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Monday

• Commentary: Section 19 Context
• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:1-5
• Commentary: Commentary on D&C 19:1–3
• Commentary: D&C 19: Historical Context
• KnoWhy: How Did Martin Harris Help Bring Forth the Book of Mormon?
• Additional Study
  • KnoWhy: Why Does Jesus Have So Many Names in the Doctrine and Covenants?
  • Video: Doctrine and Covenants 19, with Scott Woodward

Tuesday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:6-12
• Commentary: Commentary on D&C 19:4–12
• Quote: “Godliness is an attribute that seems as difficult to define as it is to attain. Scriptures refer to ‘the mystery of godliness.’ Because it is so special, I have chosen to speak of it last. Simon Peter counseled us ‘to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God.’ ‘The power of godliness is manifest’ in the ordinances of the priesthood. Godliness is not a product of perfection; it comes of concentration and consecration. Godliness characterizes each of you who truly loves the Lord. You are constantly mindful of the Savior’s atonement and rejoice in His unconditional love. Meanwhile you vanquish personal pride and vain ambition. You consider your accomplishments important only if they help establish His kingdom on earth.”
  - Russell M. Nelson, "These…Were Our Examples," October 1991 General Conference
• Quote: “The hands, feet, and side of Christ had bled in the awful turning of his solitary winepress before they were pierced at Golgotha. His whole body bled in the midst of his vicarious pain. This was an actual experience; it was not a myth. When the eleven apostles were celebrating an extended Easter at Jerusalem, they were overwhelmed by the implications of his final instructions and seemed moved by an endowment of the Spirit, for they witnessed not only his own unforeseen immortality but also their own immortality. It was the reality of reunion of their lives with his life; it was knowing him again, in their midst, being with them. It was his ministering, dining, sharing with them. It was being close—closer than ever before. They became aware of his great power—indeed, all power both in heaven and in earth had been given unto him. We bear witness to these New Testament insights, the newest of which is his present touch. To be in touch with Christ means today what it meant to John and Peter and Paul: to see, to receive, and to prize the actual ministrations.”
  - Hugh B. Brown, "Immortality," April 1967 General Conference
• KnoWhy: Why Did Nephi Want to Know the Mysteries of God?
• Additional Study
  • Video: Everyone Will Be Resurrected

Wednesday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:13-19
• Commentary: Doctrine and Covenants 19:13–20
• Quote: “Let us consider the cost of God’s precious love. Jesus revealed that to atone for our sins and redeem us from death, both physical and spiritual, His suffering caused Himself, ‘even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that [He] might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink.’ His agony in Gethsemane and on the cross was greater than any mortal could bear. Nevertheless, because of His love for His Father and for us, He endured, and as a consequence, He can offer us both immortality and eternal life. It is poignantly symbolic that ‘blood [came] from every pore’ as Jesus suffered in Gethsemane, the place of the olive press. To produce olive oil in the Savior’s time, olives were first crushed by rolling a large stone over them. The resulting ‘mash’ was placed in soft, loosely woven baskets, which were piled one upon another. Their weight expressed the first and finest oil. Then added stress was applied by placing a large beam or log on top of the stacked baskets, producing more oil. Finally, to draw out the very last drops, the beam was weighted with stones on one end to create the maximum, crushing pressure. And yes, the oil is bloodred as it first flows out.”
  - D. Todd Christofferson, "Abide in My Love," October 2016 General Conference
• Quote: “Devoted women stood with His mother at the foot of the cross on Calvary during His agony. She was His great concern in the midst of His suffering, which suffering, He said, ‘caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain.’ In the midst of all that, His concern was for His mother.”
  - Mark E. Petersen, "Even As I Am," April 1982 General Conference
• Video: Christ’s Blood in Gethsemane
• Video: What Did Christ Suffer For Us? (Week 16, Part 4/7) Easter | Apr 11-17
• KnoWhy: Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore?
• Additional Study
  • Quote: “We need grace both to overcome sinful weeds and to grow divine flowers. We can do neither one fully by ourselves. But grace is not cheap. It is very expensive, even very dear. How much does this grace cost? Is it enough simply to believe in Christ? The man who found the pearl of great price gave ‘all that he had’ (Matt. 13:46; Alma 22:15) for it. If we desire ‘all that [the] Father hath,’ (Doctrine and Covenants 84:38) God asks all that we have. To qualify for such exquisite treasure, in whatever way is ours, we must give the way Christ gave—every drop He had: ‘How exquisite you know not, yea, how hard to bear you know not.’ (Doctrine and Covenants 19:15) Paul said, ‘If so be that we suffer with him,’ we are ‘joint-heirs with Christ.’ (Rom. 8:17) All of His heart, all of our hearts.”
    - Bruce C. Hafen, “The Atonement: All for All”, April 2004 General Conference
  • Commentary: D&C 19:16-20. Jesus Suffers in Gethsemane (Gethsemane)

