Seminary Can Change Lives

Lately I have been thinking about seminary because we were called to be seminary teachers in the belfry area. When we got called I was thinking back to the time I went to seminary and I remembered what I learned in seminary and what I can take with me into my every day life and what I can teach other people. When I was in seminary it help prepare me for my mission that I'm on today because it taught me a lot about the scriptures and how to apply them into my own life and to help my investigators and also less actives about how important the scriptures are. There are Eight ways that you can make your seminary experience better then you think it is:

1. Know why you go: Take some time and think of why you go to seminary. Why do your parents, priesthood leaders, and the prophet encourage teenagers to attend? What are the promised blessings?
2. Invite a friend: Ask your friends if they are going to take a seminary class this year. If they aren't planning on it or aren't sure, invite them to go to seminary. you both will be blessed and have better year together.
3. Be Prepared:Do you Know what you'll be studying that day? Have you read ahead? Have you prayed for answers to the questions you have? If you show up with a question in mind and desire to learn, it will surprise you what you can get out of class.
4. Make Time: Do not let home work, sports teams, or school clubs push seminary aside. Make time for seminary no matter what. The lord has promised that when we put spiritual things first, our temporal needs are met.
5. Participate: Participate in seminary activities such as scripture mastery, personal scripture reading, class discussions, and writing in your journal throughout the year. You will always get more out of seminary when you actively participate.
6. Apply It: Make a plan for how you'll apply what you're learning. What you learn won't your life unless it becomes part of your life.
7. Think about it: Take time to stop and think about what you have learned. Write it down. Look back at old journal entries and see how your testimony has grown since you began.
8. Have fun!: Get to know your teacher and the other students in your class and help everyone have a good time learning together.