Words By Heart

At a recent workshop, a presenter suggested the value of spending three minutes a day memorizing short quotes or scriptures.  They encouraged us to look for those with fewer than fifteen words -- twelve words were supposed to be ideal!  Using colored markers and colorful paper, each of us made a couple of sheets that contained brief quotes we could use for our experiment.

We put the quote sheets in a binder under page protectors and flipped through them each morning during our homeschool devotional.  Sure enough, we memorized them all!

If we did a dozen a month, we would have 144 quotes in a year -- and in 14 years we would have more than 2000.  If we only do the activity this month, we still win.

Here are the quotes we learned this past month.

We all have need to repent. ~Ezra Taft Benson

I stand at the door and knock:
If any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him. ~Revelation 3:20

The Lord works from the inside out;
the world works from the outside in.
The world would take people out of the slums.
Christ takes the slums out of people,
and then they take themselves out of the slums. ~Ezra Taft Benson.

Thou,
through thy commandments,
hast made me wiser than mine enemies. ~Psalm 119:98

Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. ~Ezra Taft Benson

Wickedness never did, never does, and never will bring us happiness. ~Ezra Taft Benson

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ~John 3:3

Repentance will be the only panacea for the ills of this world. ~Ezra Taft Benson

It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent. ~Ezra Taft Benson

I give unto men weakness that they may be humble. ~Ether 12:27

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. ~Isaiah 1:18

People who live in the past don't have very much future. ~Ezra Taft Benson