All scriptures are for our profit and learning—our compass for living. To obtain full value from them, we must take them personally and apply them to our lives. Here is a simple method for applying the word of God:
I will, I must, I shall, I can—these first-person commitment statements will make the scriptures live in our lives.
Take, for example, 1 Nephi 3:7: “And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.”
Now apply it:
Further example: “And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do” (1 Nephi 4:6).