- Day 1 – Woman, Why Weepest Thou?
- Day 2 – Peace Be Unto You
- Day 3 – Behold My Hands and My Feet
- Day 4 – Be Not Faithless, But Believing
- Day 5 – Children, Have Ye Any Meat?
- Day 6 – Lovest Thou Me?
- Day 7 – Follow Me
- Day 8 – All Power is Given Unto Me In Heaven and In Earth
- Day 9 – Go Ye Therefore and Teach All Nations
- Day 10 – Lo, I am with you always
- Day 11 – He Was Taken Up
- Day 12 – I am the light and the life of the world
- Day 13 – Arise and Come Forth Unto Me
- Day 14 – Blessed be the name of the Most High God
- Day 15 – Words of the Risen Lord
- Day 16 – After this manner shall ye baptize
- Day 17 – There Shall Be No Disputations Among You
- Day 18 – Ye must become as a little child
- Behold I have given unto you my gospel
Words of the Risen Lord
Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
— John 20:27–29 (KJV)
The Moment
Eight days after His resurrection, the Savior again appeared to His disciples—this time with Thomas present. Thomas had not believed their testimony, saying, “Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails… I will not believe” (see John 20:25).
Jesus came and stood in their midst. Without rebuke, He turned to Thomas and said, “Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands… and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing” (see John 20:27).
In that moment, Thomas’s doubt turned to conviction. He uttered one of the most profound declarations in scripture: “My Lord and my God” (see John 20:28).
Insights from Scripture and Prophets
The Lord’s response to Thomas is not a condemnation, but an invitation. He meets Thomas where he is—in his honesty, his longing, his uncertainty—and gently calls him to belief.
Elder David A. Bednar taught:
“Doubting, disbelieving, or even opposing what we do not yet understand is not new. … The invitation is to act in faith—to choose to believe—and then to open our hearts to the Spirit of the Lord.”
— Elder David A. Bednar, October 2021 General Conference
The Savior’s final words to Thomas—“blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed”—are a beatitude for our generation. He acknowledges the coming age of spiritual seeking, when belief would often come without physical proof. It is a promise to every disciple who walks by faith.