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| Daughters in the Kingdom – Come Unto Christ |Day 1 |Day 2 |Day 3 |

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| |Scriptural thought for the day: Moroni 10:32 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 50:29-30 |Scriptural thought for the day: Matthew 4:3-4 |

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| |Thought for the day: “Followers of Christ pattern |Thought for the day: “Faith is a gift of God; it is|Thought for the day: “Regardless of your |

| |their lives after the Savior to walk in the light. |the fruitage of righteous living. It does not come|particular circumstances, as you become more and |

| |Two characteristics can help us recognize to what |to us by our command but is the result of doing the|more familiar with the truths of the scriptures, |

| |extent we follow Him. First, followers of Christ |will of our Heavenly Father.” |you will be more and more effective in keeping the |

| |are loving people. Second, followers of Christ |- George A. Smith |second great commandment, to love your neighbor as |

| |make and keep covenants.” | |yourself. Become scholars of the scriptures—not to |

| |- Elder Walter F. Gonzales |Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 11-15 |put others down, but to lift them up!” - Spencer W.|

| | |Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 15:34 |Kimball |

| |Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 1-10 | |Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 16-18 |

| | |Do you have a current temple recommend? Even | |

| |Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 3:7 |un-endowed members can carry a limited use |Mark and Ponder: 1 Nephi 19:23 |

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|Day 4 |Day 5 |Day 6 |Day 7 |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: Matthew 21:21 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 121:45-46 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 11:12-14 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 76:9-10 |

| | |Thought for the day: “I stress the deep need each |Thought for the day: “The ability to qualify for, |

|Thought for the day: “When we qualify ourselves by |Thought for the day: “As you guard your virtue and |woman has to study the scriptures. We want our |receive, and act on personal revelation is the |

|our worthiness, when we strive with faith nothing |purity, you will be given strength. As you keep |homes to be blessed with sister |single most important skill that can be acquired in|

|wavering to fulfill the duties appointed to us, |the covenants you have made, the Holy Ghost will |scriptorians—whether you are single or married, |this life.” |

|when we seek the inspiration of the Almighty in the|guide you and guard you. You will be surrounded by|young or old, widowed or living in a family. … |- Julie E. Beck, 15th General RS President |

|performance of our responsibilities, we can achieve|heavenly hosts of angels.” |After all, who has any greater need to ‘treasure | |

|the miraculous.” |- Elaine S. Dalton YW Gen Pres. |up’ the truths of the gospel (on which they may | |

|-Thomas S. Monson | |call in their moments of need) than do women and | |

| | |mothers who do so much nurturing and teaching?”- |Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 12-21 |

|Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 19 – 2 |Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 2-6 |Spencer W. Kimball | |

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

|Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:11 |Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:25 |Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 7-11 | |

| | |Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 2:27 | |

|Day 8 |Day 9 |Day 10 |Day 11 |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: 1 John 5:3 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 39:20-23 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 82:10 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 18:18-19 |

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|Thought for the day: “Obedience allows God’s |Thought for the day: “Every sister in this Church |Thought for the day: “Remember that we do not run |Thought for the day: “In any and every age of the |

|blessings to flow without constraint. He will |who has made covenants with the Lord has a divine |alone in this great race of life; we are entitled |world when God has called or commanded a man or a |

|bless His obedient children with freedom from |mandate to help save souls, to lead the women of |to the help of the Lord.” |people to perform a certain work, they through |

|bondage and misery. And He will bless them with |the world, to strengthen the homes of Zion, and to |- Thomas S. Monson |determination and perseverance, and faith in him, |

|more light.” |build the kingdom of God.” | |have been enabled to accomplish it.” |

|- Elder Russell M. Nelson |- Elder M. Russell Ballard | |-Wilford Woodruff |

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|Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 22-33 |Scripture Study: Jacob 1-5 | |Scripture Study: Words of Mormon – Mosiah 3 |

| | |Scripture Study: Jacob 6-Omni |Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 32:8-9 |

|Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 28:8-9 |Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 31:13 | | |

| | |Mark and Ponder: 2 Nephi 31:20 | |

|Challenge! |Day 12 |Day 13 |Day 14 |

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|Go the extra mile this week in your church |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 75:3,5 |Scriptural thought for the day: John 6: 35 |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 84:88 |

|assignments. Find out how the people you visit | | | |

|teach are doing, and discover what you can do to |Thought for the day: “The happiness of a man (or |Thought for the day: “How you deal with life’s |Thought for the day: “God’s angels are ever on call|

|make their lives easier. Find a way to magnify |woman) does not consist in the absence but in the |trials is part of the development of your faith. |to help us…What a promise! When we are faithful, He|

|your other callings that you hadn’t considered |mastery of his passions.” |Strength comes when you remember that you have a |and His angels will help us.” |

|before. |- Alfred Lord Tennyson |divine nature, and inheritance of infinite worth.” |- Elder Russell M. Nelson |

