Pray and Study the Scriptures

Learn

Think about your personal prayers. How often do you pray? How do you feel when you pray? Study James 1:5–6; Alma 34:17–28; 3 Nephi 18:15–21; and Moroni 10:3–5. Identify principles that can help make your prayers more meaningful and the blessings that will come as you “pray always.”

Carefully study Helaman 3:29–30 and Doctrine and Covenants 18:33–36; 84:85. As you study, look for words and phrases that describe:

  1. How you should approach your study of the scriptures and words of the living prophets.
  2. Blessings that will come as you study the scriptures and words of the living prophets.

In the next section, write your plan to improve your personal prayers and scripture study during your years as a teacher. Your scripture study could include the words of the living prophets in the conference issues of the Ensign or Liahona.

Act

My plan for strengthening my habit of regular prayer and scripture study:

Share

Share what you are learning from your scripture study. For example, you could share with your family, with friends, in seminary, or in quorum meetings. Try to make sharing what you are learning a regular practice. This will strengthen your testimony and help you learn how to teach the gospel. It will also strengthen the testimony of others.