Day 30 | Else the Bottles Break

August 31, 2015 / 0 comments

James Tissot, The Woman with an Issue of Blood, Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription. DAILY READING Matthew 9:1-17 Mark 2:1-22 Luke 5:27-39 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ Are you a true disciple of Christ? What evidence is there to prove it? How can the gospel message sometimes be divisive, even though Jesus…

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Day 31 | Only Believe

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Paaolo Veronese, Raising of the Daughter of Jairus, [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. DAILY READING Matthew 9:18-38 JST-Matthew 9:18–21 Mark 5:21-43 Luke 8:40-56 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ What actions of faith did the father of the child and the woman who had the issue of blood show? Would the seriousness of the…

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Day 32 | He Gave Them Power

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James Tissot, Jesus Discourses with His Disciples, Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription. DAILY READING Matthew 10:1-4 Mark 3:13-21 Luke 6:12-36 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ What qualifications must an apostle of Jesus Christ have? What do apostles do? How do you deal with rejection? What is it about true charity that draws…

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Day 33 | They Went Out

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James Tissot, The Last Sermon of Our Lord, Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription. DAILY READING Matthew 10:5-42 Mark 6:1-13 Luke 9:1-6 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ How would you feel if Jesus sent you on a full-time mission, without purse or scrip? Jesus said you would find your life by losing it….

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Day 34 | More Than a Prophet

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Henrik Olrik, Sankt Matthaeus Kirke Copenhagen altarpiece, (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons. DAILY READING Matthew 11 JST-Matthew 11:13–15 Luke 7:19-35 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ Are the behavioral expectations applied to prophets different from those for regular people? Should they be? Why does the work of John the Baptist matter in your personal spiritual journey?…

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Day 35 | Give Me All

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Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, Christ’s Charge to Peter, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. DAILY READING There is no scripture reading assigned today. Use this day to catch up as needed and ponder the supplemental reading. For Younger Disciples SUPPLEMENTAL READING The ordinary idea which we all have before we become Christians is this. We take…

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Day 36 | I Will Have Mercy

July 7, 2015 / 0 comments

James Tissot, The Man with the Withered Hand, Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription. DAILY READING Matthew 12 JST-Matthew 12:37–38 Mark 3:1-12, 3:22-35 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ Did Jesus ever seem angry with the Pharisees who harassed Him? What can you learn from that? Did Jesus ever refuse to heal the sick?…

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Day 37 | The Sower Soweth

July 7, 2015 / 0 comments

Vincent van Gogh, The Sower, Kröller-Müller Museum, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. DAILY READING Matthew 13:1-23 Mark 4:1-20 Luke 8:1-15 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ When did you last weed and prepare the garden of your heart? Why are there so many parables in the Bible, but none in the Book of Mormon?…

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Day 38 | Kingdom of Heaven

July 7, 2015 / 0 comments

James Tissot, The Enemy Who Sows, Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription. DAILY READING Matthew 13:24-58 JST-Matthew 13:39–44 Mark 4:21-34 Luke 8:16-18 D&C 86:1-7 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ Why is teaching through parables so effective? Are the “things which have been kept secret” revealed to you in them? How can you gain…

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Day 39 | A Just Man

July 7, 2015 / 0 comments

Michelangelo Caravaggio, Beheading of St John the Baptist, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons DAILY READING Matthew 14:1-13 Mark 6:14-32 Luke 9:7-10 For Younger Disciples CONSIDER AS YOU READ Why did John’s disciples continue to follow him, long after Jesus’ ministry had begun? After a tragedy such as losing a loved one, can we, like Christ,…

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