Day 216

• Principle: Heart, mind, and strength are required.
• Book of Mormon Reading: Alma 45:20 - 46:10
  • How did Helaman and his brethren give of the heart, mind, and strength to the Lord?  What were the results?  What can you do when your best efforts don’t produce the desired outcome?
• Study the following scriptures about charity, your need for it, and how to cultivate it.  
  • Moroni 7:44-48. What is charity?
  • 1 Nephi 11 : 8-23. What was the meaning of the tree which Lehi saw?
  • John 3 : 16, 17. Why did the Father send his Son into the world?
  • Matthew 26 : 36-42. How did the Savior show his supreme love for his Father?
  • John 15 :12, 13. Did the Savior exemplify the second great commandment as well as the first?
  • 1 Corinthians 13 : 1-13. What are the characteristics of the pure love of Christ?
  • 2 Nephi 4 : 21. Is it possible to follow the Savior in developing this perfect love?
  • 1 John 2 : 9-11 ; 3:14-17. What is the relationship between loving God and loving our fellowman?
• Additional Study:
  • Silvia H. Allred, “Charity Never Faileth”, October 2011
  • Because I Have Been Given Much, Hymns No. 219
  • We Are Different, Children’s Songbook No. 263