Naptime Devotionals: Recent Episodes
Danica Contor
This week, I make an announcement, and we chat for a minute on our purpose in being here.
This week, baby Scott interrupts us a lot, and we talk about Jesus, opposition, and being in the world.
This week, we talk about the names of Christ, how darkness does not comprehend light, and the definitions of the words truth and grace.
This week, we talk about fear, anxiety, and a few of my favorite scriptures from this section, plus how good God is.
This week, we talk about two important questions you should be considering before starting to read the New Testament in 2023!
This week, we talk about Christmas and Jesus, and all things good. Plus there's a little announcement
This week, we talk about doom and gloom prophets, their messages of deliverance, and how to reconcile images of our Heavenly Father as one who is "good" as well as one who takes "vengeance upon his adversaries."
This week, we talk about how covenants between the children of Israel (and us) and the Lord are like a marriage, and what to do when there's infidelity.
This week, we talked about the reach of Christ's Atonement and what having a new heart and a new spirit means.
This week, we talk about the difference between the old covenant (Law of Moses) vs the new covenant (The Higher Law Christ brought).
This week, we talk about two super important principles that we find in these chapters: the Lord knowing us before we were even born, and how He will be with us in our journey here.
This week, we dig deep into 3 verses (61:1-3), and talk about what Jesus is offering us.
This week, we talk about Christ, about how God's ways are not man's ways, and how we can find answers to our prayers.
This week, we talk about what fear of the Lord means and whether or not the Lord wants us to ask questions.
This week, we talk about courage, and if you're on YouTube, you get to stare at my torso the whole time...oops.
This week, we talk about how the "how" in which God provides for us changes, the widow woman, and different ways God communicates with His children.
This week we talk about David and Solomon, if following our hearts is such a good idea, and how God looks at our choices, past and present.
This week, we talk about how the Lord looketh on the heart, even when man looketh on the outward appearance.
This week we talk about worshiping other gods, why it's important to write things down, bread, and what perfect actually means.
*TW: Infertility. This week, we talk about murmuring, how life is fair, and how God is ever on our side.
This week we talked about how we do service and give our offerings, and how we look at the Atonement in relationship to the blood sacrifices of the Old Testament.
This week, we talk about being obedient, the Sabbath, and why idols are not a great idea.
This week, we talked about making sure our inspiration over our stewardships lines up with God's will, how our obedience affects the way God trusts us, and why it's important to look at footnotes.
This week, we talk about how the story of Passover is in similitude of the story of Easter, how God builds line upon line, and some of your (and mine!) favorite parts of the Easter story.
This week, we talked about things I find funny in the scriptures, Lord of the Rings, doubt, and obedience.
This week we talk about Joseph, God's Eternal perspective, and His power to make all things for our good.
This week, we talk about following the Lord's path for us (no matter how unorthrodox to the world it might seem), how families are human, and how God is with us through the highs and the lows.
Missed it this morning, I broke a second tooth last night, so here are some thoughts on the Old Testament.
This week, we talk about how God knows us, how He is on our team and is rooting for us, and how sometimes we'll be asked to do really hard things.
This week, we talk about Abraham and Sarah, and the handmaiden Hagar. We also talk about godly sorrow (guilt) v shame, and how to course correct a little bit at a time,
This week, we talk about Noah and the flood, the Tower of Babel, and what a blessing agency is.
This week, we talk about the city of Zion, Enoch, Satan, and the incredible love that our Father in Heaven has for us.
This week, we talk about "the basics" and why they're so important, plus the adversary, and how powerful God is.
This week, we talk about faith, trust, and agency (you thought I was going to say pixie dust, didn't you?)
This week, we talk about the creation, about God's abilities, and we talk a whole lot about light.
This week, we talked about God's glory, Satan's lack thereof, and how humans want to know all the things.
