Day 269

• Principle: Faith proceeds the miracle.

• Book of Mormon Reading: Helaman 11:1-11:20

  • Sometimes the Lord chastens his people to help them remember him.  How does faith help during times of chastening?  Notice how the cycle of chastening can happen within less than a decade. (verses 1 and 35)

• Are you willing to act in faith before the miracle?  Would you give your last bit for the Lord?  The Widow of Zarephath demonstrates true faith in a very difficult time.  As you read ponder the level of sacrifice her faith required.

  • 1 Kings 17

  • Thomas S. Monson, “The Fatherless and the Widows––Beloved of God,” Ensign, Aug. 2003, 2–7.

• Additional Study:

  • Lynn G. Robbins, “Tithing—a Commandment Even for the Destitute,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2005, 34–36.

  • When He Comes Again, Children’s Songbook No. 82

  • Have I Done Any Good? Hymns No. 223