Day 107: 3 Nephi 24-27

3 Ne 24:7 Return unto me and I will return unto you...

“It is our conviction that one who accepts the Lord's invitation to return unto him makes no greater sacrifice when he pays his tithing than the farmer does when he sows his seed in the ground. Both require faith, and both bring their reward.” (LeGrand Richards, A Marvelous Work And A Wonder, p. 379)

Day 106: 3 Nephi 21-23

“Your own journal, like most others, will tell of problems as old as the world and how you dealt with them…Your journal should contain your true self rather than a picture of you when you are ‘made up’ for a public performance. There is a temptation to paint one's virtues in rich color and whitewash the vices, but there is also the opposite pitfall of accentuating the negative.

…Your journal is your autobiography, so it should be kept carefully. You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life…What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?

…Get a notebook, my young folks, a journal that will last through all time, and maybe the angels may quote from it for eternity. Begin today and write in it your goings and comings, your deepest thoughts, your achievements and your failures, your associations and your triumphs, your impressions and your testimonies. Remember, the Savior chastised those who failed to record important events.” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pp. 350-1)

Day 105: 3 Nephi 20

"Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord." This means all people who wish to take upon them the name of Christ and fulfill His mission upon the Earth must be cleansed in the inside as well the outside.

“Be clean. Be clean in your thoughts. It is not easy in the environment in which you live. But if you work at it, you can do it. You can shut out those influences which destroy your soul, your spirituality, and can destroy your very life. The sleaze, the filth, the terrible pornography that is sweeping over the earth like a flood--stay away from it. Do not rent videos of a sleazy, filthy nature and sit around and look at them. They will destroy you. Do not go to shows which will tear down your principles. Do not read literature which will destroy your high ideals. You are a son or daughter of God, and He expects marvelous things of you.” (President Gordon B. Hinckley, September 15, 1996 as taken from Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, “Virtue”)

Day 104: 3 Nephi 18-19

Here we have a rare opportunity to read the words Jesus used in His prayers to the Father. We should follow the same pattern remembering the Spirit should guide our prayers. To quote Elder Bruce R. McConkie: "Perfect prayers are those which are inspired, in which the Spirit reveals the words which should be used." By beginning with pouring out our hearts in gratitude, we humble ourselves before the Lord and invite the Spirit into our lives. Then we will not ask amiss.

“…It is necessary for us thus to place our desires and needs genuinely and unselfishly before God in prayer. It is in this process of placing our desires before Him, to a greater extent than we usually do, that we can listen and learn concerning His will. Such could not be done if we were ritualistically submissive or only partially involved.

Of course, after we place our petitions before Him we are to be submissive: ‘Thy will be done.’ But this is the last part of the process of petition, not the first.

Learning to pray is, therefore, the work of a lifetime. If we keep on praying, we will keep on discovering.” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, That Ye May Believe, p. 179)

Day 103: 3 Nephi 16-17

Do we have room for the Savior? Do we give Him the time? Have we prepared to receive His call, to serve another today?

Are we so rushed to miss His tender mercies and love, especially during this season?

"What power, what tenderness, what compassion did our Master and Exemplar thus demonstrate! We, too, can bless if we will but follow His noble example. Opportunities are everywhere. Needed are eyes to see the pitiable plight and ears to hear the silent pleadings of a broken heart. Yes, and a soul filled with compassion, that we might communicate not only eye to eye or voice to ear but, in the majestic style of the Savior, even heart to heart.” (President Thomas S. Monson “Never Alone,” Ensign, May 1991)

Day 102: 3 Nephi 14-15

"Remember that whatever you toss out mentally or verbally comes back to you according to God's plan of compensation: ‘For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.’ (3 Nephi 2) A critical, petty, or vicious remark is simply an attack on our own self-worth. On the other hand, if our minds are constantly seeing good in others, that, too, will return, and we will truly feel good about ourselves.” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, On Earth As It Is In Heaven, p. 29)

Day 101: 3 Nephi 11-13

What a strengthening of the testimony should come from reading these passages. To solidify that The Book of Mormon is a true witness of Jesus Christ. He taught the same doctrine as when He lived on the Earth in Jerusalem. The laws and doctrine from God are unchanging. Another blessing we receive from The Book of Mormon is the exact translation - once; the Bible has gone through extensive translations and copies. But the doctrine is the same - "I am the Lord, I change not." There is so much here, so drink deep from this fountain of pure living water.