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Subject: RS: 40 Days Closer to Christ
FEAST UPON THE WORD! CHALLENGE- SCHEDULE
This program is designed to help people throughout the church have faith in God and build individual testimonies of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Members are encouraged to live and to share their knowledge and testimonies of the restored gospel. This study program may be used as a personal study guide, or as a family program, depending on your circumstances.
The following are suggestions that you may wish to commit to while following a 40-day program:
1. Be out of bed no later than 6 am every morning. (maybe 7 am on Sat)
A special 1/2 hour each day to generate the Spirit:
a. Humble, fervent, effective vocal prayer
b. Pray for a burning spirit of testimony
and love
c. Meditate about family, scriptures, and
callings
d. Ponder the thought and scripture of the
day
e. Learn the Book of Mormon scripture of the
day
3. Organize your day and be sure to include the following:
a. Reading assignment
c. Have meaningful family prayer
d. Make a commitment not to say anything about
anyone that is not positive, true, and uplifting
e. Lift someone today--phone call, note, visit,
etc.
f. Physical exercise
4. Read the Book of Mormon each day
5. Attend a temple session, or prepare to obtain a Temple Recommend.
6. Be conscious of trying to obey every commandment.
7. Quality home and visiting teaching - 100 % each month.
8. Become a second miler in church callings.
9. Hold Family Home Evening.
10. Take your spouse on a date each week.
"FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST...FOR THEY WILL TELL YOU ALL THINGS
WHAT YE SHALL DO." (2 Nephi 32:3)
DAY 1
Scripture thought for the day: "... For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray." 2 Nephi 32:8
Thought for the day: "The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could be." John Grimes
Scripture Study: title page-1 Nephi 3
Scripture: mark and ponder 1 Nephi 2:19
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DAY 2
Scripture thought for the day: "And they shall also teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord." D&C 68:28
Thought for the day: "I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun at noonday-- not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else." C. S. Lewis
Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 4-10
Scripture: mark and ponder 1 Nephi 7:12
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DAY 3
Scripture thought for the day: Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep, and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God, and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day." Alma 37-37
Thought for the day: "If you believe you can or you believe you can't, you're right." Eleanor Roosevelt
Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 11-15
Scripture: mark and Ponder 1 Nephi 14:1
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DAY 4
Scripture thought for the day: "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to the Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matt 6:6
Thought for the day: "If you are going to leave footprints in the sands of time, you must wear work shoes." LeGrande Richards
Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 16-18
Scripture: mark and ponder 1 Nephi 17:3
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DAY 5
Scripture thought for the day: "Therefore may God grant unto you, my brethren, that ye may begin to exercise faith unto repentance, that ye begin to call upon his holy name, that he would have mercy upon you;" Alma 34:17
Thought for the day: "Spirituality impels one to conquer difficulties and inquire more and more strength. To feel one's faculties unfolding, and truth expanding in the soul, is one of life's sublimest experiences." David O McKay
Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 19-22
Scripture: mark and ponder 1 Nephi 22:25
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DAY 6
Scripture thought for the day: "I the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say, but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." D&C 82:10
Thought for the day: "That which we persist in doing becomes easier--not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our ability to do has increased." Heber J. Grant
Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 1-4
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 2:25
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DAY 7
Scripture thought for the day: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1
Thought for the day: "You may be surprised at what you can achieve with sincere effort. So get up, pick the cinders out of your wounds, and take one more step."
Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 5-9
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 9:20-21
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DAY 8
Scripture thought for the day: "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:23
Thought for the day: "I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work." Thomas Edison
Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 10-19
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 11:17
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DAY 9
Scripture thought for the day: "Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed." 3 Nephi 18:21
Thought for the day: "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." Henry David Thoreau
Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 20-26
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 25:13
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DAY 10
Scripture thought for the day: "And again, I command thee that thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as in private." D&C 19:28
Thought for the day: "Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back." John Ruskin
Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 27-33
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 32:3-5
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DAY 11
Scripture thought for the day: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." Romans 1:16
Thought for the day: "You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your day of abundance." Kahlil Gibran
Scripture Study: Jacob 1-5
Scripture: mark and ponder Jacob 3:2
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DAY 12
Scripture thought for the day: "Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord." Jeremiah 29:12-14
Thought for the day: "How much easier is it to be critical than to be correct." Disreli
Scripture Study: Jacob 6 - Words of Mormon
Scripture: mark and ponder Omni 1:26
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DAY 13
Scripture thought for the day: "Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers." D&C 112:10
Thought for the day: "To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle - Every space is a miracle." Walt Whitman
Scripture Study: Mosiah 1-5
Scripture: mark and ponder Mosiah 2:20
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DAY 14
Scripture thought for the day: "All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Matt 21:22
Thought for the day: "The reward of labor is life." William Morris
Scripture Study: Mosiah 6-13
Scripture: mark and ponder Mosiah 12:33
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DAY 15
Scripture thought for the day: "And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow and forever." Moroni 10:7
Thought for the day:" Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scripture Study: Mosiah 14-20
Scripture: mark and ponder Mosiah 15:22-23
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DAY 16
Scripture thought for the day: "And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope and charity, being temperate in all things whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care." D&C 12:8
Thought for the day: "To laugh is proper to man." Francois Rabelias
Scripture Study: Mosiah 21-27
Scripture: mark and ponder Mosiah 24:13-14
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DAY 17
Scripture thought for the day: "As all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith." D&C 88:118
Thought for the day: "Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it." George Bernard Shaw
Scripture Study; Mosiah 28-Alma 3
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 1:27
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DAY 18
Scripture thought for the day: "Behold God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation." Isaiah 12:2
Thought for the day: "The supreme happiness of life is the conviction we are loved." Victor Hugo
Scripture Study: Alma 4-8
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 5:26
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DAY 19
Scripture thought for the day: "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with his love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be
purified even as he is pure." Moroni 7:48
Thought for the day: "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." Abigail Adams
Scripture Study: Alma 9-12
Scripture: mark and ponder: Alma 12:37
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DAY 20
Scripture thought for the day: "Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works." Jacob 4:10
Thought for the day: "Resolve not to seem, but to be the best" Aeschylus
Scripture Study: Alma 13-17
Scripture: mark and ponder: Alma 13:28-29
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DAY 21
Scripture thought for the day: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." Matthew 7:7-8
Thought for the day: "Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in." Robert Frost
Scripture study: Alma 18-22
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 22:15-16
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DAY 22
Scripture thought for the day: "And as it is written--Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive." D&C 29:6
Thought for the day: "If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women...If much depends as is allowed upon the early education of youth and the first principles which are instilled take the deepest root, great benefit must rise from literary accomplishments in women." Abigail Adams
Scripture Study: Alma 23-28
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 30:60
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DAY 23
Scripture thought for the day: "If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7
Thought for the day: "If any man hopes to do a deed without God's knowledge, he errs." Pindar
Scripture Study: Alma 29-33
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 32:21
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DAY 24
Scripture thought for the day: "Behold, I say unto you, that the thing that will be the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father." D&C 15:6
Thought for the day: "One should not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works." Meister Eckhart
Scripture Study: Alma 34-38
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 32:32-34
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DAY 25
Scripture thought for the day: "He that asketh in the Spirit asketh according to the will of God; wherefore it is done even as he asketh." D&C 46:30
Thought for the day: "It is never too late to give up our prejudices." Henry David Thoreau
Scripture Study: Alma 39-43
Scripture: mark and ponder Matt 26:41
