The LDS church just announced some new changes for the youth program and one of my favorite things that will begin in 2027 is the invitations offered at the beginning of the month. It is a replacement/refinement of the 4 goals and I am in LOVE with this! It reminds me of a sort of “30-day challenge” I have tried implementing in certain times of my life and I think the youth can really benefit from these invitation challenges to push themselves and help them grow closer to Christ.

I naturally want to begin right away and I am also in the process of getting these memorization scripture cards available for purchase and since this month’s FSY topic is all about seeking truth, I thought diving into the TRUTH in the scriptures and trying memorize 30 scriptures by the end of the month is a great challenge!

I’ve been doing this in the “Simply Charlotte Mason” method for almost a year now and so I looked in my box of the scriptures I already have memorized and these were in them. I’m still getting them perfected, however, I do know these are doable! They are short or are very familiar to most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I added the first 4 Articles of Faith since they are important pieces of our canon and good to memorize as well.

Give this invitation a try! See how many you can memorize by the end of the month!

All 30 scriptures:

1. Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. Deuteronomy 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

3. Psalm 34:8 — O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

4. Psalm 119:105 — Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

5. Psalm 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

6. Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

7. Matthew 5:14–16 — Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

8. Matthew 7:20 — Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

9. Matthew 18:20 — For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

10. Matthew 22:37–39 — Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

11. John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

12. John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.

13. John 14:18 — I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

14. 2 Corinthians 5:7 — (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

15. Philippians 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

16. 2 Timothy 1:7 — For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

17. Hebrews 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

18. James 1:5–6 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.

19. James 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

20. 3 John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

21. 2 Nephi 2:25 — Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

22. Mosiah 2:17 — When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.

23. Alma 37:35 — Learn wisdom in thy youth; keep the commandments of God.

24. D&C 6:36–37 — Look unto Christ in every thought; doubt not, fear not. The Lord promises that as we follow Him, He will be with us and guide us.

25. D&C 82:10 — The Lord is bound when we do what He says, but when we do not what He says, we have no promise.

26. Moses 1:39 — God’s work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

27. Article of Faith 1 — We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

28. Article of Faith 2 — We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

29. Article of Faith 3 — We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

30. Article of Faith 4 — We believe the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, and laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.