Tag Archives: Scripture Study

Spritiual Pick Me Up

As you go through lives ups and downs, you may find that you are in need of a spiritual pick me up. When you are struggling through difficult times, it is so easy to become focused on your needs and trials. This can cause you to feel depressed or separated. It can also affect how in tune you are with the spirit. One easy way to do solve this problem is to begin to serve others. Often when you think of service you think of giving something or spending a lot of time on something. An act of service can … Continue reading →

Marking Your Scriptures

One of the ways to get the most out of your scripture study is to mark your scriptures. There are many different ways to do this—probably as many ways as there are people who read, but I’d like to share some ideas here that may appeal. 1. Underlining the key words with a pen or a colored pencil to help your eye easily identify them. 2. Coloring the entire verse with a colored pencil or using light strokes with a crayon. 3. Using a bracket along the edge of the verse. 4. Circling the key words or phrases, while underlining … Continue reading →

Has Your Personal Scripture Study Gotten Off Track?

Has your personal scripture study gotten off track? This can happen from time to time. Everyone goes through periods where they are very intent their scripture study and then periods where it seems to slip a bit. Studying the scriptures can bring great peace to your life, and so it is important that you constantly work on maintaining and improving the habit. Here are three steps to help you get back on track. 1) First you need to ask yourself why your current scripture study time is not working for you. Did your schedule change? Has your life been more … Continue reading →

Do You Have Time to Study the Scriptures?

One of the most difficult aspects of really studying your scriptures is finding the time to do it. Sometimes it is too easy to let it be crowded out of your already busy day. And if you are like me getting up early to study just does not work. I’ve found that waiting until right before I go to bed is not very effective either. So the trick is to find a good time during the day to study your scriptures. Here are a few ideas to consider. 1) You could read the scriptures during your lunchtime at work. It … Continue reading →

Is Your Family Time Disrupted by Summer?

Sometimes with the upheaval of the summer months it is easy to let things like family home evening and scripture study fall to the wayside. In the summer the children may stay out later and want to sleep in later. In the summer teenagers may be working or out with friends during meal times. It is still essential to have family home evening each week and family scripture study each day. Here are five tips to help you get back on track. 1) Sit down and discuss the situation with your children. You can often find a compromise once they … Continue reading →

Evaluate Your Scripture Study

We all know that we need to nourish ourselves spiritually. Our testimonies will not stay strong, if we are not working on developing them on a daily basis. One important part of making sure that you are strengthening your testimony is to establish set times to study the scriptures meditate and pray. If you set up a routine then you will better be able to accomplish the most important tasks for you. It is not always easy to find time to yourself to read and ponder the gospel. It can be difficult to squeeze into the day. If you do … Continue reading →

Remembering the Gospel

Have you gone through periods of your life when you seem to drift away from the gospel? Or have you watched a loved one go through this experience? Generally when this happens you are struggling to put the Lord first in your life. It is so easy to allow other things to come between your relationship with the Lord. It is important to take time each day to remember Him. One way to remember the Lord is to take time each day to pray to Him. Prayer can be intimidating. It can be difficult to continue praying if you do … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Bringing the Scripture Stories to Life for Your Children

Do you want your children to really learn the scriptures? The summer is a great time to spend some extra time teaching your children the scripture stories. If you plan well you can really bring the stories to life. You can focus on one or two stories a week. It is important that while you do any of the following suggestions you still take the time to talk about the concept the story is teaching us. 1) The easiest way to teach your children the stories from the scriptures is to tell them the stories. You can use the scripture … Continue reading →

Maintaining Your Spirituality

One of the things that we have all studied in Sunday School and Seminary is the repentance cycle. We start out realizing our dependence on Heavenly Father, but as we are righteous and our lives get easier, we take for granted the things He has given us. Then we begin to drift away, until we have a crisis realize we need to repent and then begin again. This cycle is very easy to see as you read the Book of Mormon. What can we do as members of the church to avoid this cycle in our lives? It is important … Continue reading →

Broadening My Personal Scripture Study

When it comes to personal scripture study, I tend to focus on the Book of Mormon. I have read the Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price and the New Testament all the way through. I have read a great deal of the Old Testament, but I seem to focus my personal scripture study on the Book of Mormon or I study by topic. In many ways the Book of Mormon just seems so much more accessible to me. I think this is because it is what my family read during family scripture study when I was growing up. I … Continue reading →