Also, I got study companion by Don't Miss This, from https://deseretbook.com/p/dont-miss-this-in-the-old-testament-journal?queryID=5f7e06626f02f4236b23d75cc2b52267&variant_id=195154-paperback
This week, we look at "The Living Christ," and "Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives" by President Russell M. Nelson from April 2017 General Conference, and we talk about the importance of the Savior, how there is nothing easy about our path following Him, and how Christ is light.
This week, we have a special guest: Brittany Miller!! We talk about our favorite parts of The Family: A Proclamation to the World. You can find her on IG @brittany.miller_
This week, we talked about how we can learn processes from the scriptures, as well as learn from the content of the scriptures, how we will be returned to our perfect bodies, and what being chosen of the Lord really means.
This week we talk about why Christ came, why we have to go through trials, and the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. Oh, and a baby cries a lot.
This week, we talk about preparing for the Second Coming, the power of Christ's voice, and weak things.
This week, we talk about being offered drugs, where God lives, keeping commandments, and forgiveness.
This week, I ask a lot of questions (I'd love to hear your thoughts on any answers!!) and we talk about how God is no respecter of persons, and how our labors differ from God's works.
This week we talk about how God sees our problems, how Christ has suffered, how God sees all things, and how He is forever with us.
This week we talk about how God's ways are not man's ways and how sometimes we are asked to do small things for significant reasons.
This week, we read through some scriptures and focus on a few specific phrases, and talk about what they might mean and how God has put us in control of so much.
This week, I share a personal faith building experience I had while preparing for this episode, and we talk about ways to build our faith.
This week we talk about family councils, the importance of unity, and the importance of strengthening each other in ALL our doings.
This week we talk about God's purpose for His saints, and why tribulation is so important. Baby Scott makes a special guest apperance.
This week we talk about fear, why God asks us to have faith, and we also talk about bears.
This week, we talk about what "according to the pattern" means, about how chastening translates to being loved, and how we can make our Zion in our homes.
This week we talk about how to come unto Christ (what exactly is he asking us to do), and how Christ learned.
This week, we chat about the word of wisdom, I mangle an analogy about cars, and we talk about what "for your good" means.
This week we talk about how to create a Christ-centered home, and why it's so important to pay attention to the media we allow in our homes.
This week we talk about, well, standing in holy places and how those holy places don't have to be physical places at all.
This week we talk about how God knows us all, about men, women, and the priesthood, and how I look at trials.
This week, we talk about commandments:
-Are they helping us or just making us miss out on experiences?
-What do commandments show us?
This week we talk about how Christ talks to us, what to do when what we're asked to do seems like just too much, and the phrase "it mattereth not."
This week we talk about all the purposes: Christ's purpose in coming to our world, God's purpose in His plan, and the purpose in us doing life the way we're doing it.
This week we talk about the definition of perfect, about why we are asked to go through trials, and specifically, why we are asked to go through trials where others attack or question our faith.
This week, we talk about parenting; about our role as parents within the Plan of Salvation, what the most important thing we can teach our children is, and HOW we teach them these most important things.
This week we talk (kind of a lot) about forgiveness: how we're commanded to forgive all, and who "all" consists of (spoiler: you're in there, too). We also talk about Zion!
This week we talked about signs vs faith, why faith is so important, why failure is a necessity, and how incredible our Savior is.
This week we talk about Heavenly Father's expectations for us, missionary work, and testimonies.
And if you listen closely, you can hear a little cameo by Edmund.
This week we talk about why Heavenly Father would want us to be anxious, about the Sabbath, and about being commanded in all things.
This week we talk about why God doesn't just bless all of us all the time with all of the same blessings, and we talk about the Atonement.
Also, I realized after uploading that there are a few times my mic cut out and I'm not sure what happened there
This week we talk about why, if God loves us so much, He also says that any who do not follow Christ are damned, and about how important families are, and what it takes to make marriage work.
This week we talk about how God keeps our promises, what we need to do to receive personal revelation, and why we need personal revelation.
This week, we chat about how God is a perfect parent, and why He wants us to love one another.
