{"id":6136,"date":"2013-05-03T00:16:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T00:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2013-05-03T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T00:58:07","slug":"thoughts-2013-04-15-wash-your-hands-bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/uncategorized\/thoughts-2013-04-15-wash-your-hands-bb","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts 2013.04.15 Wash Your Hands BB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Past Timeless Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Washing Your Hands & Memorizing Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many times a day do you wash your hands? But now ask yourself what do you mentally do while washing your hands? Remember, it is recommended we wash 20-30 seconds to do the job right. While doing that, are you thinking about work? Singing the alphabet song? Counting one-one thousand, two-one thousand until you get to twenty?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What a waste of time this is\u2014unless you make it productive\u2014mentally! I decided I would memorize a scripture and repeat it when I washed my hands. I found scriptures that could be said mentally in about 20-30 seconds. By doing this you are exercising your mental spiritual mind.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I wash my hands about 16 times a day. This adds up to a whopping 49 HOURS in a year!\u00a0 If you take just one week to memorize a scripture, then in one year you will have 52 scripture verses memorized. Add year after year and you will see what you will be able to recall with the help of the Holy Ghost. This works no matter how old you are.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remember what Elder Richard G. Scott said in his October 2011 General Conference talk about what scripture memorization can do to help us in our lives:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGreat power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change. For example, committing to memory this psalm has been for me a source of power and understanding:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe earth is the Lord\u2019s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.<\/em>
\n \u201cFor he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.<\/em>
\n \u201cWho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?<\/em>
\n \u201cHe that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.<\/em>
\n \u201cHe shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation\u201d<\/em> (Psalm 24:1\u20135).<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pondering a scripture like that gives great direction to life. The scriptures can form a foundation of support. They can provide an incredibly large resource of willing friends who can help us. A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that is not weakened with the passage of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why not make your first scripture the one Elder Scott quoted from Psalms. It even mentions \u201cclean hands!\u201d Or how about \u201cHe that hath clean hands and a pure heart.\u201d (Psalms 24:4; Alma 5:19) After that scripture verse, you could choose one from the 100 Scripture Mastery Scriptures the church uses for seminary students. You can see the list by clicking here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Or you can choose scripture verses which are relevant and applicable to this time in your life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ready for an advanced tip? Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to read the complete article with some fascinating insights on memorization and additional tips and techniques in memorizing scriptures.<\/p>\n

~Bruce Barton<\/p>\n

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Some scriptures<\/strong> about the importance of the scriptures and the words they contain for our benefit:<\/p>\n

John 5:39<\/strong> \u00a0 \u201cSearch the scriptures; for \u2026they are they which testify of me.\u201d<\/em>
\n1 Nephi 15:23-24<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201c\u2026hearken unto the word of God\u2026\u201d<\/em>
\nDC 84:85<\/strong>\u00a0 The scriptures are called \u201cthe words of life\u201d<\/em>
\n2 Nephi 4:15-16<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cFor my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.<\/em>”
\n2 Timothy 3:14<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201c…the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.\u201d<\/em>
\nJacob 2:8<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201c\u2026the word which healeth the wounded soul.\u201d<\/em>
\nJS-M 1:37<\/strong> \u201cAnd whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived.\u201d<\/em>
\nPsalms 19:105<\/strong> \u201cThy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.\u201d<\/em>
\n2 Nephi 32:3<\/strong>\u00a0 feasting upon the words of Christ \u201cwill tell you all things what ye should do.\u201d<\/em>
\nAlma 31:5<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cthe word [has] a great tendency to lead people to do that which [is] just\u2014yea, it [has] more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which [has]happened unto them.\u201d<\/em>
\nAlma 31:5<\/strong> \u00a0\u201cIt [is] expedient that [you] should try the virtues of the word of God.\u201d<\/em>
\nJames 1:22<\/strong> \u00a0\u201cBut be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.\u201d<\/em>
\n3 Nephi 23:1-5<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201c\u2026search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently\u2026give heed to my words\u2026\u201d<\/em>
\nDC 84:52<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cWhoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and is not of me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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