Read the Scriptures -- President Monson

From a BYU Devotional on November 1, 2011:


One of the best ways to gain and keep faith, President Monson explained is to read and study the scriptures, and to pray frequently and consistently.
“Have you read the Book of Mormon? Have you put to the test the promise found in Moroni?” he asked.
He told the story of Clayton M. Christensen, who read the Book of Mormon for himself for the first time while attending college at Oxford University. He had read it seven times before, but always as an assignment.
Each night from 11:00 p.m. to midnight he would read, and as he reached the bottom of each page, he would say a prayer.
“One evening,” President Monson related, “by the time he got to the chapters at the end of Second Nephi, he said his prayer, sat in his chair, and opened the book. All of a sudden there came into that room a beautiful, warm, loving Spirit that surrounded him and permeated his soul, enveloping him in a feeling of love that he had not imagined he could feel. … He could see truth in those words that he never imagined he could comprehend before. He could see the glories of eternity, and he could see what God had in store for him as one of His sons. … That same Spirit would always return, and it changed his heart and his life forever.”

President Monson stressed that through Christ, human nature can be changed, “and changed men and women can change the world.”
He urged those in attendance to set aside time each day to find out for themselves if the Book of Mormon is true, “for it will change your heart, and it will change your life,” he said.