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06/08/2026

03/30/2026

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Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. This week we are focused on the final days of Christ's mortal ministry along with His great atoning sacrifice in the Garden of Gethsemane, His crucifixion at Golgotha and His resurrection from the tomb.

How does knowing that Jesus Christ was resurrected bring hope into your life? What can you do this week to show your gratitude to Him for the sacrifice He made to become your Savior and Redeemer?

Luke 22:39-44

Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Video: He is Risen

Ponder what the Savior means to all humanity—and to you personally. And then share the good news.

03/16/2026

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This week we’re focused on Luke 22:19, where the Savior institutes the sacrament and says, “This do in remembrance of me.” As you prepare for and partake of the sacrament next week, what specific aspect of the Savior’s life or Atonement do you feel invited to remember more deeply and personally?

Luke 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

Video: The Last Supper

Meeting in an upper room with His disciples, Jesus washes their feet, institutes the sacrament, and commands them to love one another. John 13:1–35

03/09/2026

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This week we’re focused on the raising of Lazarus in John 11:1–44, where the Savior shows His power to give life again.

Is there something in your life that feels spiritually “dead” or stuck—hope, faith, a relationship, a habit of discipleship, and what would it look like to invite the Savior to speak life back into that part of your soul?

John 11:1–44
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid.
And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it,
that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

Video: Lazarus Is Raised from the Dead

Jesus testifies that He is the Resurrection and the Life. He raises Lazarus from the dead that His disciples may believe. John 11:1–44

03/02/2026

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This week we’re focused on Mark 4:35-41, where Jesus calms the storm with the words, “Peace, be still.”

If the Savior were to stand beside you in your personal storm right now, where in your life do you most need to hear Him say “Peace, be still,” and what would it look like to trust Him in that place?

Mark 4:35-41
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

The disciples' faith is tested before Jesus calms the stormy sea. Mark 4:37–40

02/23/2026

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Good evening Brothers and Sisters,

This week we’re focused on the miracle of the loaves and fishes in Matthew 14:15-21, where the Savior takes something small and makes it more than enough.

If you offered the Lord your “loaves and fishes” this week, your time, your talents, your efforts as they are, what small act could you place in His hands and trust Him to magnify?

Matthew 14:15-21
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

Video: The Feeding of the 5,000

Hope you all have a blessed week!

Jessica Passal

Jesus provides a meal for 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fishes. Matthew 14:13–21

02/16/2026

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This week we’re focused on the Sermon on the Mount, where the Savior teaches the higher law and describes the kind of disciples He invites us to become.

As you study His teachings in Matthew 5, which single beatitude or commandment feels most meant for you right now, and how could you live that teaching more fully in a real situation this week?

Matthew 5

Jesus describes the characteristics of true Christians. Matthew 5:3–16

02/08/2026

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This week we’re focused on the Savior’s power to heal in Matthew 9:1-8, where He both forgives sins and causes a man to rise and walk.

The Lord is a God of miracles. What is one part of your life—physical, emotional, or spiritual, where you need to ask in faith for His healing power this week?

Matthew 9:1-8
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

Video: Jesus Forgives Sins and Heals a Man Stricken with Palsy

Jesus shows that He has power to both forgive sins and heal physical infirmities. Mark 2:1–12

02/02/2026

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This week we’re focused on Matthew 4:18-20, where Jesus says, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

What is one net you might need to leave behind, or one person you could spiritually “reach for,” so you can follow Him more fully?

Matthew 4:18-20
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Video: Follow Me, and I Will Make You Fishers of Men

01/12/2026

Remember Him

Week 2 - Growth in Wisdom, Strength and Favor

In Luke 2:52, it teaches that Jesus “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”

If you chose just one of these four areas, spiritual, social, intellectual, or physical, what is one small, specific way you could grow more like the Savior in that area this week?

Scriptures: Luke 2:52; D&C 88:118; 2 Ne 28:30

Video: You Are Here to Discover Who You Are https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2019-10-0800-you-are-here-to-discover-who-you-are?lang=eng&utm_source=chatgpt.com

Increased in Wisdom;

(Luke 2:52) President Thomas S. Monson teaches us that we need divine guidance.