Write it down

"Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel saying, 'Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you."                                        Jeremiah 30:2    NKJV 

God had told Jeremiah to write down all that He had told him and write a letter of encouragement and direction to the Israelites. It is most essential that a prophet makes a record of what God is telling him. It is important for the prophet to know exactly what is said, when this was and the direction they should take. It is also important to know what the outcome is.

It is good practice for all of us to make notes when we are reading the bible or any other Christian book. Many people mark their bibles, highlighting certain scriptures, writing notes beside certain verses and cross referencing. This is good for those who like this sort of thing. The downside is that you can end up with so many highlights and markings on the page that you can hardly read the text. I have many bibles like this. Other people, may prefer to write down notes in a book for later study and reference.

When a person is in a lecture at school, college or university, it is vital that some sort of note taking is used. It is the same with jotting down notes from a sermon. Obviously, one cannot write down everything, so some form of shorthand is helpful. It is surprising how much we can learn by doing this and how helpful it can be, especially if we are preparing a bible study, sermon or for our own study purposes. We are all different and everyone has their own way of recording things such as this. Because of the notes that I take down and have written in my bible, I have in the past, been able to preach an impromptu sermon, which is helpful but not always satisfactory to everyone.

Note taking is a very useful way of studying God's word. It helps you to dig deeper into the meaning of scripture and discover what God is actually speaking to you about. It is most likely that many of the writers of the bible, wrote down many notes which later, the Holy Spirit guided them to write accurate recordings. The Apostle Paul would definitely have needed to do this this as he wrote the main part of the New Testament. Let us not forget also, that God told Habakkuk to write the vision down on tablets (Habakkuk 2:2).

It makes sense to create study notes for our personal studies. If you don't use this method, why not give it a go. There is something about writing words down; it seems to stick in a person's mind better.

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