Study Snippets

Ready for quick, simple and powerful spiritual thoughts from this week’s Come Follow Me reading? Check out my Study Snippets here, starting from most recently published. If you are looking for ideas for quick spiritual thoughts, or easy lesson starters, this is your place! This list is automatically updated as new Snippets are added, so check back for new thoughts each day!

Alma 32-35

Pray and then ACT

Amulek LAYS THIS DOWN. He teaches the Zoramites to cry unto God wherever they may be – refuting their claims that they couldn’t worship due

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Alma 32-35

Nourish or neglect

I once had a friend give me a little plant in a pot. I watered it once. And then I forgot about it and it

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Alma 32-35

In humility

“Have a humble heart.” What does “humble” really mean? Many of us know “humble” and “humility” as the opposite of pride. So if you think

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Alma 32-35

How can we KNOW?!

I remember learning in my high school physics class that we actually don’t know WHY gravity exists. There are quite a few theories out there,

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Alma 30-31

God gives us signs

We escaped the Arizona valley heat yesterday for a quick day trip up north to the mountains. The smell of fresh trees is literally one

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Alma 30-31

An inconvenient religion

The Zoramites were reallllly good at turning “religion” into something much more convenient. A religion that takes over your whole life? Let’s just worry about

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Alma 30-31

Leading away women

Korihor was preaching his carnally-pleasing message, “leading away many women”. Did anyone else notice this? Mormon then follows that with, “and also men”. But let’s

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Alma 30-31

The kite analogy

I remember flying kites at the beach when I was a kid. My sisters and I all got brand new kites, and we spent the

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Alma 30-31

Nothing and peace

“What did you do at school today?” When I taught 6th grade, I would tell my students to imagine their parent had just asked them

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Alma 23-29

Am I ungrateful?

Many of you know that I just had a sweet, perfect, smiley, active baby boy in January. Ever since Barrett was born, I’ve gazed into

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