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Shielding Power

Scripture Man is hoping to get one excited and engaged in scripture study. Scripture study just makes one feel better.  It is especially rewarding when you share your study with someone. Scripture study shields you; It builds faith, family, and relief.  It is like fresh air, a purifying drink,  or a sweet sunset.  Remember it is eventually sealing your heart closer to God. One can find spiritual strength just pondering its verses and vital concepts. Helen Whitney said, of spiritual strength like this, "the love of God flowed from heart to heart, till the wicked one seemed powerless in his efforts to get between us and The Lord, and his cruel darts, in some instances, were shorn of their sting."

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Rip Entry Experiences

It is Thursday.  I need to report my "rip" dive experiences from the three scripture references I memorized.

I decided to place a copy (post-it pad) of each scripture in the lunches of my wife, my daughter, and two sons as they set off to work and school.  My daughter even shared the scriptures with her friends at school lunch. My daughter asked for another scripture this morning.

I logged on a genealogy website and began searching for an ancestor. My initial fifteen minutes turned into one-hundred and twenty minutes of searching the next day.

I went each day to the gym and did my 20 minute workout of swimming.

I feel that Light (noun); Scriptures, Study of; and Angel, Ministering (my topics this month) topics were applied through my experiences.

I found these quotes to help, motivation from Scripture Man:

"We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can."

Martha Graham, Dancer

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Live Your List- Help Wanted

This post is a once a month occurrence. It is called "live your list". I will find a list from someone and post it. Listing is a great way to keep things catalogued in your mind.


From Linda K. Burton:

• • Help wanted: parents to bring up their children in light and truth
• • Help wanted: daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents, and true friends to serve as mentors and offer helping hands along the covenant path
• • Help wanted: those who listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and act on impressions received
• • Help wanted: those who live the gospel daily in small and simple ways
• • Help wanted: family history and temple workers to link families eternally
• • Help wanted: missionaries and members to spread the “good news”—the gospel of Jesus Christ
• • Help wanted: rescuers to find those who have lost their way
• • Help wanted: covenant keepers to stand firm for truth and right
• • Help wanted: true disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The list concept came from the quote:

"Making decisions in advance will help you be guardians of virtue. I hope each of you will write a list of things you will always do and things you will never do. Then live your list." Elaine S. Dalton

Three Day Period

General Relief Society President, LDS Church, Linda K. Burton said, "But there are other ways to serve as devoted disciples. Imagine with me some of the possible spiritual “help wanted” signs related to the work of salvation". She lists a dozen.  Google it.

This is what I am talking about with my applying "rip" entry experiences with my three topic scriptures.  I finished day one, now I am on day two. A blog will be given on Thursday to recap.

Postscript

We have finished our three week journey of building a scriptural study pattern. Has it been worth it? Well, through this process I have reviewed 3 topical guide headings and their references.  I selected a scripture from each heading to memorize.  I can now quote them.  Was it worth it?  I certainly believe it was.  Even as we reviewed the 3 heading topics, I can even remember the stories associated with the ones I selected.

Now for the next three days apply the scriptures you have memorized to your daily walk.  For example, for me:

1) scriptures, study of; Joshua 1:8
2) Angels, ministering; Moroni 7:25
3) light (noun); Psalms 119:105

Then record your example from each day; an experience. This process is like "diving", yet completes the process and is memorable by applying it to your life.  Applying it is called "rip" entry (little to no-splash). In competitive diving this type of entry completes a successful dive, and encourages one to improve. Like judges, your personal judgement from your dives will make your scriptural study more meaningful and worthwhile.