Day 1

Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 1-10

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 3:7

Scripture Thought for the Day: “Yeah, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.”(D&C 8:2)

Thought for the Day: “It is the right and privilege of every man, every women, every child who has reached the years of accountability, to enjoy the spirit of revelation, and to be possessed of the spirit of inspiration in the discharge of their duties as members of the church.” (Joseph F. Smith)

Day 2

Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 11-15

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 15:34

Scripture Thought for the Day: “I say unto thee, put your trust in the Spirit which leadeth to do good, yea to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously, and this is my Spirit. Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall enlighten you mind, which shall fill you soul with joy. And then shall ye know, or by this shall ye 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: “CHARACTER is the ability to carry out a decision after the emotion of making the decision is past.”

Day 3

Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 16-19

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 19:23

Scripture Thought for the Day: “If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and make our abode with him.” (John 12:23)

Thought for the Day: “Families who prayerfully prepare and consistently hold their weekly home evenings and who work together during the week to apply the lessons in their lives, will be blessed. There will be better feelings between husband and wife, between parents and children, and among children. In such homes, the Spirit of the Lord will be make manifest.” (David O. McKay)

Day 4

Scripture Study:1 Nephi 20-22; 2 Nephi 1-2

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:11

Scripture Thought for the Day: “Jesus said unto them; verily I say unto you; if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou casted into the sea, it shall be done.” (Matt 21: 21

Thought for the Day: “The world will turn aside for the young man who knows where he is going.”

Day 5

Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 3-7

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:27

Scripture Thought for the Day: “For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove, and it was removed. And if he had not had faith it would not have moved: wherefore, thou workest after men have faith.” (Ether 12:30)

Thought for the Day: “Where one door shuts, another opens. We come to an end and find a beginning. Often we worry about arriving at an end with too little faith in what follows.” (Don Quixote)

Optional Study: Study from the topical guide and other reference material all you can find on the subject of Faith.

Day 6

Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 8-12

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:27

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 83:10)

Thought for the Day: “The best way to get rested is to speed up. When we get ahead of our work we love it and it becomes easy. When we get ahead of us, we hatie it and it becomes difficutl. A winner at the end of a race is never tired, he's ready to go again, the tired businessman is the man whose business is not successful.”

Day 7

Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 13-21

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 9:28-29

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: “FAITH is a divine gift to all men to receive, if only their attitue and life will premit ins reception.”

Day 8

Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 22-33

Scripute Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 28:8

Scripture Thought for the Day: “Therefore come unto me and be ye saved...” (3 Nephi 12:20)

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)

Day 9

Scripture Study: Jacob 1-5

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 31:13

Scripture Thought for the Day: “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall kow the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)

Thought for the Day: “Latter-day Saints are obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spirtual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God.” (Boyd K. Packer)

Day 10

Scripture Study: Jacob 6-7, Enos, Jarom, Omni

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 31:20

Scripture Thought for the Day: “And who knoweth whether whou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Ether 4:14)

Thought for the Day: “In our preexistent state, in the day of the great council, we make a certain agreement with the Almighty. The Lord proposed a plan, conceived by Him. We accepted it. Since the plan is intended for all men, we became party to the salvation of eveyr person under that plan. We agreed, right then and there, to be not only saviors for ourselves, be measurably, savoirs for the whole human family. We wnet into a partnershop with the Lord. The wokring out of the plan became then not merely the Father's work, and the Savor's work, but also our work. The least of us, the humblest, is in partnership with the Almighty in achieving he purpose of the eternal plan of salvaion.” (Elder John A. Widtsoe)

Day 11

Scripture Study: Words of Mormon, Mosiah 1-3

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 33: 8-9

Scripture Thought for the Day: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unot salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16)

Thought for the Day: “Who can resist the power possessed by the Latterday Saints in their faith? And the stronger our faith, the more mighty are the bonds of our strenght.” (Brigham Young)

Day 12

Scripture Study: Mosiah 4-9

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Jacob 2: 18-19

Scripture Thought for the Day: "And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchanging Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles."
(Mormon 9:19)

Thought for the Day: "The happiness of a man in this life does no consist in the absence, but in the mastery of his passions." (Alfred Lord Tennyson)


Day 13

Scripture Study: Mosiah 10-15

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 3:19

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: "A great deal has also been said about giving your life for the work, not in death but in living day by day. It is so easy sometimes to die; it is hard sometimes to live the principles for which we stand... I believe it is far more important to live for our faith than to die for our faith." (Mark E. Petersen)


Day 14

Scripture Study: Mosiah 16-22

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 2:17

Scripture Thought for the Day: "...for it is by faith that miracles are wrought, and it is by faith that angles appear and minister unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased, wo be unto the children of men for it is because of unbelief, and all is vain." (Moroni 7:37)

Thought for the Day: "The time will come when no man or women will be able to stand on borrowed light. We must have a firm understanding and testimony of our own."

