Jacob 6-7

Today's Reading:  Jacob 6-7
Ponder & Mark:  Jacob 6:12

2 Nephi 19-23

Today's Reading:  2 Nephi 19-23
Mark & Ponder:  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?

2 Nephi 14-18

Today's Reading:  2 Nephi 14-18
Ponder & Mark:  15:20-21

“Today’s popular entertainment often makes what is evil and wrong look enjoyable and right. Let us remember the Lord’s counsel: ‘Woe unto them that call evil 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 things for what they really are?

2 Nephi 10-13

Today's Reading:  2 Nephi 10-13
Mark & Ponder:  2 Nephi 12:2-3

“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?

2 Nephi 8-9

Read:  2 Nephi 8-9
Mark & Ponder:  2 Nephi 9:50-51

“Keeping everything in balance can be a real problem …Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives. …Our main goal should be to seek “immortality and eternal life.”  With this as our goal, why not eliminate from our lives the things that clamor for and consume our thoughts, feelings, and energies without contributing to our reaching that goal?”

~ Elder M. Russell Ballard

How do you spend your time, money and energy?

2 Nephi 4-7

Read:  2 Nephi 4-7
Mark & Ponder:  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?

2 Nephi 2-3

Today's Reading:  2 Nephi 2 - 3
Ponder & 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?