2013 March 31

Happy Easter! He is Risen. 
Today's Personal progress task is to read a General Conference talk about Faith. Don't forget to keep saying those prayers. 

Here are a few talks to choose from:

• Face the Future with Faith, Elder Russel M. Nelson, April 2011
• Faith- The Choice is Yours, Bishop Richard C. Edgley, October 2010
• Or you can search the Church's website to find another one you are interested in.

Alright, just one more week of morning and evening prayers and you are done with Faith 1. You can do it. 

2013 March 30

Today for personal progress, look over your lists of divine qualities for the readings this week. Think about how you can develop each of these qualities and record your ideas in your journal. And keep saying your morning and evening prayers. 

Guess what? If you've done the assignments this week, you've finished Divine Nature 1. Way to go! Be sure to have a parent or leader sign off on it. And we have less than 10 days left on Faith 1. Keep it up, ladies.

Alternate activity for those who have already completed Faith 1 and Divine Nature 1: Attend the Young Women's General Broadcast tonight. Invite a friend to go with you. 

2013 March 29

Today's personal progress task is to read Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 and list in your journal the divine qualities discovered in your reading. And say morning and evening prayers.

Alternate activity for those who have already completed Faith 1 and Divine Nature 1: Today is Good Friday, the Friday before Easter. What are we celebrating today? Why is it important?

2013 March 28

Your personal progress task for today:Read Alma 7: 23-24 and make a list in your journal of the divine qualities you discover in your reading. And say your morning and evening prayers. 

Alternate activity for those who have completed Faith 1 and Divine Nature 1: Serve someone today.

  

2013 March 27

Your personal progress task for the day: Read 2 Peter 1 and make a list in your journal of the divine qualities you discover in your reading. And say your morning and evening prayers. 

Alternate activity for those who have completed Faith 1 and Divine Nature 1: Wear a smile today.

 

2013 March 26

Today, we are starting another personal progress experience, Divine Nature 1. Read "The Family- A Proclamation to the World" and make a list in your journal of the divine qualities you discover in your reading. And say your morning and evening prayers. 

Alternate activity for those who have completed Faith 1 and Divine Nature 1: Look up the word Divine in the dictionary. Did you learn anything? Record it in your journal and/or share it here.

Next up...

Tomorrow, we start Divine Nature 1. Be excited.

2013 March 25

Today for personal progress, Read Joseph Smith-History 1: 11-20.

And say morning and evening prayers.

You are almost done with Faith 1. The only reading assignment left is another General Conference talk. Just keep saying those prayers. Hopefully we are all establishing or keeping up great habits.

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: Why do you think Faith is the first principle of the Gospel? Record your thoughts in your journal. Share with us here if you like.

2013 March 24

Today's task is to read a General Conference talk about Faith. Don't forget to keep saying those prayers. 

Here are a few talks to choose from:

• In Tune with the Music of Faith, Elder Quentin L. Cook, April 2012 Conference
• The Transforming Power of Faith and Character, Elder Richard G. Scott, October 2010 Conference
• Believe, Obey, Endure, President Thomas S. Monson, April 2012 Conference
• Or you can search the Church's website to find another one you are interested in.

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: Watch Finding Faith in Christ (30 min).

2013 March 23

Today's personal progress task is to read Ether 12:6-22. 

Continue Saying your morning and evening prayers. 

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: think about the relationship between faith and prayer. Record your thoughts in your journal. 

2013 March 22

Keep on, keeping on! Say those prayers morning and night. 17 more days to go. 

Alternate activity: Call a friend and ask them what they are doing TODAY to work on personal progress. Encourage them if they need it. 

Prayer reminders

Personal Progress Helps has a great idea to help you make prayer a consistent habit in your life: Make a prayer rock!

Simply Keirste

What other ideas do you have to help you remember to pray each day?

2013 March 21

Today for personal progress, read Alma 32: 17-43

And, you guessed it! Pray morning and night. 

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: Look up "Faith" in the Bible dictionary. Learn anything? 

2013 March 20

Today's personal progress task: Continue to say your prayers morning and night. 

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: Write, in your own words, a definition of faith.

2013 March 19

Today's personal progress task is to read Hebrews 11.

Also, continue to pray morning and night. Only 20 more days left. You can do it!

Alternate activity for those who have already completed this experience: Think about a time when your faith was strengthened. Share it here in a comment.

2013 March 18

Ready for your first challenge?

Today, we are going to start off with Faith #1: 

The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11; Alma 32:17–43;Ether 12:6–22; and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your life. Begin by regularly saying your morning and evening prayers. After three weeks of following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith and how daily personal prayer has strengthened your faith. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer.

There are a few reasons why I chose this one first. One is because it requires us to pray twice a day. If you have nothing else to pray about, ask for help with your Personal Progress! We will all need it.  Another reason is that this experience takes three weeks or 21 days. They say after 21 days of doing something, it becomes a habit. For the simple reason of you're developing a habit, this experience may be difficult. But that will just give you something to pray about, right? Anyway, on to the challenge. 

Today, say your prayers morning and night. That's it! 

Alternate for those who have already completed this experience: Go out of your way to do a small service today. 

Welcome!

Welcome to Daily Progress. This blog is published to help you in your personal progress endeavors by giving you a small task each day.

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A few "housekeeping" things before we get started: 

1. In case you've already completed the experience, I will always provide an alternate activity. 

2. Please leave comments about your experiences with this. I'd love to hear how you are doing. 

3. You can get each post sent to your email by putting your email address in the "Follow by Email" box on the left. 

4. There may be times when we are working on several experiences at one time.

5. If you miss a day or two, just skip it, pick up where you left off and keep on going.
6. Please feel free to offer any suggestions you have.