Make a date with your spouse and go to the temple- just the two of you. Discuss the family in the celestial room. Over dinner make some new commitments to each other.


Day 15

Scripture Study: Mosiah 23-29

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 4:27

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 no 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: "A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the whole week."



Day 16

Scripture Study: Alma 1-5

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 4:30

Scripture Thought for the Day: "And no one can assist in the 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: "All great ages have been ages of belief, I mean, when there was any extraordinary power of performance, when great national movement began, when art appeared, when heroes existed, when poems were made, the human soul was in earnest." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)



Day 17

Scripture Study: Alma 6-10

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 4:10

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 ye learning, even by study and also by faith." (D&C 88:118)

Thought for the Day: "FAITH comes by hearing the word of God, through the testimony of the servants of God, that testimony is always attended by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. (Joseph Smith)



Day 18

Scripture Study: Alma 11-14

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 5:14

Scripture Thought of the Day: "Let they bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distill upon thy soul as the dews from Heaven The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy sceptor an unchanging sceptor of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be and everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever."
(D&C 121: 45-46)

Thought of the Day: "Faith is the force of life." (Leo Tolstoy)



Day 19

Scripture Study: Alma 15-19

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 11:40

Scripture Thought for the Day: "For this is the love of God, that we keep the commandments, and his commandments are not grievous." (1 John 5:3)

Thought for the Day: "We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths, in feeling, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most - feels the noblest - acts the best."



Day 20

Scripture Study: Alma 20-24

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 11:43

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to 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: "Faith is more potent in human endeavor even than judgment or experience." (David O. McKay)



Day 21

Scripture Study: Alma 25-29

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 30:60

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, an it shall be opened unto you: For everyone 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: "In our antemortal state we walked by sight. Then we knew God. We lived with him. He was our Father, and our teacher. This earth life was intended as a place where we might learn to walk just a little way by faith." (Sterling W. Sill)



Day 22

Scripture Study: Alma 30-36

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 32:21

Scripture Thought for the Day: "And again, I say unto you, I give unto you a commandment that every man, both elder, priest, teacher, and also members, go to with his might, with the labor of his hands, to prepare and accomplish the things which I have commanded, And let your preaching be the warning voice, every man to his neighbor, in mildness and meekness."

Thought for the Day: "When you have done the best you can, be satisfied and don't look back. Rather than berate yourself for what you didn't do, congratulate yourself for what you did."
(M. Russell Ballard)



Day 23

Scripture Study: Alma 37-41

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 36: 18-19

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." (Ephesians 6:16)

Thought for the Day: "Implied FAITH and confidence in God is for you and me to do everything we can to sustain and preserve ourselves; and the community that works together, hear and hand, to accomplish this, their efforts will be like the efforts of one man." (Brigham Young)



Day 24

Scripture Study: Alma 42-44

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 34: 32-34

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of 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: "The proper example is all important. Let us be what we profess to be. There is no satisfactory substitute." (Ezra Taft Benson)



Day 25

Scripture Study: Alma 45-50

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 46:12

Scripture Thought for the Day: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law."
(Galations 5: 22-23)

Thought for the Day: "I wish the people to understand that they have no interest apart from the Lord our God. The moment you have a divided interest, that moment you sever yourselves from eternal principles." (Brigham Young)



Day 26

Scripture Study: Alma 51-54

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 37:6-7

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Be faithful until I come, for I come quickly; and my reward is with me to recompense every man according as his work shall be." (D&C 112:34)

Thought for the Day: "The degree of faith possessed by any man depends not upon the extent of his knowledge but upon the certainty of his knowledge, which leads its possessor to works corresponding to his knowledge. Thus a man of great knowledge may have weak faith, while one of limited information may have a strong faith. (Joseph Smith)



Day 27

Scripture Study: Alma 55-58

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 37:35

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Yea, they had been taught by their mothers."