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DAY 26
Scripture thought for the day: "Watch and pray, that ye shall not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Thought for the day: "There is no wealth but life." John Ruskin
Scripture study: Alma 44-48
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 37:6-7
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DAY 27
Scripture thought for the day: "Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers in all your exportations, and in all your doings." D&C 108:7
Thought for the day: "Let there be spaces in your togetherness." Kahlil Gibran
Scripture Study: Alma 49-53
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 37:35-37
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DAY 28
Scripture thought for the day: "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." Joel 2:32
Thought for the day: "Men are what their mothers made them." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scripture Study: Alma 54-58
Scripture: mark and ponder Alma 41:10
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DAY 29
Scripture thought for the day: "And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day; nevertheless thy vows shall be offered up in righteousness on all days and at all times." D&C 59:9-11
Thought for the day: "That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love." William Wordsworth
Scripture Study: Alma 59- Helaman 2
Scripture: mark and ponder Helamean 10:4-5
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DAY 30
Scripture thought for the day: "...they had given themselves to much prayer and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with the power and authority of God." Alma 17:3
Thought for the day: If one advances confidently in the direction of
his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will
meetwith a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau
Scripture Study: Helaman 3-6
Scripture: mark and ponder Helaman 5:12
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DAY 31
Scripture thought for the day: "Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing--unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God." Alma 26:22
Thought for the day: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt
Scripture Study: Helaman 7-12
Scripture: mark and ponder 3 Nephi 11:14-15
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DAY 32
Scripture thought for the day: "Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might , mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day." D&C 4:2
Thought for the day: "Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!" Anne Frank
Scripture Study: Helaman 13-3 Nephi 2
Scripture: mark and ponder 2 Nephi 11:29
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DAY 33
Scripture thought for the day: "Ask the Father in my name, in faith believing that you shall receive, and you shall have the Holy Ghost, which manifesteth all things which are expedient unto the children of men. And if you have not faith, hope and charity, you can do nothing." D&C 18:18-19
Thought for the day: "Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments." John Steinbeck
Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 3-8
Scripture: mark and ponder 3 Nephi 12:48
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DAY 34
Scripture thought for the day: "And if ye are purified and cleansed from all sin, ye shall ask whatsoever you will in the name of Jesus and it shall be done. But know this, it shall be given you what you shall ask; and as ye are appointed to the head, the spirits shall be subject unto you." D&C 50:29-30
Thought for the day: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 9-15
Scripture: mark and ponder 3 Nephi 27:27-28
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DAY 35
Scripture thought for the day: "And now my beloved brethern, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Isreal, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved." Omni 1:26
Thought for the day: "The safest road to Hell is the gradual one-- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turning, without milestones, without signposts." C. S. Lewis
Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 16-20
Scripture: mark and ponder Ether 12:6
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DAY 36
Scripture thought for the day: "draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is expedient for you." D&C 88:63-64
Thought for the day: "To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character." Aristotle
Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 21-29
Scripture: mark and ponder Ether 12:27
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DAY 37
Scripture thought for the day: "I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped fro and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." Ether 12:6
Thought for the day: "No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death." Plato
Scripture Study: 4 Nephi - Mormon 5
Scripture: mark and ponder Ether 12:41
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DAY 38
Scripture thought for the day: "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all man liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering." James 1:5-6
Thought for the day: "Man is the measure of all things." Protagoras
Scripture Study: Mormon 6-Ether 2
Scripture: mark and ponder Moroni 7:16-17
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DAY 39
Scripture thought for the day: "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16
Thought for the day: "When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves." Confucius
Scripture Study: Ether 3-9
Scripture: mark and ponder Moroni 8:9-12
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DAY 40 Scripture thought for the day: "I say
unto you put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good--yea
to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously: and this is my Spirit.
"Verily, verily, I way unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit,
which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy. And
then shall ye know, or by this shall you know all things whatsoever you
desire of me, which are pertaining unto things of righteousness, in faith
believing in me that you shall receive." D&C 11:12-14
Thought for the day: "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."...You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Scripture Study: Ether 10-15
Scripture: mark and ponder Moroni 10:4
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DAY 41
Ponder this day the gift given you by Jesus Christ -- the gift of eternal
life. Scripture Study: Moroni 1-10
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