Thursday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:20-24
• Quote: “In the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross at Golgotha, Jesus Christ suffered both body and spirit, trembled because of pain, bled at every pore, pled with His Father to take away the bitter cup from Him, (Mark 14:36) and yet He still partook. (Doctrine and Covenants 19:19) Why did He do it? In His words, He wanted to glorify His Father and finish His ‘preparations unto the children of men.’ (Doctrine and Covenants 19:19) He wanted to keep His covenant and make possible our return home. What does He ask us to do in return? He simply pleads with us to confess our sins and repent so that we will not have to suffer as He did. (Doctrine and Covenants 19:16, 20) He invites us to become clean so that we are not left outside of our Father in Heaven’s house.”
  - Allen D. Haynie, “Remembering in Whom We Have Trusted”, October 2015 General Conference
• Quote: “Some are so near spiritual death that they must be spoonfed on the broth of fellowship, or nourished carefully on activities and programs. As the scriptures say, they must have milk before meat. (1 Cor. 3:2; D&C 19:22) But we must take care lest the only nourishment they receive thereafter is that broth. But feed them we must. We are commanded to preach the gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. That message, my young friends, appears more than eighty times in the scriptures.”
  - Boyd K. Packer, “Feed My Sheep”, April 1984 General Conference
• Quote: My beloved brothers and sisters, in His perfect and infinite love and knowing our human nature, the Savior has established the way for us to avoid falling into the trap of spiritual apathy. The Savior’s invitation gives us a broader perspective, especially considering the complex world in which we live: ‘Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.’ (Doctrine and Covenants 19:23) As we accept the Savior’s invitation, we demonstrate our humility, our desire to be teachable, and our hope to become more like Him. This invitation also includes serving Him and ministering to God’s children ‘with all [our] heart, might, mind and strength.’ (Doctrine and Covenants 4:2) At the core of our effort in this journey are, of course, the two great commandments: to love the Lord our God and love our neighbor as ourselves. (Matthew 22:36–40)
  - Ulisses Soares, “In Awe of Christ and His Gospel”, April 2022 General Conference
• Quote: “Those who come into the Church come as children spiritually. They need someone—some friend—to lift them up. If we design the steps after baptism to fit only those who have long, strong legs, we ignore what the Lord said in the revelations. The prophets have told us that we ‘ought to be teachers, [and teach that] which be the first principles of the oracles of God; [for they are] such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. … Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.’ The Apostle Paul wrote, ‘I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.’ In a revelation given in 1830, just before the Church was organized, the Lord cautioned, ‘They cannot bear meat now, but milk they must receive; wherefore, they must not know these things, lest they perish.’ We must be careful lest we make that first step too high or design it for those with strong, long legs and leave the others without some friend to lift them up.”
  - Boyd K. Packer, "Children," April 2002 General Conference

Friday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:25-27
• Commentary: Doctrine and Covenants 19:21–28
• KnoWhy: Why is the Book of Mormon a Classic?
• KnoWhy: Why Should We Read the Book of Mormon Daily?
• KnoWhy: Why Was Martin Harris Needed to Pay for the Printing of the Book of Mormon?
• Additional Study
  • KnoWhy: Who Are the Lamanites?
  • KnoWhy: Was Joseph Smith the "Author" of the Book of Mormon?

Saturday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:28-35
• Commentary: Doctrine and Covenants 19:29–35
• Commentary: The Debt to E. B. Grandin (Susan Easton Black)
• Quote: “Prayer is a supernal gift of our Father in Heaven to every soul. Think of it: the absolute Supreme Being, the most all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful personage, encourages you and me, as insignificant as we are, to converse with Him as our Father. Actually, because He knows how desperately we need His guidance, He commands, ‘Thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart; yea, before the world as well as in secret, in public as well as in private.’ It matters not our circumstance, be we humble or arrogant, poor or rich, free or enslaved, learned or ignorant, loved or forsaken, we can address Him. We need no appointment. Our supplication can be brief or can occupy all the time needed. It can be an extended expression of love and gratitude or an urgent plea for help. He has created numberless cosmos and populated them with worlds, yet you and I can talk with Him personally, and He will ever answer.”
  - Richard G. Scott, "Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer," April 2007 General Conference
• Quote: “President J. Reuben Clark Jr., in the April 1938 general conference, said from this pulpit: ‘Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.’ I recognize that it may be necessary to borrow to get a home, of course. But let us buy a home that we can afford and thus ease the payments which will constantly hang over our heads without mercy or respite for as long as 30 years. No one knows when emergencies will strike. ... Since the beginnings of the Church, the Lord has spoken on this matter of debt. To Martin Harris through revelation He said: ‘Pay the debt thou hast contracted with the printer. Release thyself from bondage.’ President Heber J. Grant spoke repeatedly on this matter from this pulpit. He said: ‘If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. And if there is any one thing that is grinding and discouraging and disheartening, it is to have debts and obligations that one cannot meet.’ We are carrying a message of self-reliance throughout the Church. Self-reliance cannot obtain when there is serious debt hanging over a household. One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others.”
  - Gordon B. Hinckley, "To the Boys and to the Men," October 1998 General Conference
• Quote: “I have been thrilled with the splendid work that is being done by our missionaries. It seems to me they are doing more effective work than ever in our history. They do not go out with a spirit of antagonism toward any church or any people, but rather in the spirit of the counsel that was given in the early history of the Church by the Prophet Joseph when he said that we should contend against no church, save it be the church of the evil one that we should take upon ourselves the name of Christ, and speak the truth in soberness, and that as many as repented and were baptized in his name, which is Jesus Christ, and endured to the end, should be saved. He also said that we should declare glad tidings, publish them upon the mountains and upon every high place and among every people that we should be permitted to see. We should do it with all humility, trusting in him, reviling not the revilers, and of tenets we should not talk, but should declare repentance and faith on the Savior, and the remission of sins by baptism and by fire, yea, even the Holy Ghost. It is in this spirit that our missionaries are counseled to go from house to house, preaching and bearing witness of the restored gospel of Christ. We recognize the fact that the world is full of good people, that they have their religious convictions and traditions, traditions that are deeply rooted from ages past. We do not ask them to give up any truths that they have, but we do ask that they re-appraise their faith and their religion, their church, to see if they harmonize with that which was taught by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our missionaries do not present a message of a new church; it is a message of the restored Church. We do not have a new gospel. It is the gospel that was preached by Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Our position as Latter-day Saints is that we are entrusted with the responsibility of establishing the kingdom of God in the earth, that it may prepare mankind for the kingdom of heaven that is to come. We feel that there is no greater message that can be brought to the children of men than one that will make men conscious of error and turn them to the truth. Repentance is a grand Christian act. It is not only Christian, but it is also divine.”
  - Clifford E. Young, "The Joy of Missionary Service," October 1953 General Conference