This week we talk about water polo, and fear.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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This week we talk about who can preach the gospel, and why prayer is so important.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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This week, we look at WHY Christ chose to suffer, to die for us, and why that's so incredible.
Here is a list of the scriptures I read:
D&C
-6:34
-18:11, 13
-19:16-17
-29:5, 27
-38:7
-42:45-46
-45:5
-62:1
-63:49
-76:20-22, 24
-88:15-16, 28-31
-93:33-34
-110:3-9
-138:50
1 Corinthians 15
The Living Christ
The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead M. Russell Ballard (Oct 2018)
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This week we look at why temptation looks so good, and why sometimes the Spirit prompts us with tools to survive a trial instead of just telling us how to avoid the trial completely.
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This week, we talk about the armor of God. Why the breastplate of righteousness? Why a shield of faith?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Extra Readings:
"When Thou Art Converted" D. Todd Christofferson (April 2004)
"Be Strong in the Lord" M. Russell Ballard (Ensign, July 2004)
We talk about patience, prayer, and why Heavenly Father and Christ don't remove our burdens from us when They clearly could.
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Additional Readings:
D&C 121:7-8
Isaiah 40:28-31
Mosiah 24:14-15
Revelations in Context pg 33-39
"An Especially Nobel Calling" by Joy D. Jones (April 2020)
"This Work is Concerned with People" Gordon B. Hinckley (April 1995)
2 Nephi 32:8-9
3 Nephi 18:18-23
"Continue in Patience" Dieter F. Uchtdorf (April 2010)
As always, we take a look at what we can learn about the natures of God and Christ, and the Plan of Salvation through these scriptures. My favorite thing? That God is unchanging. We could trust Him yesterday; we can trust Him today; we can trust Him forever.
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Additional Readings:
-D&C 10:58; 18:5
-Revelations in Context, pg. 29-32
-"The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood" Dallin H. Oaks ( April 2014)
-"Why the Church" D. Todd Christofferson (Oct 2015)
This week we take a look at why there has to be eternal punishment if there is to be eternal life, and why the Holy Ghost is so important.
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Additional Readings (if you want):
-Alma 36:18-21
-"Repentance: A Joyful Choice" Dale G. Renlund (Oct 2016)
-John 15:13
-Mosiah 3:7
-Alma 7:11-12
-Revelations in Context (pg 1-9, 29-32)
This week, we study Doctrine and Covenants 14-17. We talk about trusting Heavenly Father and Christ, the worth of souls, and how we are always given the opportunity to be obedient.
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Additional resources to study:
Psalms 119:105
Isaiah 55:10-11
Matthew 4:4
1 Nephi 15:23-24
Alma 32:28
"Thanks Be to God" Russell M. Nelson (April 2012)
D&C 18:10-16
2 Corinthians 13:1
The Testimony of the Three Witnesses
"The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon" Ulisses Soares (April 2020)
Revelations in Context pg. 20-28
This week we're studying D&C 12-13, JS-H 1:66-75 (plus the notes after), as well as:
-Matthew 3:1-6, 13-17
-Revelations in Context, pg 20-24
-2 Nephi 32:2-3
-Moroni 7:29-32
-"The Ministry of Angels" by Jeffrey R. Holland (Oct 2008)
-3 Nephi 27:16-22
-D&C 84:26-27
-"The Priesthood and the Savior's Atoning Power" by Dale G. Renlund (Oct 2017)
-Numbers 3:5-13
-D&C 84:31-34
-"Do We Know What We Have?" by Carole M. Stephens (Oct 2013)
-D&C 84:20-22
**Remember, you don't NEED to read all of the above. These are just additional "recommended" reading by the Come Follow Me. I also don't necessarily talk about ALL of these throughout the episode, but I did read them and they helped me narrow down the things I specifically wanted to talk about in this episode.
As always, we'd love to hear from you!!
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In this episode, we take a look at D&C 10-11, as well as the following:
Words of Mormon 1:3-7
2 Nephi 28:22-23
1 Nephi 9
"Pray Always" David A. Bednar (Oct 2008)
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This week we look at sections 6 through 9 in the Doctrine and Covenants.
