Day 31 - 1 Nephi 20:1-22

Day 30 - 1 Nephi 19:7-24

Day 29 - 1 Nephi 18:21 - 19:6

Day 28 - 1 Nephi 18:5-20

Day 27 - 1 Nephi 17:48 - 18:4

Day 26 - 1 Nephi 17:31-47

Day 25 - 1 Nephi 17:17-30

Day 24 - 1 Nephi 17:1-16

Day 23 - 1 Nephi 16:17-39

Day 22 - 1 Nephi 16:1-16

Day 21 - 1 Nephi 15:19-36

Day 20 - 1 Nephi 15:1-18

1 Nephi 15 - The gathering of Israel is likened unto an olive tree whose natural branches will be grafted in again.

"If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you."

 "Both the justice of God and the laws of nature mandate a division of the wicked from the righteous.  The warmth and glory of the noonday sun and midnight's shield of darkness are not compatible companions-light and darkness will never meet, Christ and Satan will never shake hands.  The separation of the righteous from the wicked in the world to come is foreshadowed by their separation in mortality.  This life, like the one to follow, has its children of light and its children of darkness.  The citizens of both kingdoms prepare themselves here for the nature of the society of which they will be a part both in and after death." (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1, p. 121)

Day 18 - 1 Nephi 13:40 - 14:8

Day 17 - 1 Nephi 13:28-39

"And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be." - 1 Nephi 13:38

I found an interesting story on the blog Step By Step:

    Benito Pablo Juarez was born to Zapotec Indian parents in the year 1806, making him a contemporary of Joseph Smith. When Benito was only three years old, both of his parents died. His grandparents watched over him until the age of 13, but then they died also. Benito's life looked bleak, but just as the Lord had watched over an Israelite shepherd boy named David, and had watched over the boy Joseph who was taken away from his parents and sold into Egypt, and had watched over the poor backwoods boy named Abraham Lincoln; so the Lord would watch over Benito. After herding sheep for his uncle for a time, Benito wandered into the big City of Oaxaca, in the mountains of south central Mexico. His sister happened to be serving as a maid for a wealthy Spaniard, and through some providential circumstances, Benito came to be adopted by this family.

     Benito proved to be extremely bright, and was schooled in the traditional Catholic society of the priesthood. He manifested a desire to practice law and graduated from the University of Oaxaca with a law degree. For the next 12 years, Benito Juarez practiced law in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico and became a champion for justice. His integrity and concern for the poor became almost legendary. In 1847, as the Mormon pioneers moved west to Utah, Benito became the governor of Oaxaca, Mexico, and made the state a model of justice and organization. He reportedly was so organized that the people could set their clocks according to his schedule for going to work. Governor Juarez developed a strong love for democracy, but in so doing brought upon himself the ire of the establishment. He was exiled by the Mexican President Santa Ana in 1853, and spent two years in the United States.

     Benito Juarez returned to Mexico as minister of justice, and in 1857 he drafted the reform laws that brought about the disenfranchisement of the Catholic Church. In other words, he brought about the separation of the church and the government. The results of those laws were felt by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as Juarez's work opened the door for missionary work in Mexico. In reality, Benito Juarez' work meant the fulfillment of prophecy which the prophet Nephi recorded nearly 2500 years before:

           . . . in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief yea, for the space of many years, and many generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed . . . (1 Nephi 15:13)

[Joseph L. Allen, Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon, pp. 93-95]

Day 16 - 1 Nephi 13:10-27

Day 15 - 1 Nephi 12:11 - 13:9

Nephi sees in vision the land of promise.

Day 14 - 1 Nephi 11:31 - 12:10

Day 13 - 1 Nephi 11:12-30

1 Nephi 11

And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

Reading the Book of Mormon in one year

The Book of Mormon, as stated in the introduction, is "a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel."  The description continues:

We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3–5.)

Over the years I have read the Book of Mormon many times, and occasionally as part of a "challenge" where a goal is set to read a certain number of pages or chapters each day in order to finish within a specified time-frame.  This year I have decided to follow a schedule that spreads the reading out over 365 days.  I am using an Instagram feed that sends out a daily image showing the chapters and verses to read, along with a question or prompt for comments.  When you have completed the reading, you "Like" the image, and you can see the numbers of people who are reading along with you.  It's a clever idea!