MEMORIZING THE WORD

WHY WE NEED TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURES?

It’s a Natural Form of ________________________
Psalm 1:2-3 ESV “His delight is in the lawof the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”

We will experience a Deeper _____________________of the Bible
Psalm 119:130 ESV “The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.”

It’s the Best Tool against _______________
Psalm 119:11 “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

We will become ____________________ for Everyday Situations
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

It will influence my _____________________ of the World
John 16:33 ESV “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

You will become __________________________ for God
John 15:5 ESV “Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”


HOW DO WE MEMORIZE SCRIPTURES?

Resolve to make it a DAILY DISCIPLINE

Find a scripture memory PARTNER

Decide if you want to do verses or passages

1. Verse Method

Choose a verse Resource: FighterVerse App

WRITE OUT the scripture on a card or a digital device

Verse memorization - simply read the verse for a week

25 times 1st day 20 times 2nd day15 times 3rd day10 times 4th day 5 times 5th day
It’s memorized on the 6th day (and possibly before)

2. Passage Method (by Kenneth Berding)

Step 1: Select a passage of Scripture that takes approximately 15 min to read out loud.

Here is a short list of New Testament passages that would fall into this category that also would probably yield you a lot of personal spiritual fruit: Matthew 5-7; John 14-17; Romans 6-8; Philippians (all); Colossians (all); 2 Timothy (all); Hebrew 11-13; James (all); 1 Peter (all); 1 John (though this one is tough because of how cyclical it is).

Step 2: Read your passage through once or twice a day aloud. Keep track of how many times you have read it through.

Step 3: Once you have read it aloud 50 times, then try to rote memorize it. Keep working on it faithfully until you can get through the entire passage by memory.

Step 4: Quote through it at least 25 times without looking to fix it in your memory.

If you started today, read aloud through Philippians once a day for 50 days, spent the following 15 days doing the rote-memory thing, reviewed for another 25 days, you could have all of Philippians memorized in three or four months by only spending a relatively painless 15 min a day doing it.

CHRUCHWIDE PASSAGE : Isaiah 58:6-12

Hebrews 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Memory Verse
Take the bible verse and memorize it over the following week.

Week 3
Passage: Isaiah 58:6-12 ESV

Week 2
Luke 1:37 NIV
"For no word from God will ever fail."

Week 1
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."

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