I have been very inspired by the amazing scripture study style of The Red Headed Hostess and just bought myself one of her great scripture journals and some gel pens so I can do what she does. Even with all her great posts I'm still feeling slightly daunted and inadequate, but also highly motivated and excited to learn.
Today was week number two of attending Gospel Doctrine and other than the extreme heat in the room (seriously coma-inducing) I really enjoyed the class. Here are my notes...
- It is up to us to determine whether we think The Book of Mormon is true. So do what it takes to find out!
- 1 Nephi is a journal where Nephi records the things of God.
- Why is it important to keep a journal and what should we put in it?
- What do we write in our journals? We should write the things we do, think, say, and believe.
- We should include the things of God. (This made me so happy that I have hundreds of Sunday Thoughts posts recorded!)
- We do it to instruct and teach and to connect with our posterity.
- Lehi instructed Laman and Lemuel to be firm and steadfast, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness, we should be like this too.
- Laman and Lemuel's issues stemmed from being worldly, not knowing the things of God, not listening to the prophet, and murmuring continually which drives the Spirit away.
- What are we teaching our kids? Do they have faith? Do they know the things of the Lord?
- Nephi really believed his father had spoken to the Lord, he didn't think that was crazy.
- The Lord is more willing to give us further light and knowledge when we share the knowledge he has already given us (our beliefs/our testimony).
- The Lamanites were not the Nephites' problem, they were just a reminder to them to remember the Lord and trust in Him.
- Do we have the attitude of "however" or "therefore"?
- Do we value our scriptures? How important are they in our lives?
- We don't know why we have to do the things we've been asked to do, but we can move forward one step at a time in faith.
**Thoughts??**
Comment Window Tidbit: Though I'm enjoying the new 11:30 church schedule I'm feeling like there's not enough time in my Sunday and that is the opposite of how Sundays usually feel to me. Uh oh.
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I was just thinking today about how much my thoughts have changed about Laman and Lemuel. How much like them I am, or could be, if I'm not careful.
Last week, we just had an introduction to the Book of Mormon, and today was ward conference. So I'm really looking forward to diving in next week!
p.s. I'm bummed because I found out that we're having a Relief Society activity all about studying the scriptures and it's on the same night as book club.
Thank you for this post. After two years of consistant daily (previously it was hit and miss, so daily is a very big deal for me) scripture reading I also want to delve deeper in the study aspect and not be just a surface skimmer.
Also, thank you for pointing the way to The Redheaded Hostess. That blog is a treasure trove to be sure.
I am really excited about our study of the Book of Mormon. We already had a great lesson Sunday. I missed some of it, I had to take Jason home but the part I did get to was fantastic.
I went over to the Redheaded Hostess also and oh my the things she has are really great. I'm dying over the YW journals and wish I could afford to buy one for every girl in our ward!!
This feels so above me right now.
I need to start my Sunday posts again but I sort of feel like a sham...
I enjoyed your notes.
A few months back the Ensign was all about hte Book of Mormon and how important it is to study it. It made me feel guilty and then really motivated! Great post!
I bought the "Topics" journal from theredheadedhostess and was up until 3:30 am getting it set up and writing down some things in it! I had no idea it was so late, b/c I was so wrapped up in the scriptures. It was such a great feeling b/c it's been a long time since I felt that "hunger and thrist for righteousness." Just curious to know if you've started using yours yet and how it's working out! :)
Murmuring does drive the Spirit away. I'm in a rut with my spirituality right now. I'm excited to be studying the Book of Mormon this year!
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