITH THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

AUGUST 1

READ: PREFACE. INDTRODUCTION. TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES, TESTIMONY OF EIGHT WITNESSES. TESTMONY OF PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH.

MARK: QUOTE FROM JOSEPH SMITH IN THE INTRODUCTION. "I TOLD THE BRETHREN...ANY OTHER BOOK."


AUGUST 2ND ( DAY 2)

REAL 1 NEPHI 1-2 MARK: 1 NEPHI 1:20

"i HAVE LERNED NOT PUT QUESTION MARKS, BUT TO USE EXCLAMATION POINTS WHEN CALLS ARE ISSUED THROUGH INSPIRED CHANNELS OF PRIESTHOOD GOVERNMENT" - ELDER RUSSELL M NELSON

WHY DID LAMAN AND LEMUWL MURMUR:? WHY DID NEPHI SUPPORT HIS FATHER?
WHAT DETERMINS WHETHER YOU ARE A MURMURER OR A SUPPORTER OF THE LORDS WORK AND HIS PROPHETS?

Service Auction

We had our June meeting last night. The service auction was a huge success. We will be contacting all those who donated items and acts of service to let you know who received your item. Thank you for all you do for each other. It was so fun to get together with the sisters in our ward and to learn more about each other. The recipe from last night is posted on the recipe blog.

How does your garden grow, May Relief Society Meeting

OUR MAY RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH AT 6:30 P.M.

BROTHER FINDLAY WILL BE TALKING TO US ABOUT GARDENING, ESCPECIALLY THINGS YOU CAN DO IN YOUR HOME LIKE TOMATOES IN THE WINDOW SEAL AND SMALL THINGS THAT ARE EASY TO DO.

THEN AFTERWARDS, WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO TO TASTY TREAT JUST TO HAVE A TREAT AND TO VISIT.

PLEASE COME AND ENJOY A RELAXED NIGHT WITH FRIENDS!!!

We will also have our bring it and take it table and our coupon exchange table.

APRIL 7TH RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING

This month we are going to be making the temple pictures that we have taken orders for. However, if you have not ordered a picture, please come and visit and participate in our coupon exchange and in our bring it and take it. From now on at all our relief society meetings we will have the coupon exhange and the bring it and take it. Please bring any items that you might have that you just want to get out of the house!! Hopefully someone else will find it to be a treasure. All we ask is that if you bring something, that no one takes, please take it home again.

Our meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7th.

Also Sisters, if you have any ideas that you would like to learn or do at these Relief Society Meetings, please let us know. We are always searching for ideas.

APRIL RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, at 6:30 we will be making temple pictures, you can view what they look like at: lovetoseethetemple.com The prices on the website will most likely be different, we will have those out soon. We are doing sign ups now and then we will be collecting the money so that we can get them ordered within the next week or so. We are so excited about these, and hope that you can join us.

As we think about temples and the Relief Society, we all have heard stories about how in Nauvoo, the sisters raised money to help the building of the temple. Some sisters made work clothes and brought food to the men working to build the temple. One such woman was Sarah M Kimball.

Born December 29, 1818, in Phelps, New York, to Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger, Sarah joined the Church and moved with her family to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1833 at age fifteen.

Perhaps most significant in her early adulthood was her formation of the Ladies' Society of Nauvoo, the antecedent of the Relief Society. Married at age twenty-one to Hiram Kimball, a wealthy Nauvoo merchant who later converted to the Church, she sought to help build the kingdom of God, which the Saints then saw as embodied in Nauvoo, especially in the temple. She and her seamstress, a Miss (Margaret?) Cook, determined to sew shirts for the temple workmen and subsequently invited other women to join forces with them in a ladies' society. When they approached Joseph Smith for his approval of the society's Constitution, written by Eliza R. Snow, he stated that although the Constitution was excellent, the Lord wanted the women organized "under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood." According to Sarah Kimball's recollection, Joseph continued, "The Church was never perfectly organized until the women were thus organized" (Kimball, p. 51).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RELIEF SOCIETY!!

Wednesday, March 3rd at 6:30 is our birthday celebration. We are combining with the 5th ward. THere will be a dinner, fun and a night of being with our sisters. There will be a nursery provided. Casual Dress. Please come and enjoy the Circle of Sisters.

February Relief Society Meeting

Our monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, February 3 @ 6:30 at the church. We will have several mini classes ranging from budgeting, frugal tips, saving money around town, candy making, and cheap and easy valentine ideas. We would love to have you all there with us.