He Did Deliver Me

The first though Colleen Harrison discusses that i really liked is capturing. Capture is to get hold of something, really het hold of it and make it your own.
How to capture:
1.) IDENTIFY: If your source is in the form of written material, underline the words or phrases that stand out to you. If it’s in the form of a lecture, take notes as you listen. The goal is to note those single thoughts that stand out to you.
2.) COLLECT: Rewrite in a notebook the words, phrases, sentences or whatever you underlined into that notebook.
3.) CAPTURE: Now write all that comes into your mind about the thought or quote that you have previously copied into your notebook. Why is it important to you? How did you connect for you? What does it say to you? How do you see that it applies to your life?

I have been really good with the first 2 steps. But I bet my like of the 3rd step is what keeps me from actually being able to apply what i read. It is to easy for me to forget after a couple of days what I was suppose to be working on. So I am going to try this capture idea and see if I that helps me really be able to keep a thought, make an idea mine.

I also liked what the author had to say about capturing for her. “I often find that I have just naturally entered into a prayer mode somewhere during this process, writing prayerful thoughts, expressing myself directly to God. And in just as easy and simple a manner I nearly always find myself realizing that what I am hearing in my thoughts is the voice of the Lord, through the Holy Spirit’s mediation, speaking to my mind and heart.”

08/31/2007 | michele |

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  1. i too have a problem with the 3rd step. I have heard some people say that the Holy Ghost uses a pencil! good thought.

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    Doug & Becky
    Aug 29, 03:47 PM

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