Day 129

  • Principle: Education is a key to opportunity.
  • Book of Mormon Reading: Mosiah 27:1 - 27:17
    •  What is king Mosiah desirous for his people to know?  How would that knowledge open opportunists in their lives?
  • Henry B. Eyring spoke of education
    • "The change that comes is a desire to be someone even better, to reach for more light, and to give greater service to others. Those desires always lead to a hunger for education, to learn what is true, what is useful, and what is beautiful” (“Education for Real Life” [Church Educational System devotional for young adults, May 6, 2001], 1).
  • Study the follow scriptures looking for why you should seek knowledge
  • Gordon B. Hinckley taught
    • “You face great challenges that lie ahead. You are moving into a world of fierce competition. You must get all of the education you can. The Lord has instructed us concerning the importance of education. It will qualify you for greater opportunities. It will equip you to do something worthwhile in the great world of opportunity that lies ahead. If you can go to college and that is your wish, then do it. If you have no desire to attend college, then go to a vocational or business school to sharpen your skills and increase your capacity” (“Converts and Young Men,” Ensign, May 1997, 49–50).
  • Henry B. Eyring also taught
    • “It takes neither modern technology nor much money to seize the opportunity to learn in the moments we now waste. You could just have a book and paper and pencil with you. That will be enough. But you need determination to capture the leisure moments you now waste” (“Education for Real Life,” 4).
  • Gordon B. Hinckley invited
    • “Get all the education you can, I wish to say to the young people. Cultivate skills of mind and hands. Education is the key to opportunity. The Lord has placed upon you, as members of this Church, the obligation to study and to learn of things spiritual, yes, but of things temporal also. Acquire all of the education that you can, even if it means great sacrifice while you are young. You will bless the lives of your children. You will bless the Church because you will reflect honor to this work” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 172).
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