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| | |Scripture Study: Mosiah 10-15 | |

| |Scripture Study: Mosiah 4-9 | |Scripture Study: Mosiah 16-22 |

| | |Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 2:17 | |

| |Mark and Ponder: Jacob 2:18-19 | |Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 3:19 |

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|Day 15 |Challenge! |Day 16 |Day 17 |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: |Study from the topical guide and other reference |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 59: 9-11 |Scriptural thought for the day: Ether 12:27 |

|2 Nephi 26:23 |materials all you can on the subject of CHARITY. | | |

| |Use the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and |Thought for the day: “I believe it is far more |Thought for the day: “This is what we desire to |

|Thought for the day: “Don’t be limited in your |the Pearl of Great Price as primary references. |important to live for our faith than to die for our|instill into the hearts of the sisters—to be useful|

|views with regard to your neighbors’ virtues. … You|Find ways to be more charitable to those in your |faith.” |in their sphere and not be discouraged because of |

|must enlarge your souls toward others if you’d do |life. |- Mark E. Petersen |difficulties in the way, but trust in God and look |

|like Jesus. … As you increase in innocence and | | |to Him, and His marvelous blessings, I will promise|

|virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your | | |you, will be poured out upon you.” |

|hearts expand—let them be enlarged towards | | |-Lorenzo Snow |

|others—you must be longsuffering and bear with the | | | |

|faults and errors of mankind. How precious are the | | |Scripture Study: Alma 6-10 |

|souls of men!”- Joseph Smith | | |Mark and Ponder: Alma 4:10 |

| | |Scripture Study: Alma 1-5 | |

|Scripture Study: Mosiah 23-29 | | | |

|Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 4:27 | |Mark and Ponder: Mosiah 4:30 | |

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|Day 18 |Day 19 |Day 20 |Day 21 |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: Romans 1:16 |Scriptural thought for the day: |Scriptural thought for the day: D&C 112:34 |Scriptural thought for the day: |

| |Acts 5:32 | |3 Nephi 12:19-20 |

|Thought for the day: “You will be a light to the | |Thought for the day: “The average woman today, I | |

|world as you share your testimony with others… |Thought for the day: “Nothing is so much calculated|believe, would do well to appraise her interests, |Thought for the day: “Each time you choose to try |

|Through the combined faith and testimony of His |to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by |evaluate the activities in which she is engaged, |to live more like the Savior, you will have your |

|daughters, God will touch the lives of millions in |the hand and watch over them with tenderness. When |and then take steps to simplify her life, putting |testimony strengthened. You will come in time to |

|His kingdom and across the world with His light.” |persons manifest the least kindness and love to me,|things of first importance first, placing emphasis |know for yourself that He is the light of the |

|-Pres. Henry B. Eyring |O what power it has over my mind, while the |where the rewards will be greatest and most |world.” |

| |opposite course has a tendency to harrow up all the|enduring, and ridding herself of the less rewarding|- Pres. Henry B. Eyring |

| |harsh feelings and depress the human mind.” – |activities.” -Belle S. Spafford, 9th Relief Society| |

|Scripture Study: Alma 11-14 |Joseph Smith |general president: | |

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|Mark and Ponder: Alma 5:14 |Scripture Study: Alma 15-19 |Scripture Study: Alma 20-24 |Scripture Study: Alma 25-29 |

| |Mark and Ponder: Alma 5:46 |Mark and Ponder: Alma 11:40 | |

| | | |Mark and Ponder: Alma 11:43 |

|Day 22 |Day 23 |Day 24 |Day 25 |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: |Scriptural thought for the day: Hebrews 11:1 |Scriptural thought for the day: James 5:16 |Scriptural thought for the day: |

|D&C 15:6 | | |D&C 64:33 |

| |Thought for the day: “Faith is a gift of God and |Thought for the day: “Satan wants us to be | |

|Thought for the day: “We must cherish one another, |comes to each and all of us who serve God and |miserable as he is. And he knows that we can only |Thought for the day: “It is so likewise with evil |

|watch over one another, comfort one another and |supplicate Him for the guidance of His Spirit. By |have that true happiness if we are washed clean |things. Small acts of dishonesty, small acts of an |

|gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven|doing our duty, faith increases until it becomes |through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, by deep and|immoral nature, small outbursts of anger can grow |

|together.” |perfect knowledge." |continuing repentance.” |into great and terrible things.” |

|- Joseph Smith’s mother, Lucy Mack Smith |-Heber J. Grant |- Henry B. Eyring |- Gordon B. Hinckley |

