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Primarily Scripture with Cindy Young
This is an LDS "how to study your scriptures" guide geared toward big kids, teens, or anyone who wants a little support in learning how to go from reading the scriptures, to studying them. This season we're diving into The Doctrine and Covenants and learning simple tips and tricks for how to study the scriptures on a beginner level with advanced results. And trust me when I tell you that even though a child can do it, you'll want to use these tips and tricks for the rest of your life! There are so many resources for studying the gospel, but be sure that your study includes PRIMARILY scripture.
Episodes
119 episodes
16. Let's Use Our Notes to Study 1 Nephi 1:11-16
We have a lot of things to "Look For" written in our journals, so today let's apply a few of them and add one more! The "connecting word" we read reminds us to look for the connection, and that's how we find a "list." From there we will talk ab...
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15. Lehi Praises God
Cindy Young is back with a new guest, 15yo Isaac. Together they read 1st Nephi 1:11-15. In the continuation of his vision, Lehi reads from a book about the destruction of Jerusalem, and he praises God. Isaac points out that Lehi is praising God...
14. Challenge: Open the Scriptures Yourself! (and Bloopers)
Cindy Young wraps up her study session with 9yo Maycie. She reminds viewers that "you gotta open the scriptures yourself," and issues a challenge to find a scripture to study on your own. But what if you don't know what scripture to study for t...
13. One Way to Have More Spiritual Experiences
Maycie and Cindy are still talking about 1st Nephi 1:5-10, but they're focusing on verse 8 and the culmination of Lehi's awesome experience in these verses. But what does this have to do with us? While we likely won't see God on His throne, the...
12. The Importance of Pondering
Cindy Young and Maycie keep discussing 1st Nephi 1:6-10 and the lessons we can learn from Lehi's experiences. They discover that Lehi didn't push the Spirit away, but instead he thought about his experience in a safe and quiet place. They add t...
11. What Lehi Did That I Can Do, Too!
Host Cindy Young is discussing 1st Nephi 1:6-10 with 9yo guest Maycie. They add "Myself" to their list of "Things to Find in the Scriptures" and write in their journals what Lehi did so they can find a pattern. Right away they find something th...
10. Lehi's Amazing Experience
Cindy Young and 9yo Maycie read 1st Nephi 1:6-10 together. They read about how Lehi sees a vision of Heavenly Father surrounded by angels, and Jesus Christ followed by 12 Apostles, and discuss how that's relevant to us. Cindy gives a tip on wha...
9. Search, Ponder, and Pray
Host Cindy Young is back with a new guest - 9yo Maycie! Together they discuss family and personal scripture study, that understanding what you're reading is important, and how the terms Search, Ponder, and Pray can help your scripture study be ...
8. What Did You Learn? & Bloopers
Host Cindy Young wraps up her visit with 12yo Ashlyn and they discuss what they learned. Ashlyn's biggest takeaway is that you'll miss things if you just read the scriptures quickly, and she mentions that there's probably still more to find in ...
7. Problems Can Lead Us to Prayer
Cindy Young continues studying with 12yo Ashlyn. They read 1st Nephi chapter 1 verses 4-5 and discuss what Lehi did after he was told by prophets that Jerusalem would be destroyed. While we might not have the same kind of destruction in our own...
6. Look for Testimonies
Host Cindy Young meets with 12yo Ashlyn and they read 1st Nephi 1:2-3 together. Ashlyn points out that language used in the scriptures is a little different from our modern language, but together she and Cindy find that we can still understand ...
5. Did we waste our time? & Bloopers
Cindy asks Vienna to take a few minutes to write down thoughts about what they studied. She says, "the conversation with Heavenly Father is going to continue" and describes how journaling can lead from one thought to the next. Vienna and Cindy ...
4. Footnotes & Is Schoolwork Important
Cindy and Vienna take another look at 1st Nephi 1:1 and explore footnotes. They talk about how to find them, and then follow a footnote reference to The Book of Enos where they find a similarity between Nephi and Enos, and a surprising connecti...
3. Look For Jesus & Favored of the Lord
Cindy and 11yo Vienna begin studying 1st Nephi 1:1 in The Book of Mormon. They look for Jesus, not only by name, but with indirect references as well, and are surprised at how many they find in just one verse. Cindy and Vienna also discuss what...
2. You Can Have a Conversation with Heavenly Father
Primarily Scripture host Cindy Young is joined by 11yo Vienna and together they discuss the importance of writing down the thoughts that come as you study the scriptures. Cindy teaches us that it can be like having a "conversation with heaven,"...
Episode ONE!!! Yay!! - E01
Welcome to the first ever episode of Primarily Scripture with Cindy Young! This is a place dedicated to helping big kids learn how to STUDY the scriptures instead of just reading them. It's not hard, in fact our guests are kids like you who are...
Sneak Peek - Highlights with Ashlyn
Here's a small taste of what's to come! This is Primarily Scripture, a place to help big kids learn simple strategies for getting the most out of their scripture study. And even though it's simple, it's also so effective that you’ll want to use...
Sneak Peak - How Important is This?
In this Primarily Scripture sneak peek, Vienna and I discuss the importance of scripture study to prepare to go to the temple, and also because it is the last days. There is a lot of evil in the world (2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2 Nephi 26:20-22) and man...
Sneak Peek - The Parable of the Snowball with Vienna
Primarily Scripture host Cindy Young briefly explains the Parable of the Snowball to 11yo Vienna as they prepare to study in The Book of Mormon. Stay tuned for more episodes where Cindy will meet with children and youth to discuss tips and tric...