my life » BYU Devotional http://blog.devonck.com and a few of the recipes that fuel it Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Elder Jay E. Jensen http://blog.devonck.com/2009/03/10/elder-jay-e-jensen/ http://blog.devonck.com/2009/03/10/elder-jay-e-jensen/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:13:23 +0000 Devon http://blog.devonck.com/?p=352 Elder Jensen spoke on “Building Upon the Rock” and gave the following suggestions for effective scripture study:

Pray Make prayer a part of your scripture study — without prayer, you may be treating His words like those of an ordinary magazine. Pay the Right Price Whether studying chronologically or thematically, make a concerted effort to learn and receive personal revelation. Look for Patterns, Themes, … continue reading: Elder Jay E. Jensen]]> Elder Jensen spoke on “Building Upon the Rock” and gave the following suggestions for effective scripture study:

  1. Pray
    Make prayer a part of your scripture study — without prayer, you may be treating His words like those of an ordinary magazine.
  2. Pay the Right Price
    Whether studying chronologically or thematically, make a concerted effort to learn and receive personal revelation.
  3. Look for Patterns, Themes, and Connections
    “I will give you a pattern in all things” (D&C 52:14)
  4. Create Outlines and Write Scripture Insights
  5. Mark, Annotate, and Write in Your Scriptures
    Someone once told me that “if you’re not studying the scriptures with a pencil in your hand, you’re just reading them.”
  6. Teach What You Learn
    Teach to learn, don’t learn to teach.
]]> http://blog.devonck.com/2009/03/10/elder-jay-e-jensen/feed/ 0 -1 Lame Car, +1 Awesome Devotional http://blog.devonck.com/2009/01/13/1-lame-car-1-awesome-devotional/ http://blog.devonck.com/2009/01/13/1-lame-car-1-awesome-devotional/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:52:46 +0000 Devon http://blog.devonck.com/?p=125 First order of business: to celebrate the disappearance (or rather, removal) of the car that has been blocking our driveway for the past two weeks. If that happened to be yours, you can now find it at the city impound lot.

Secondly, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke at the devotional today on the topic of “Remember Lot’s Wife” (Luke 17:32). I managed … continue reading: -1 Lame Car, +1 Awesome Devotional]]> First order of business: to celebrate the disappearance (or rather, removal) of the car that has been blocking our driveway for the past two weeks. If that happened to be yours, you can now find it at the city impound lot.

Secondly, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke at the devotional today on the topic of “Remember Lot’s Wife” (Luke 17:32). I managed to get down a full page of notes for once (pat on the back), but I’ll share just a few of the many highlights:

  • Apparently, what was wrong with Lot’s wife wasn’t that she was looking back, but that in her heart she wanted to go back
    • Possibly she resented the Lord for making her leave
    • She perhaps looked back lovingly at her past life
    • Her attachment to the past outweighed her outlook on the future
  • We should not dwell on days past
  • Claim the embers, not the ashes
  • Faith is always pointed toward the future
  • Lot’s wife thought that nothing that lay ahead could possibly be better than what she was leaving behind
  • Miniver Cheevy by Edwin A. Robinson
  • To yearn for the past or to be dissatisfied with the present are sins
  • Philippians 3:13-14
    • All that Paul had done in the past was nothing compared to his conversion to Christianity
  • There is something in each of us as humans that refuses to forget our own or others’ past mistakes
  • We have a tendency to reach into the past for ammunition when we are in conflict or under stress
    • We should not open past wounds that the Lord gave His life trying to heal
    • This is worse than Miniver Cheevy or Lot’s wife, because we destroy more than just ourselves
  • Forgive and forget, again and again, remembering only enough to avoid committing the same mistake
  • The Lord doesn’t care where we’ve been as much as he cares about where we are and where we’re willing to go
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