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|Scripture Study: Alma 30-36 | |Scripture Study: Alma 42-44 | |

| |Scripture Study: Alma 37-41 | | |

|Mark and Ponder: Alma 30:60 | |Mark and Ponder: Alma 34:32-34 |Scripture Study: Alma 42-44 |

| |Mark and Ponder: Alma 32:21 | | |

| | | |Mark and Ponder: Alma 37:6-7 |

|Day 26 |Challenge! |Day 27 |Day 28 |

| | |Scriptural thought for the day: | |

|Scriptural thought for the day: |Study from the topical guide and other reference |2 Nephi 28: 21-22 |Scriptural thought for the day: |

|James 1:5-6 |materials all you can on the subject of FAITH. Use| |Matthew 23:25-26 |

| |the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the |Thought for the day: “Who are we going to believe | |

|Thought for the day: “There is danger in neglecting|Pearl of Great Price as primary references. Ponder|in our search for happiness and well-being? Will it|Thought for the day: “You are chosen to be faithful|

|prayer. There is danger to our testimony in only |your own faith in light of what you’ve discovered |be Satan, the author of all lies and deceit, whose |women of God in our day, to stand above pettiness, |

|casual study and reading of the scriptures. They |and seek to make it stronger. |single objective is to destroy us? Or are we going |gossip, selfishness, lewdness, and all other forms |

|are necessary nutrients for our testimony.” | |to believe a loving Heavenly Father, who is the |of ungodliness. Recognize your divine birthright as|

|-Pres. Henry B. Eyring | |source of all truth and happiness, whose sole |daughters of our Heavenly Father.” -Howard W. |

| | |objective is rewarding us with His eternal love and|Hunter |

| | |joy?” -Richard C. Edgley | |

| | | |Scripture Study: Alma 59-63 |

|Scripture Study: Alma 51-54 | |Scripture Study: Alma 55-58 | |

| | |Mark and Ponder: Alma 41:10-11 |Mark and Ponder: Alma 60:23 |

|Mark and Ponder: Alma 37:35-37 | | | |

|Day 29 |Day 30 |Day 31 |Day 32 |

|Scriptural thought for the day: Matthew 7:24-27 | |Scriptural thought for the day: | |

| |Scriptural thought for the day: |Luke 24:39-40, 46 -48 |Scriptural thought for the day: |

|Thought for the day: “If our house is built upon a |Mosiah 24:15-16 | |Matthew 5:25 |

|rock with the brick and mortar of good works, it | |Thought for the day: “The Savior is not a silent | |

|will withstand the storms and perils of life and |Thought for the day: “No pain that we suffer, no |observer. He Himself knows personally and |Thought for the day: “We like to be appreciated but|

|preserve us for an eternal inheritance hereafter. |trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to|infinitely the pain we face.” |if we do not get all the appreciation which we |

|If it is built upon the sands of evil with the |our education, to the development of such qualities|– Elder Kent F. Richards |think is our due, what matters? We know the Lord |

|rusty nails and rotting timber of carnal things, it|as patience, faith, fortitude, and humility… It is | |has laid high responsibilities upon us, and there |

|will be destroyed.” |through sorrow an d suffering, toil and | |is not a wish or desire that the Lord has implanted|

|- Bruce R. McConkie |tribulation, that we gain the education that we | |in our hearts in righteousness but will be |

| |come here to acquire.” – Elder Orson F. Whitney | |realized...” |

|Scripture Study: Helaman 1-9 | | |- Eliza Snow |

| |Scripture Study: Helaman 10-14 |Scripture Study: Helaman 15 – | |

|Mark and Ponder: Helaman 5:12 | |3 Nephi 4 |Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 5-10 |

| |Mark and Ponder: Helaman 10:4-5 | | |

| | |Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 11:14-15 |Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 11:29 |

