{"id":7,"date":"2007-05-03T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/forming-habits-daily-scripture-reading\/"},"modified":"2007-05-10T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T19:59:37","slug":"forming-habits-daily-scripture-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/forming-habits-daily-scripture-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Forming Habits: Daily Scripture Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in a time where we’re blessed to have access to God’s word through the scriptures. These holy books contain God’s word written by his prophets. Many of us have read some part of the scriptures before, but why should we read the scriptures on an ongoing basis? Elder Henry B. Eyring replied to that question in a discussion on scripture study<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, and we learn about Him in its pages. We know that it has great power. It has the power to change lives. It has the power to convert. If you read it with an open heart, you will know that it is the word of God and that it is true.<\/p>\n

Through the Book of Mormon the Lord can also teach us about being with and serving people. This book reveals the will of the Lord for family life in a way that the other scriptures don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even approach. I believe that is largely because of its interesting structure. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about families; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relationships. It starts with families, it ends with families, and we come to love these families.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like any habit, daily scripture reading takes practice<\/strong>. To start, it’s best to decide on a time each day that you can read the scriptures<\/strong>. If you can make a habit of getting up early, beginning your day with scripture reading can have a profound effect on your life. Keep track of your progress<\/strong> and set goals<\/strong>, perhaps using the online tools at Readthescriptures.com<\/a>. My wife and I are on a scripture-reading “team” that lets us keep track of each others’ reading, as well as to keep track of our family scripture reading.<\/p>\n

Let us know of any tips you may have for daily scripture reading in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We live in a time where we’re blessed to have access to God’s word through the scriptures. These holy books contain God’s word written by his prophets. Many of us have read some part of the scriptures before, but why should we read the scriptures on an ongoing basis? Elder Henry B. Eyring replied to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habits","category-mormonism","category-scriptures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboveyourself.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}