Monday, June 17, 2013

Day 5 - 1 Nephi 15-17

Daily Focus Scriptures to mark and ponder:
1 Nephi 15:8 – "Have Ye Inquired of the Lord?"
1 Nephi 16:2 "...wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center." 
Chapter 17:  The BALL (Liahona), the BOW (Broken) and the BOAT (to the promised Land)
1 Nephi 17: 13 – "I will be your LIGHT in the WILDERNESS and I will prepare the way before you..."
1 Nephi 17:45  -  "Ye are swift to do iniquity, but slow to remember the Lord your God..."

For Kids:
Click here to watch Journey to the Promised Land - Part I

Daily Questions:
Have you ever noticed how many stories in the scriptures have a Wilderness in them?  Why is there always a wilderness in people's lives?  What do we learn while in that wilderness?  Do we learn that we can't do it alone?  Do we learn what we really NEED?  And what is that?

Food for Thought:
Through our "Wilderness", we learn that we NEED THE SAVIOR!  The wilderness of our lives is like living in a desert.  After walking in the desert for a long time, what is the first thing we call out for?  WATER – What better water can the Savior give us then himself – LIVING WATER.  What else do we hunger for?  BREAD – The savior at times has provided MANA for those in need of sustenance.  Yet at other times, no mana has been given.  Did he leave those people alone?  No!  He gave them the “BREAD OF LIFE.”  He gave them himself and scriptures.

BOMING PICTURE:  Taken of 15 year old Bethany Ritchie, still on a high after returning from EFY!


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