Personal Application

Wherever I take my scriptures I also carry around a notebook and pen. It's great for jotting down spiritual thoughts, impressions, and even questions. I use it to write down important information, announcements, or upcoming events and it even helps me focus my attention if I find my mind is wandering during a LDS Church meeting by taking notes. Notebooks like this are often referred to as a Spiritual Journal and I have enjoyed keeping one, but the other day I found a new way to use it.

At the end of a Sunday School lesson I was thinking about what we'd learned in class when I scribbled down two words, "Personal Application," followed by a few specific ways I could apply the lesson. This is a simple and obvious thing to do but actually writing those words, asking myself "how" I can personally apply what I'm learning (or already know but need to do better at) and then writing down specific yet small goals has really helped me.

Learn more with these techniques: LDS Scripture Study, Making and Achieving Goals, and Being a Lifetime Learner.