Get excited for a new year of study with these amazing scriptures.
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The blessings of studying the Old Testament are there, but sometimes they only come through a wrestle.
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“The more we know these prophecies, the more we can step forward with courage and strength and do hard things and help gather Israel.”
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“To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship.”
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The latest wave of updates to the General Handbook includes an adjustment to a portion about editions and translations of the Holy Bible.
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“We sometimes talk about hearing a voice,” Elder Renlund writes. “But that may not be the way you sense the Holy Ghost.”
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“Let’s face it. You don’t have time for everything,” he says. “None of us do.”
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When you read between the lines of the stories you know well, new thoughts and bits of knowledge may shine through.
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Twenty-five section introductions of Doctrine and Covenants were adjusted.
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“The perfection idea will hold us back and actually invite failure,” says Shannon Foster. “There is no perfection. This is a mortal world.”
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Here are a few ways to press forward when life isn’t looking the way you hoped and prayed it would.
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“Scripture study has the power to change families.”
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Shannon Foster knows what it’s like to struggle with scripture study—and she’s found a solution.
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“Life-changing revelation is not reserved for prophets,” Dale G. Renlund writes in his new book.
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Additional resources will be available in the January issue of the “For the Strength of Youth” magazine.
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Vain imaginations are thoughts that are untrue and potentially damaging.
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What would you add to this list?
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Here are a few encouraging verses to save for when you need a pick-me-up.
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Here are five things missionaries do that can heighten the impact of your scripture study.
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These questions will help you learn as much as possible.
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In a recent podcast with the Church News, scholar Rosalynde Welch shared an approach for studying the Doctrine and Covenants that will not only help us interpret tricky scripture but also come to know the Savior.
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The Apostle says this is one of the best ways to maintain hope.
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These tips can help transform scripture study from a chore into a cherished family tradition.
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The cure for when the gospel feels like a checklist.
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Alisi’s story is a compelling example of how the Book of Mormon changes lives.
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To better understand how religion impacts mental health, a BYU professor set up a yearslong study.
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This list of creative ideas will breathe new life into your gospel study.
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One young woman wrote, “When I reflect back on the years I spent living at home and how we spent our Sundays, I can distinctly remember power hour.”
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This verse is one of the best hidden gems in the Bible.
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If it feels like you’re just going through the motions in your spiritual habits, read this.
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This is also the most compelling question I’ve been asked at church lately.
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Sheri Dew recently shared two things that have helped her recognize answers to prayer more clearly.
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Alma's son Corianton pursued a harlot and had significant concerns about the gospel. What can we learn from what Alma chose to say to him?
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Elder Andersen reassured new missionaries by sharing a scripture exercise you could easily try with your family.
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Did you know Alma chapters 30–35 were originally one chapter? Reading the text as one block reveals an important question (and inspiring answer).
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Encourage a missionary during a difficult transfer or season with these comforting scriptures.
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With this helpful study technique from Jared Halverson, we can find answers from God in the scriptures to even our most difficult—and modern—problems.
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If, when you open your scriptures, you find yourself just reading words on a page and not gaining lightning bolts of revelation, you’re not alone.
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This week’s Come, Follow Me chapters (and other verses in the Book of Mormon) offer important insights into why we need a church.
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Sometimes when you come across a very familiar verse, it can be easy to just gloss it over because you know it so well.
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Our challenge today is not a lack of access, but a lack of attention.
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We all strive to listen to the Spirit during general conference and find the messages meant for us. But for Latter-day Saints like Levi and Jovany, the truly transformative experiences come later.
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In his April 2023 general conference address, Elder Gary E. Stevenson challenged us to rethink the way we celebrate Easter by asking this question: “How do we model the teaching and celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter story, with the same balance, fulness, and rich religious tradition of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christmas story?”
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Even if it seems that an interaction with a loved one or stranger doesn’t matter, we shouldn’t be disheartened.
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I think we all want to love Isaiah, but it can be challenging. Here is one confusing verse that, once unraveled, has beautiful application to life.
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A great deal has been said and written by Church leaders about the need to get the gospel deeper into the hearts of the people. I believe that modern Israel is as righteous as Israel has ever been, but listening to 10 hours of conference through the years has convinced me that we can do better. We seem to know a lot of the questions about the gospel, and many of the answers, but some of us may have missed the power of real conversion. Benjamin’s people, generally faithful members, heard their king speak and experienced a mighty change of heart. You may remember what Abinadi said to the priests of Noah:
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Jeremiah was an extraordinary prophet. Called to work with people though rampant apostasy and bitter opposition, he never faltered and rarely flinched throughout his ministry. His life and writings are exceptional treasures and worth a great investment of time and reflection. And the verses will require time and reflection because Jeremiah is distanced from us by language, idiom, circumstance, and translation. But your knowledge of the plan of salvation and the unchangeableness of God will sustain you. Pay a price and the results will be spectacular.
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When I served in the U.S. Army, I had the opportunity on a number of occasions to assist in erecting tents. Aside from the personal tents used by soldiers for their own shelter, administrative tents came in three sizes: GP (General Purpose) Small, GP Medium, and GP Large. I do not remember the dimensions of these tents, but I have the impression that there was room under a GP Large for St. Peter’s Basilica.
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I asked my institute students if they had beautiful feet. They thought I had gone mad, of course, but the question was asked in perfect seriousness. Isaiah’s poetic imagery about the messengers of the Atonement includes the moving assurance that those who carry such a message have beautiful feet. In Isaiah’s time, messages were always carried by runners, and he described those privileged to carry the most meaningful of messages as having beautiful feet.
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A lovely young lady sat in my office a while ago. Her life, which had begun with joy, service, and obedience, had descended through successive layers of iniquity and decadence to a place where blackness enveloped her, and she was miserable. Like Lehi of old, she beheld herself (see 1 Nephi 8:7). Like the prodigal son, she had spent too much time with the pigs and had come to herself (see Luke 15:17). She did not like what she saw in her mirror each morning and came at last to the one unfailing source of help. She came to my office seeking the Savior, because she had finally realized that there was nowhere else to go.
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For most of the thirty-nine years Samuel King [president of the Sudoeste District of the Uruguay-Paraguay Mission] spent as an administrator of a large meat-packing plant [in Montevideo, Uruguay], he was a staunch member of the Church of England. . . .
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