I'm thankful to the Lord for giving me the chance to encourage the church last Sunday . I made a write up in the church bulletin entitled "Why jot down sermon notes?"and exhorted a few things about it with the aid of a power point presentation .
It is my prayer then that this effort would at least challenge us to love learning ...
Why jot down “sermon” notes?
by:Ma. Eden G. Roasa
"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand”
-this quote from an ancient Chinese philosopher hits the heart of the teaching –learning process. As an educator, I do subscribe to the principle that the more senses a learner utilizes at one time, the more knowledge he/she will retain, remember, comprehend or even apply in creative ways to real life situations. Therefore, learning by listening to and seeing in the form of demonstration, power point presentation or taking down notes is better than just mere listening to a lecture.
For us to be able to obey God’s word, our Lord Himself in the Scripture instructs us to write:
- His message
Habakkuk 2:2 -Then the LORD told me, "I will give you my message in the form of a vision. Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance. (CEV)
- AND His commands,
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 -Memorize his laws and tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you're at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. Write these laws on the door frame of your homes and on your town gates.
Furthermore, studies show that over a period of 3 days, the retention of learning is as follows:
10% OF WHAT WE READ
20% OF WHAT WE HEAR
30% OF WHAT WE SEE
50% OF WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR
70% OF WHAT WE SAY
90% OF WHAT WE SAY AS WE DO
Therefore we can learn by reading, listening and watching but we will learn better if we are actively involved in the learning process.
We hope that you are encouraged not only to jot down the sermon notes but do as well the personal reflection and life application in the sermon notes provided for you.
James 1:22-25
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man, who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.
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