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!

D&C 2; Joseph Smith-History 1:27-65

I’ve taken this out of my prayers

“And forgive me for my weaknesses and shortcomings today.”⁣ Does that phrase (or a variation of it) find a place in your prayers right now?⁣

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D&C 2; Joseph Smith-History 1:27-65

 I’ve fallen behind!

“I’ve fallen so behind on my scripture study! I don’t know if I’ll be able to catch up.” I hear people saying something similar to

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Doctrine & Covenants

Hearing in darkness 

There’s a part of Joseph’s vision we often gloss over: Before Joseph could experience the light, darkness gathered around him. Evil darkness. He couldn’t speak.

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Doctrine & Covenants

Rays and pillars 

What does “the atonement” really mean?⁣ This was a question that I asked myself over and over again a few years ago. ⁣ Every General

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Doctrine & Covenants

What is to be done?! 

My husband and I went on a little vacation recently. There was one day in particular when we both hadn’t been on our phones very

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D&C 1

Weak teachers 

I was a little surprised when I started the Education program at BYU to discover that instead of learning WHAT to teach, we mostly focused

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D&C 1

Afraid to ask a question

When I taught middle school, I would often give my class instructions for an assignment and then ask if anyone had any questions. A few

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D&C 1

Preparing for a 5K

I once saw a meme that said, “My biggest fear is that I’ll marry into a family that runs 5Ks on holidays.”⁣ It made me

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