We also study (at recommendation from the Come Follow Me book):
-"Be Not Troubled" Ronald A. Rasband (Oct 2018)
-"Desire" Dallin H. Oaks (April 2011)
-"And Upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit" Julie B. Beck (April 2010)
-"Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives" President Russell M. Nelson (April 2018)
-Revelations in Context, "Oliver Cowdery's Gift"
-Ester 4
-Alma 26:23-31
I'd love to hear any questions you have and/or any of your own discoveries and "a-ha" moments from reading the scriptures. You can find me here:
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In this episode, we study sections 3 through 5 of the Doctrine and Covenants as well as looking at "The Contributions of Martin Harris" (which has been linked below), and Richard G. Scott's "The Power of Scripture" (Oct 2011).
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Martin Harris: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/revelations-in-context/the-contributions-of-martin-harris?lang=eng
This week we study D&C 2, and JSH 1:27-65, as well as looking at Isaiah 29: 4, 11-18, Isaiah 11, Joel 2:28-32, D&C 110:13-16, Malachi 4:5-6, Galatians 3:14-17, and 3 Nephi 25:5-6. Plus, we also look at the following talks:
-"Let This House Be Built Unto My Name" Elder David A. Bednar (April 2020)
-"Hearts Bound Together" Elder Henry B. Eyring (April 2005)
-"Becoming True Millenials" President Russell M. Nelson (January 2016)
-"Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing" Elder Dale G. Renlund (April 2018)
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We look at all 4 accounts of the first vision, plus two talks by President Russell M, Nelson: "Hear Him" (April 2020), and "Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives" (April 2018). Come Follow Me also recommends reading 1 Nephi 10: 17-19 and 15:6-11.
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This week, we study Doctrine and Covenants 1. We also take a look at Proverbs 3:11-12, and Ether 12:27.
As always, we look at what we can learn from the scriptures about the nature of God and Christ, the Plan of Salvation, and how we can apply these things into our lives.
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This week we discuss a variety of scriptures (listed below) as we study about Christ in preparation for Christmas.
1 Nephi 11:13-36
Mosiah 3:5-10
Helaman 14:1-17
3 Nephi 1:4-22
Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 2
Luke 2
2 Nephi 2:6
Alma 7:7-13
Alma 11:40
Helaman 5:9
1 Nephi 6:4
1 Nephi 19:18
2 Nephi 25:23, 26
2 Nephi 33:4, 10
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This week we look at Moroni, chapter 10, and "I Have a Work for Thee" by Elder John C. Pingree Jr (Oct 2017).
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This week, we study Moroni chapters 7 through 9, "The Hope of God's Light" by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf (April 2013), "The Challenge to Become" by Elder Dallin H. Oaks (Oct 2000), and my cat says hi.
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In this episode, we discuss Moroni, chapters 1 through 6, and "God's Love for His Children" (April 1988) by Elder M. Russell Ballard.
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*Also my husband would like me to state for the record that he never said it doesn't matter how we pray, but that, as long as we pray to God, and we do it in the name of Christ, the order in which we say our prayer (whether we begin or end in the name of Christ) is not established as far as he knows.
In this episode, we study Ether, chapters 12 through 15, and we take a look at "The Infinite Power of Hope" by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Oct 2008).
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In this episode, we study Ether, chapters 6 through 11. We'd love to see you on IG (@Naptime_Devotionals) and we'd love to hear from you (naptimedevotionals@gmail.com)
In this episode, we study Ether, chapters 1 through 5, and take a look at "Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives,"by President Russell M. Nelson (April 2018).
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In this episode, we discuss the Mormon, chapters 7, 8, and 9, as well as "Lord, I Believe" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (April 2013), and "The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like Without It?" by President Russell M. Nelson (Oct 2017).
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Welcome to Naptime Devotionals.
In our introduction episode we cover who I am (Danica Contor), how Naptime Devotionals came to be, and how it all works.
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