Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January Issue: The Scriptures

"Through the words of the scriptures we can come to know and love our Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ. We can read Their commandments and, as a result, learn to see the difference between right and wrong. We gain strength to resist temptation to sin. We increase our desire to obey God's laws. The scriptures comfort us and teach us while we are on earth, and they show us the way back to our heavenly home." {pg. 14}

















I have recently found a new way to read, study, and mark my scriptures. The new lds.org has created a system to highlight, tag, and journal as you read your scriptures. If you click on menu, and look under the "study" section, you will see a link to "my study notebook". (You will need your membership record number to set up an account). Once your account is created, you can click on the menu again, and go to "scriptures". Select the book you'd like to read from (At the bottom of the screen, make sure that "study mode" is turned on). When you find a verse you'd like to mark, highlight it and and small window will open up to show you the options of highlighting, tagging, and recording your own thoughts. Once you click "save" the verse will be documented in your study notebook. Click "open notebook" at the bottom or your screen and you will find it there. You can edit your tags, highlights and notes right from your notebook. You can also record journal entries in your study notebook.

It is awesome! Go check it out, and start studying today! Make it part of your New Year's Resolutions!