Closer to Christ - Days 73-79

DAY 73

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 11-13

DAY 74

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 14-16

Mark and ponder: 3 Nephi 14:24-27

Scripture thought of the day: 3 Nephi 15:9

Thought of the day: "With gospel perspective, we can know that when we endure to the very end, we are actually enduring to the very beginning. Thus, rather than viewing this virtue as delivering us expiring in exhaustion to a finish line, we are brought intact and victorious to a starting line." -Neal A. Maxwell

DAY 75

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 17-19

Mark and ponder: 3 Nephi 18:19-21

Scripture thought of the day: D&C 63:64

Thought of the day: "The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the telephone and ordering groceries - we place our order and hang up. We need to meditate, contemplate, think of what we are praying about and for and then speak to the Lor as one man speaketh to another. 'Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord' (Isaiah 1:18). That is the invitation. Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous." -Gordon B. Hinckley

DAY 76

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 20-22

Mark and ponder: 3 Nephi 20:8-9

Scripture thought of the day: JST, John 6:54

Thought of the day: "The sacrament and the partaking of those emblems is the very heart of our Sabbath worship. It includes a renewal of covenants with God. It caries with it a promise of His Holy Spirit to be with us. As we partake of the sacrament we can all stand on a level lane before the Lord. Each is accountable for what he does as he renews his covenants with the Lord in that magnificent and beautiful and simple ordinance of the gospel which carries with it such tremendous meaning." -Gordon B. Hinckley

DAY 77

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 23-26

Mark and ponder: 3 Nephi 23:81

Scripture thought of the day: Deuteronomy 17:19

Thought of the day: "Let us establish in our lives the habit of reading those things which will strengthen our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world." -Gordon B. Hinckley

DAY 78

Scripture study: 3 Nephi 27-30

Mark and ponder: 3 Nephi 27:13-14, 20

Scripture thought of the day: Hebrews 11:16

Thought of the day: "The test of the church is the kind of me it produces." -David O. McKay

DAY 79

Scripture study: 4 Nephi, Mormon 1

Mark and ponder: 4 Nephi 1:12

Scripture thought of the day: Alma 17:3

Thought of the day: "Is it too much to ask of anyone, any member of this church, that you actually fast for two meals a month? It will only bless our lives if we do so. I am satisified that if every man, woman, and child in the United States of America were to observe this great and marvelous practice, which costs no one anythin, not a thing, that it would take care of all the welfare problems of this nation. The Lord's way is a simple way that takes nothing from us, adds to our humility, to our spirit of worship, to our physical well being, and takes care of those in need and distress." -Gordon B. Hinckley