Comments on: Family Friday: Making Family Scripture Study Fun https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/ Who We Are, What We Believe, How We Live -- Glimpses into Latter-day Saint Life Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ask a Mormon Woman: What are some of the family traditions and rules of the Mormon religion? | Mormon Bloggers https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-14201 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:53:10 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-14201 […] We are encouraged to have daily personal and family scripture study and prayer. Family Dinner is also encouraged (which usually includes a prayer as well). These rituals help us stay focused on bringing God into our daily lives and into our homes, and in learning more about the gospel of Jesus Christ together. I have felt a real impact in our home with the practices of reading the scriptures and praying together. I feel blessings of peace, love, understanding of truth, and eternal perspective as we do these things. I love hearing my children talk to Heavenly Father and discuss and ask questions about what we are learning as we read. In our home, we focus most of our reading on The Book of Mormon, although, of course, we like to learn and read from other books of scripture as well. We also try to read the most recent General Conference talks together to help keep the current counsel of living prophets and other Church leaders fresh in our minds. I shared some of the ways we try to make scripture reading memorable and enjoyable here. […]

]]> By: Ask a Mormon Woman: What are some of the family traditions and rules of the Mormon religion? | Mormon Women: Who We Are https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-14196 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:01:23 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-14196 […] We are encouraged to have daily personal and family scripture study and prayer. Family Dinner is also encouraged (which usually includes a prayer as well). These rituals help us stay focused on bringing God into our daily lives and into our homes, and in learning more about the gospel of Jesus Christ together. I have felt a real impact in our home with the practices of reading the scriptures and praying together. I feel blessings of peace, love, understanding of truth, and eternal perspective as we do these things. I love hearing my children talk to Heavenly Father and discuss and ask questions about what we are learning as we read. In our home, we focus most of our reading on The Book of Mormon, although, of course, we like to learn and read from other books of scripture as well. We also try to read the most recent General Conference talks together to help keep the current counsel of living prophets and other Church leaders fresh in our minds. I shared some of the ways we try to make scripture reading memorable and enjoyable here. […]

]]> By: Michelle https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-13191 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:07:39 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-13191 I should have mentioned that one simple goal we have had is at least a verse a day. There have been plenty of days when we have done that…sometimes even a verse that we have memorized together, or work on memorizing together. That is one of the things that has kept it going for us. FWIW.

And Heather, I agree that reading the scriptures can help children learn to read. I know it helped me learn to read in a foreign language when I was a missionary.

]]> By: Heather L https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-13163 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:01:13 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-13163 A teacher once told me that reading the scriptures with your children helps them learn to read because the Spirit teaches them. I’ve seen it happen.
An extra blessing 🙂

]]> By: Amanda D https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-13152 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:58:03 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-13152 All such great ideas for scripture reading. I’ve not been very consistant with any scripture reading program that I’ve attempted with my kids. Lately, I’ve been reading a few verses while the kids are eating breakfast or a special verse at dinner. Thanks for all the great ideas!

]]> By: jendoop https://womenseekingchrist.org/2010/01/08/family-friday-building-blocks-for-scripture-study/comment-page-1/#comment-13150 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:52:31 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=4590#comment-13150 Thank you for sharing all of these ideas! If I can implement just a few of them my children will be more participatory in our scripture reading.

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