"Crash courses are not nearly so effective as the day-to-day reading and application of the scriptures in our lives. Become acquainted with the lessons the scriptures teach. … Study them as though they were speaking to you, for such is the truth. …
"… If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased."
President Thomas S. Monson, "Be Your Best Self," Ensign, May 2009, 68.
When Rooma Terooatea (below) and his seminary classmates traveled to neighboring Moorea (left) to test their scripture knowledge, the outcome didn't matter—Rooma was already a winner.
Once Vaitiare Pito of Tahiti decided to study the scriptures, she began recognizing the blessings.
Photographs by Adam C. Olson, except as noted; top: photograph © iStock; photograph of flower © iStock
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