Closer to Christ - Days 17 - 23

DAY 17

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 20-24

Mark and ponder: 22:1-2

Scripture thought of the day: Moses 6:57

Thought of the day: "There was no man ever born into this world that could have stood under the weight of the load that was upon the son of God, when he was carrying my sins and yours and making it possible that we might escape from our sins." -Doctrines of Salvation 1:130-131

DAY 18

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 25-27

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 25:26

Scripture thought of the day: D&C 6:13

Thought of the day: "It is not enough simply for parents to provide food and shelter for their children's physical well-being. There is an equal responsibility to provide nourishment and direction to the spirit and the mind and the heart." -Gordon B. Hinckley

DAY 19

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 28-30

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 28:30

Scripture thought of the day: 2 Nephi 9:28-29

Thought of the day: "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 these, they are flattery of prominent men in the world, false educational ideas, and sexual impurity. -Joseph Smith

DAY 20

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 31-33

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 31:10

Scripture thought of the day: 3 Nephi 11:33

Thought of the day: "Everyone of us needs to stand tall and be strong and faithful and walk in the footsteps of the Master. We need to examine our own lives to see that they radiate the Spirit of the Lord who taught us the great saving principles of the gospel." -Gordon B. Hinckley

DAY 21

Scripture study: Jacob 1-4

Mark and ponder: Jacob 4:11-12

Scripture thought of the day: John 1:3

Thought of the day: "The doctrine of the atonement embrace and is the force to all other gospel doctrines. It is the foundation upon which all truth rests, and all things grow out of it and come because of it. Indeed, the atonement is the gospel." -Bruce R. McConkie

DAY 22

Scripture study: Jacob 5

Mark and ponder: Jacob 5:37

Scripture thought of the day: D&C 39:20-23

Thought of the day: "Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives." -Thomas S. Monson

DAY 23

Scripture study: Jacob 6-7

Mark and ponder: Jacob 6:2, 5, 8, 11-12

Scripture thought of the day: 1 Nephi 22:21

Thought of the day: "How happy is that person who has one true friend, and how much more happy are those who can call a large multitude their friends, true unto death, bound together in one everlasting covenant, never to be broken. Such a people is my people and the God of such a people is my God forever . . . and whatever there is in my disposition or habit that does not harmonize with such a glorious people, I pray fervently that it may be altered and put away, until I am one with the faithful Saints . . . who love God and his priesthood." -Orson Spencer