Sunday

• Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 19:36-41
• Commentary: Doctrine and Covenants 19:36–41
• Quote: “You know that in the beginning when this Church was young, extremely young, nearly all the membership of it had a great urge to proclaim its message, and a very restless feeling to go out to do something. They could not remain inactive, and, so, they kept the Prophet Joseph Smith very busy answering their questions, particularly the question which arose in the hearts of so many men: ‘For many times you have desired of me to know that which would be of the most worth unto you. Behold, blessed are you for this thing, and for speaking my words which I have given you according to my commandments. And now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father.’ You will find as you read the D&C say from, I think, the 12th Section on throughout this great volume of scripture that in almost every instance the answer was the same. ‘Leave thy house and home, except when thou shalt desire to see thy family; And speak freely to all; yea, preach, exhort, declare the truth, even with a loud voice, with a sound of rejoicing.’ One after another of the brethren received that answer, and they all went forth to do God’s bidding and to receive God’s commendation, and from that start, to the present time, the Church has grown through this great and marvelous system of missionary activity unequaled anywhere.”
  - Rufus K. Hardy, "Untitled," October 1943 General Conference
• Quote: “The psalmist sang, ‘Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray.’ During his earthly mission, the Savior taught by parable that ‘ . . . men ought always to pray, and not to faint.’ In this dispensation, he has said in many revelations, ‘Pray always.’ He said this to the Prophet Joseph Smith, to Martin Harris, to Thomas B. Marsh, and to many other individuals; he said it to the Church and finally he said, ‘What I say unto one I say unto all; pray always lest that wicked one have power in you, and remove you out of your place.’”
  - Marion G. Romney, "Untitled," October 1944 General Conference
• Quote: “In that scripture, and in others, it is clear how often we should speak to God: regularly in words, continually in feelings. When the Savior appeared among the people on this continent, after his resurrection, he taught them how to pray. He used the words, ‘Pray always.’ That doesn’t mean now and then. It doesn’t mean to pray only when you feel like it.”
  - Henry B. Eyring, "To Draw Closer to God," April 1991 General Conference
• Quote: “We live in a time when with a single touch or voice command, we can begin searching for answers on almost any topic in the immensity of data stored and organized in a vast and complex network of computers. On the other hand, we have the simplicity of the invitation to begin seeking answers from heaven. ‘Pray always, and I will pour out my Spirit upon you.’ Then the Lord promises, ‘And great shall be your blessing—yea, even more than if you should obtain treasures of earth.’ God is fully aware of each one of us and ready to listen to our prayers. When we remember to pray, we find His sustaining love, and the more we pray to our Father in Heaven in Christ’s name, the more we bring the Savior into our life and the better we will recognize the path He has marked to our heavenly home.”
  - José A. Teixeira, “Remember Your Way Back Home,” April 2021 General Conference
• Quote: “Simply stated, prayer is communication to Heavenly Father from His sons and daughters on earth. ‘As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part’ (Bible Dictionary, ‘Prayer,’ 752). We are commanded to pray always to the Father in the name of the Son. We are promised that if we pray sincerely for that which is right and good and in accordance with God’s will, we can be blessed, protected, and directed. Revelation is communication from Heavenly Father to His children on earth. As we ask in faith, we can receive revelation upon revelation and knowledge upon knowledge and come to know the mysteries and peaceable things that bring joy and eternal life. The mysteries are those matters that can only be known and understood by the power of the Holy Ghost (see Harold B. Lee, Ye Are the Light of the World [1974], 211).”
  - David A. Bednar, "Pray Always," 2008