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As parents, we are constant learning mode but I did learn something from this talk from an earlier Ensign;
Think about the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father and the Savior. I have heard Dr. Lynn Scoresby observe, “When we make mistakes, the Savior doesn’t say, ‘Go to your room.’ He says, ‘Come unto me.’ ”
That can be our example for our relationships with the children we know. We want to return to our Heavenly Father. We want to go home. The mission of the Savior is to take us home.
I know at times, we do this to our children when they whine or complaint by not allowing bad spirits or negativism to exist in our presence. Perhaps, it is better to sit them down and instruct them vice sending them to the room. Something I need to learn in our own family.
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05-28-2008, 12:58 AM
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Thanks! Yes, that sounds more like it. Does anyone have a reference?
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05-28-2008, 08:29 AM
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Which reference are you looking for?
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05-28-2008, 09:27 AM
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Standard works
I feel that we all need to study all the standards works, not just the Book of Mormon.
The Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley, made a challenge for everyone in the church, to read the Book of Mormon, in a year, I would like to give a similar challenge:
Read ALL the standard works.
At least once in your life, more if you can. On the churches web site, you can download all the standard works, and put them onto your mp3 player, I’m a delivery driver, and I was able to listen to all the standard works in three to four months, in my car. Here is the web address:
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I think all of our lives would be enriched, if we read from the Book of Mormon, and the rest of the standard Works (including the Old Testament) every day of our lives.
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05-28-2008, 09:33 AM
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Ray, I wholeheartedly agree! I cannot express the sorrow when I ask, have you read the Old Testament and the New Testament and find many have not.
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05-28-2008, 09:49 AM
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Heather,
I just wanted to say a special thank you for this and the other threads you have posted about the BofM. I have always loved the BofM and am so very grateful for the testimony I have of it and its power. I have struggled the last year and humbly ....and fumbly  making my way back to where I so desire to be with regards to my testimony. I have felt the Spirit as I have read your posts. And I wanted to thank you for your gently bold statements. They have made a difference, at least to me.
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06-02-2008, 08:05 PM
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One thing that I have found not only in studying scriptures but also in teaching kids to read them is one has to spend less time reading them, and more time understanding and/or explaining them.
I have found that not only with my children, but with student classes. Once they achieve a desire to understand what they are reading, the more they seem to want to read them. Some children/adults are poor readers and others have poor comprehension skills.
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06-02-2008, 08:23 PM
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we got our kids the Childrens Book of Mormon Stories....that was awesome reading it to them when they were younger.....it also helped me to understand the Book of Mormon better....and it has pictures....
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06-02-2008, 10:09 PM
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Now that school is out and the kids aren't getting on the bus before my eyes open, we are going to recommit to an AM scripture study. My kids love it. I got them some age appropriate study helps and I am so excited to dive into it again. We did pretty good until Christmas break....and then....well....we fell off the wagon.
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We're reading the Old Testament as a family and we're almost to Psalms now. Once we got into Leviticus, we added a chapter of The Book of Mormon every night because we needed something more uplifting. When we're done with the OT, we will probably go back to one chapter a night and it will seem much easier after that, I'm sure.  I hope we keep it up after our baby is born. We are determined to read the whole OT. I'm really looking forward to reading the New Testament together. We have read the BOM 3 times as a family, I think the D&C once, and we read the POGP too.
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