Closer to Christ - Days 10 - 16

DAY 10

Scripture study: 1 Nephi 20-22

Mark and ponder: 1 Nephi 22:16-17

Scripture thought of the day: Matthew 11:28-30

Thought of the day: "Our faith in the Lord is the source of spiritual power that will give you and me the assurance that we have nothing to fear from the journey." -Elder M. Russell Ballard

DAY 11

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 1-2

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 2:11

Scripture thought of the day: Moroni 10:32-22

Thought of the day: "Our detours and disappointments are the straight and narrow path to Jesus Christ." -Howard W. Hunter

DAY 12

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 3-5

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 4:15-16

Scripture thought of the day: Romans 15:4

Thought of the day: "When we read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kind come to use. This is the most profitable of all study in which we can engage." -Howard W. Hunter

DAY 13

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 6-8

Mark and ponder: 6:13-14

Scripture thought of the day: D&C 133:45

Thought of the day: "Men and woman who turn their lives over to God will find out that he can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends, and pour out peace. Whoever will lose his life to God will find he has eternal life." -Ezra Taft Benson

DAY 14

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 9

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 9:18-19

Scripture thought of the day: D&C 135:3

Thought of the day: "Learn to hold loosely all that is not eternal." -A. Maude Royden

DAY 15

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 10-14

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 10:23-25

Scripture thought of the day: 2 Nephi 2:27

Thought of the day: "Choice, not chance, determines destiny."

DAY 16

Scripture study: 2 Nephi 15-19

Mark and ponder: 2 Nephi 19:6

Scripture thought of the day: Ether 3:14

Thought of the day: "No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus Christ. We cannot conceive of our lives without his teachings. Without him we would be lost in a mirage of beliefs and worship, born in fear and darkness where the sensual and materialistic hold sway. We are far short of the goal he set for us, but we must never lost sight of it nor must we forget that our climb toward the light, toward perfection, would not be possible except for His teachings, his life, his death, and his resurrection." -Gordon B. Hinckley