Feast Upon the Words of Christ


My scripture study changes all the time. When I first started, I just read, generally a chapter per day. As time goes on, I continually try different things.

  • Mark one thing in each chapter that I can apply to my life.
  • Read commentary books
  • Read seminary and institute manuals
  • Copy and paste good insights and quotes from commentaries into my notes in my digital scriptures
  • Highlight with different colors every time I notice specific topics or categories
  • Type at least one observation from my life in each chapter
  • Highlight every time the Lord is mentioned
  • Read every footnote in the chapter

Currently, I am trying a few new things.

Use the Scripture Plus app from Book of Mormon Central to follow their reading plan for Come Follow Me

  • Breaks up the chapters in a realistic way to spread the chapters out throughout the week
  • Includes an awesome, short video every day

Watch 3 different YouTube channels while getting ready for the day and driving to work (also available as podcasts)

  • Don't Miss This, by David Butler and Emily Belle Freeman - This show has great insights into applying the scriptures into my life and stories to make the scriptures more meaningful
  • Follow Him, hosted by Hank Smith and John Bytheway - This show has different guests each week, scholars in the fields that are most applicable to the lesson like languages, archaeology, and Middle Eastern studies
  • Book of Mormon Central, Come Follow Me Insights - This show also focuses on context to help understand the culture of the Bible and diving deep into the scriptures

For many people, this much would be overkill, and that's ok. Some people would be annoyed by hearing the same stories over and over again, especially since the same lessons are taught in Sunday School. For me, it keeps the lessons in my head all week, gives me more opportunities to learn from them and time to ponder them, helps me catch things I miss when I just read on my own, helps my enthusiasm for the scriptures stay strong as I feel their energy, and helps me learn things about the culture that I would never know without it.

I hope you can find joy in studying the scriptures, any way that works for you.

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