Thought for the Day: "Faith is to the soul, as sunshine is to the earth." (David O. McKay)



Day 28

Scripture Study: Alma 59-63

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Alma 41-10

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Quench no the Spirit" (I Thessalonians 5:19)

Thought for the Day: "Success in life depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. Men get tired and give up."



Day 29

Scripture Study: Helaman 1-9

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Helaman 10: 4-5

Scripture Thought for the Day: "And if thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayers and offer up they 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: "Seek not for greatness, but for truth, and you will find both."



Day 30

Scripture Study: Helaman 10-14

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Helaman 5:12

Scripture Thought for the Day: "...faith is things which are hoped for 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: "Faith in God cannot of course be anything others than personal. It must be yours; it must be mine; and to be effective, must spring from the mind and heart. Every man will do well to pray with Emerson; 'O God', make me will to do they will." (David O. McKay)



Day 31

Scripture Study: Helaman 15-16, 3 Nephi 1-4

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 11: 14-15

Scripture Thought for the Day: "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."
(1 Corinthians 2: 14-15)

Thought for the Day: "Deep and enduring testimonies grow and strengthen as they are daily nurtured. They increase as they are shared." (Marvin J. Ashton)



Day 32

Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 5-10

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 11:29

Scripture Thought for the Day: "And I myself will go with them and be in their midst, and I am their advocate with the Father, and nothing shall prevail against them." (D&C 32:3)

Thought for the Day: "How prudently most men sink into nameless graves, while now adn then a few forget themselves into immortality." (William Jennings Bryan)



Day 33

Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 11-16

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 12:48

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, charity, you can do nothing.”
(D&C 18: 18-19)

Thought for the Day: “Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have believed like giants.” (Charles H. Parkhurst)

Day 34

Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 17-21

Scripture Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 27:8

Scripture Thought for the Day: “...it is my will that you should go forth and not tarry, neither be idle but labor with you might... And thus, if ye are faithful ye shall be laden with many sheaves, and crowned with honor, and glory, and immortality, and eternal life.” (D&C 75: 3,5

Thought for the Day: “Successful people always do more than they are expected.”

Day 35

Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 22-30

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Ether 12:27

Scripture Thought for the Day: “Without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him,”
(Hebrews 11:6)

Thought for the Day: “The test of the church is the kind of men it produces.” (David O. McKay)

Day 36

Scripture Study: 4 Nephi, Mormon 1-8

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Ether 12:27

Scripture Thought for the Day: “He that is ordained of God and sent forth, the same is appointed to be the greatest, notwithstanding he is the least and the servant of all. Wherefore, he is the possessor of all things, for all things are subject unto him, both in heaven and on the earth, the life and the light, and Spirit and the power, sent forth by the will of the Father through Jesus Christ, his Son. But no man is possessor of all things except his be purified and cleansed from all sin.” (D&C 50: 26-28

Thought for the Day: “The faithful will exercise faith and pray always for all who are within the reach of the Lord. The good desire good to all.” (Brigham Young)

Day 37

Scripture Study: Mormon 9, Ether 1-3

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Ether 12: 41

Scripture Thought for the Day: "I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for 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: "Are you full of FAITH? you can tell whether I am or not by looking at me. You can tell whether the brethren who heave been speaking to you are full of FAITH in the gospel by the look of their countenances. You can see this if there is not a word spoken." (Brigham Young)



Day 38

Scripture Study:Ether 4-10

Scripture Mark and Ponder:Moroni 7:16-17

Scripture Thought for the Day: "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing waivering." (James 1: 5-6)

Thought for the Day: "Success is not never falling down, but rising every time you fall."



Day 39

Scripture Study: Ether 11-15

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Moroni 8:12

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that ye many be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5: 16)

Thought for the Day: "The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think." (Aristotle)



Day 40

Scripture Study: Moroni 1-10

Scripture Mark and Ponder: Moroni 10:4

Scripture Thought for the Day: "Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20)

Thought for the Day: "Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of water, you choose them s your guide, and following them, you reach your destiny." (Carl Schurz)