{"id":3301,"date":"2012-11-29T05:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2012-11-29T05:51:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:51:16","slug":"the-value-of-repetition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/11\/the-value-of-repetition.html","title":{"rendered":"The value of repetition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For years, one of our Bible teachers at Special Gathering reviewed the same Bible verse with his class every week. \u00a0\u201dI will pray morning, noon and night.\u201d \u00a0As the first five years rolled around, I became a bit disturbed. \u00a0Doesn\u2019t he know any other verses?<\/em>\u00a0I asked myself. \u00a0Then I came to welcome the value of what he was teaching his class. \u00a0The learning abilities of this class of adults were limited. \u00a0He drilled them each week. \u00a0While some of the members could quote the verse easily, others struggled week after week, year after year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Slowly, as the years melted into seven, eight years, I came to see that my understanding of the verse was deepening. \u00a0Almost every week, I would sit in his class. \u00a0I found that this simple Biblical declaration became dear to me and I began to see different aspects of those words.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will pray morning, noon and night,\u201d I would mutter to myself as I climbed into my car for lunch. \u00a0At odd times, I realized that my spirit mind was telling my sub-conscious mind,\u00a0I will pray morning, noon and night. \u00a0<\/em>It became a call to prayer for me that became a welcomed reminder and spurred my mind to think about prayer more often.<\/p>\n

My mother took a selling job when I was a pre-teen. \u00a0In her training, she was taught an important principle that she shared with her daughters, \u201cRepetition brings out thought.\u201d \u00a0For those of us who value our quick minds, we sometimes discount the value and purpose of repetition.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>However, men and women who make a daily practice of memorizing scriptures, repeat even the familiar ones several times a day. \u00a0They carry their scriptures packets for review during their down times. \u00a0Not only are they learning the Word and hiding God\u2019s message in their hearts, they are bringing out new thoughts about what God has to say to them.<\/p>\n

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