NT Reading Assignments 10/31-11/6

10/31	Mon	Luke 7
11/1	Tues	Luke 8
11/2	Wed	Luke 9
11/3	Thur	Luke 10
11/4	Fri	Luke 11
11/5	Sat	Luke 12
11/6	Sun	Catch Up

NT Reading Assignments 10/24-10/30

10/24	Mon	Luke 1:36-80
10/25	Tues	Luke 2
10/26	Wed	Luke 3
10/27	Thur	Luke 4
10/28	Fri	Luke 5
10/29	Sat	Luke 6
10/30	Sun	Catch Up

Matt. 27:46 "None were with Him, but you are not alone!"

Matt: 27:46 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:

“With all the conviction of my soul I testify that He did please His Father perfectly and that a perfect Father did not forsake His Son in that hour. Indeed, it is my personal belief that in all of Christ’s mortal ministry the Father may never have been closer to His Son than in these agonizing final moments of suffering. Nevertheless, that the supreme sacrifice of His Son might be as complete as it was voluntary and solitary, the Father briefly withdrew from Jesus the comfort of His Spirit, the support of His personal presence. It was required, indeed it was central to the significance of the Atonement, that this perfect Son who had never spoken ill nor done wrong nor touched an unclean thing had to know how the rest of humankind—us, all of us—would feel when we did commit such sins. For His Atonement to be infinite and eternal, He had to feel what it was like to die not only physically but spiritually, to sense what it was like to have the divine Spirit withdraw, leaving one feeling totally, abjectly, hopelessly alone.”

“…Brothers and sisters, … because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. His solitary journey brought great company for our little version of that path—the merciful care of our Father in Heaven, the unfailing companionship of this Beloved Son, the consummate gift of the Holy Ghost, angels in heaven, family members on both sides of the veil, prophets and apostles, teachers, leaders, friends. All of these and more have been given as companions for our mortal journey because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of His gospel. Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. Truly the Redeemer of us all said: “I will not leave you comfortless: [My Father and] I will come to you [and abide with you]” (“None Were with Him,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2009, 87–88).

NT Reading Assignments 10/17-10/23

10/17	Mon	Mark 12
10/18	Tues	Mark 13
10/19	Wed	Mark 14
10/20	Thur	Mark 15
10/21	Fri	Mark 16
10/22	Sat	Luke 1:1-35
10/23	Sun	Catch Up

Matthew 25:13 "Why not now?"

Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Preparation for the Second Coming," Ensign, May 2004, 7

What if the day of His coming were tomorrow? If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow-through our premature death or through His unexpected coming-what would we do today? What confessions would we make? What practices would we discontinue? What accounts would we settle? What forgivenesses would we extend? What testimonies would we bear?

If we would do those things then, why not now? Why not seek peace while peace can be obtained? If our lamps of preparation are drawn down, let us start immediately to replenish them.

Matthew 25: 8 “Give us of your oil”

President Spencer W. Kimball:

 “This was not selfishness or unkindness. The kind of oil that is needed to illuminate the way and light up the darkness is not shareable. How can one share obedience to the principle of tithing; a mind at peace from righteous living; an accumulation of knowledge? How can one share faith or testimony? How can one share attitudes or chastity, or the experience of a mission? How can one share temple privileges? Each must obtain that kind of oil for himself. …

“In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. In our lives the oil of preparedness is accumulated drop by drop in righteous living. … Each act of dedication and obedience is a drop added to our store” (Faith Precedes the Miracle [1972], 255–56).

NT Reading Assignments 10/10-10/16

10/10	Mon	Mark 6
10/11	Tues	Mark 7
10/12	Wed	Mark 8
10/13	Thur	Mark 9
10/14	Fri	Mark 10
10/15	Sat	Mark 11
10/16	Sun	Catch Up

NT Reading Assignments 10/3-10/9

10/3	Mon	Matt 28
10/4	Tues	Mark 1
10/5	Wed	Mark 2
10/6	Thur	Mark 3
10/7	Fri	Mark 4
10/8	Sat	Mark 5
10/9	Sun	Catch Up