100 Scripture Mastery Scriptures
The Seminary program teaches students “100 Scripture Mastery Scriptures.” There are 25 key scriptures for the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine & Covenants/Pearl of Great Price.
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There is power in memorizing scripture. “Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change.” (Richard G. Scott, “The Power of Scripture,” General Conference, October 2011)
“You may well worry that you won’t be able to remember something important that you will need in some vital moment. The Lord made you a promise of revelation that can reassure and guide your listening. Here are His words about retaining important ideas you will need later:
‘Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man’ (D&C 84:85).
The words treasure up in that passage refer to scripture, yet they apply equally to the words of living prophets and those in the handbooks. Few of us have the mental capacity to recall, from tens or even hundreds of thousands of words we have read or heard, exactly what we need when we need it. Yet all of us have had meted out to us what we needed just in time.
You may have noticed, as have I, that with the words that you recall came feelings, as if they were retrieved from your heart as much as from your mind. You may have had a similar experience in trying to memorize a scripture or a poem or the words of a song. If the words touched your heart when you heard them, they are easier to memorize and to recall.
You can more easily treasure up what you hear or read today if it touches your heart. That could guide you as you listen or whenever you seek to learn from the handbooks or train others to use them well. You might read and listen with this question in your mind: “How might these words or that idea bless someone I love?” When you feel an answer to that question, you have added to the treasury from which the Lord will draw in the very hour when you need it to serve and to lead for Him.” (President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, February 2011 Worldwide Leadership Training)
~ Brother Bruce Barton
John 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
