Read The Book of Mormon in the home and as a family

[Mykdiver]

Originally Posted by Heather

Help me out here, but I heard it was said that if you read the scriptures daily as a family, your children would never go astray? I'm probably way off on that one.

Man if that is true my family needs to get hot. We are dealing with 2 out of control children, and I am sure the only answer to their issues is the Lord.
I deffinatly need to make daily family scripture study, and prayer a part of our routine!
My wife and I are at whits end with our 2 kids, we are almost convinced they are bad seeds (their birth Father was an alcoholic, chain smoker, very abusive and probably had mental disorders).
I do not think that there are "Just bad seeds", but man some time it really seems like that there is.
I know the answer to my families issues is in the scriptures, prayer, involvement in Church, and faith in the Lord.
I am just not sure how to get the kids involved in such a way to help them improve themselves and to head down the right path.
Sorry if this is a little off topic, but I had to share it.
I am going to start family BOM study every day weather the kids like it or not, preferably they will like it.
Anyone have any ideas on how to make the study interesting to kids. My kids are 11 year old boy and a 13 year old girl?

[Mykdiver]

Originally Posted by rayhale

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:
Audio
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.

On a side note... To read all the LDS standard Scriptures in a year you have to average 7 chapters a day. I am attempting this right now, but with a new born baby it is challenging. I am only averaging about 3 chapters a day.

[rayhale]

In Sunday School we study the scriptures in a 4 year cycle. During the year that a given scripture is being studied, you can read the chapters for the following Sunday. This way you can, not only read the scriptures, but to study them.

[richlittell]

Originally Posted by Mykdiver

On a side note... To read all the LDS standard Scriptures in a year you have to average 7 chapters a day. I am attempting this right now, but with a new born baby it is challenging. I am only averaging about 3 chapters a day.

I read the B.O.M this summer somewhere between 30 and 45 days. It was not that difficult--equated to only about 10-25 minutes a day depending on how I felt (that was not study and ponder, that was just reading because that was my goal).

[richlittell]

Originally Posted by Heather

Help me out here, but I heard it was said that if you read the scriptures daily as a family, your children would never go astray? I'm probably way off on that one.

Proverbs 22:6

6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

I take that to mean primarily scripture study and prayer (but of course, that would be all things righteous like attending church, tithing etc..) Notice it doesn't say they will never depart (stray) in their youth, but they will not depart when they are old. Basically, either they never depart, or they temporarily stray but have a foundation upon which to return (after learning a lot of life's hard lessons for themselves).

[MsCrispy]

Originally Posted by Heather

Help me out here, but I heard it was said that if you read the scriptures daily as a family, your children would never go astray? I'm probably way off on that one.

I'm not sure who's quote that was, but I do know that whoever said it was pretty accurate. I'm a single Mother of 5 (kids) who realized pretty quickly that my children needed all the help they could get to get by in this life. My children weren't always excepted in their quorums or young womens classes so they began to run with the tough crowd of kids. When Pres. Benson challenged the members of the church to read the B of M with their families on a regular basis, I took that challenge very seriously.

As a result every one of my grown children have stayed active in the church and have Temple Marriages. My youngest is planning to go on a Mission in a few years. Without the blessing of reading the B of M every night with my children I'm very sure they wouldn't have stayed close to the church.

Crispy

[MsCrispy]

Mykdiver,

I always had my kids read one chapter with me every night. As we went around the room, each of us read 3 versus at a time. That way they had to pay attention to keep up with the reading. It went pretty quickly and in the end it helped the kids with their reading, phonics, enunciation and reading comprehension.

[Rory_Jensen]

Yes, the importance of reading the scriptures and praying as a family, is great. Unfortunately, my mom (she is a member) is inactive and my brother hates my religion. So I am the only one in my family who is an active member .

Not everyone can have family time in terms of our religion, that is my point .

~Rory.

[Hemidakota]

Marriage - P

[Maya]

My grandson comes from a family with not much religion... as my son today sat by the table in order to eat, i was int eh kitchen and other son had not come yet, my grandson came there too and my son began to eat ... my grandson said: HEY did we forget something ... and he crossed his fingers.... and my son hold the prayer...
It is great to see that your example really brings fruit!