|Challenge! |Day 33 |Day 34 |Day 35 |

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|Next Fast Sunday strive to fast and pray for the |Scriptural thought for the day: Matthew 5:48 |Scriptural thought for the day: Alma 7:11 |Scriptural thought for the day: |

|spiritual strength to change something in your life| | |2 Corinthians 7:9-10 |

|or character that is separating you from Christ. |Thought for the day: “We may not achieve our ideals|Thought for the day: “Our women are not incredible | |

|Pray for a change of heart and the ability to |in a day, but like stars, they serve to guide us on|because they have managed to avoid the difficulties|Thought for the day: “The gospel plan is the plan |

|repent and forsake whatever sin or weakness might |our way.” |of life..They are incredible because of the way |by which men are brought to a fullness of joy. This|

|be plaguing you. | |they face the trials of life…They remain remarkably|is the first concept I wish to stress: The gospel |

| | |strong and immovable and true to the faith.” |principles are the steps and guidelines that will |

| | |–Elder Quentin L. Cook |help us find true happiness and joy.” |

| | | |- Ezra Taft Benson |

| | |Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 17-21 | |

| |Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 11-16 | | |

| | |Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 27:8 |Scripture Study: 3 Nephi 22-29 |

| |Mark and Ponder: 3 Nephi 12:48 | | |

| | | |Mark and Ponder: Mormon 2:13-14 |

|Day 36 |Day 37 |Day 38 |Challenge! |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: |Scriptural thought for the day: |Scriptural thought for the day: |Study from the topical guide and other reference |

|D&C 12:8 -9 |D&C 101:38 |3 Nephi 27:21 |materials all you can on the subject of CHANGE. |

| | | |Use the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and |

|Thought for the day: “You wonderful sisters render |Thought for the day: “Jesus will not be found by |Thought for the day: “Let us have compassion upon |the Pearl of Great Price as primary references. |

|compassionate service to others for reasons that |crusades of men. Jesus will not be found in |each other, and let the strong tenderly nurse the |Have you received the “mighty change” in your heart|

|supersede desires for personal benefits. In this |councils of debate. The formula for finding Jesus |weak into strength, and let those who can see guide|since you have been answering the invitation to |

|you emulate the Savior, who, though a king, did not|has always been and ever will be the same—the |the blind until they can see the way for |“Come Unto Christ” by studying His words and |

|seek position, nor was He concerned about whether |earnest and sincere prayer of a humble and pure |themselves.” -Brigham Young |teachings? |

|others noticed Him. His thoughts were always tuned|heart.” | | |

|to help others. He knew that greatness had little |- Thomas S. Monson |Scripture Study: Ether 4-10 | |

|to do with outward signs of prosperity or | | | |

|position.” | |Mark and Ponder: Moroni 7:16-17 | |

|-Pres Dieter F. Uchtdorf |Scripture Study: Mormon 9 – Ether 3 | | |

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|Scripture Study: 4 Nephi – Mormon 8 |Mark and Ponder: Ether 12:41 | | |

|Mark and Ponder: Ether 12:27 | | | |

|Day 39 |Day 40 |Final Challenge! | |

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|Scriptural thought for the day: |Scriptural thought for the day: Matthew 7:7-8 |Has your study of the Savior and His words and | |

|2 Samuel 22:2-4 | |teachings helped you to come closer to Christ? |We hope that this 40 day study guide will aid in |

| |Thought for the day: “It is not by marvelous |Ponder His love for you, and His role in your life.|your personal scripture study as you seek to come |

|Thought for the day: “I will go forward. I will |manifestations unto us that we shall be established|As you do, remember all that He has done for you to|closer to your Savior. As you read and ponder each|

|smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride |in the truth, but it is by humility and faithful |make it possible for you to return and be with Him |scripture, it may help you to write down a few |

|fearlessly and triumphantly across the boisterous |obedience to the commandments and laws of God.” |and our Father in Heaven for eternity. |thoughts in a journal. |

|ocean of circumstance … and the ‘testimony of |– Joseph F. Smith | | |

|Jesus’ will light up a lamp that will guide my | | | |

|vision through the portals of immortality.” | | |Merry Christmas – 2011 |

|- Eliza R Snow | | |Brussels 2 Relief Society |

| |Scripture Study: Moroni 1-10 | | |

|Scripture Study: Ether 11-15 | | | |

| |Mark and Ponder: Moroni 10:4-5 | | |

|Mark and Ponder: Moroni 8:9-12 | | | |

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