I want you to think of something you have memorized in your life. In my 27 years, I have memorized countless words including the FFA creed, 100 lines of Shakespeare, and songs in Italian. None of these were easy but I said them so many times that I can still remember large chunks of these passages today. All of these were memorized over 10 to 15 years ago. Why can I still remember? I spent many hours and put in hard work to learn them and it was a priority for me.
I wonder what would happen if we as Christians felt the same way about memorizing verses in the bible. I read a book recently called Muscle and a Shovel and there was a man in the book named Randall. He knew a scripture from the bible about every topic under the sun. At the end of the book, there is a few pages entitled “Randall’s Secret.” He tells about how he is just an ordinary man who doesn’t have a photographic memory but has dedicated time to learning God’s word and committing it to memory. I decided that I want to be a “Randall.” I want to write God’s word on my heart.
I started to think about all of the scriptures that I knew word for word and where they were found. The results of this exercise were embarrassing and startling all at once. How could I only know that many?!? For my age, I had considered myself to have an above average knowledge of the bible but yet I could hardly quote a verse. I know hundreds of verses partially and I know most of the stories but I wanted to know more.
I decided to begin memorizing scriptures in January of 2014, and now in April I have learned 11 new verses. I am trying to memorize one a week but that hasn’t been the case every week. I don’t move on to the next verse until I feel comfortable with the one I am working on. Here are some ways I am learning my scriptures and ways that others have suggested:
Now most of these are pretty self explanatory but I will share some pictures of what I do or what I might try in the future.
I have made scripture cards and I keep them on a ring. I write a new one each week or so and I keep this by my bed. I read it every day during my bible time and at night.
I saw online where you can write the verse on a small ribbon and tie it your wrist. This could be a fun way for young people to learn their bible verses every week.
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Change your desktop screen to your verse you are working on by going to PicMonkey.com and designing your own verse wallpaper. Here is a screen shot of where to go for the sizing. Under the crop option, click “Your Screen” as the size. Just type the verse over a colored background or picture to personalize it.
Here’s a sample of one that I made:
Take a verse that you are working on and draw what is happening in the verse or what that verse makes you think of. Images are a very important part of memorizing and connecting past knowledge with new knowledge so drawing could be a very effective way to remember.
Praying daily about the verse you are learning can really be the most important and most skipped steps in learning God’s word. He wants you to know his word more than ANYONE and he will help you if you are willing to put in the time and effort.
Find an empty journal and write each verse at the top of the page. This will be a great place to write what inspired you to learn that verse at that particular time in your life. This would be a great place to draw your picture too. This will be such a treasure someday when you can look back and see how many verses you have committed to memory and why you chose those particular verses.
I recently found the free website scripturetyper.com and if you work in an office or are at a computer all day this could be very helpful. You select the verse you want to learn, and practice typing it. When you are ready, click “master it” and you have to type it without any help. It stores every verse you learn and lets you review them whenever you want to. I have started using this and it’s kinda fun because it times you and I love to see how fast I can type 🙂
I have chalkboards all over the house and I have decided to dedicate one to my scriptures. I just write it when I start learning a particular verse and change it every time. I see this board many times a day and it’s a great way to meditate on the verse day and night.
Telling a friend or family member is a great way to stay accountable to your goal. I have told my mom and husband and some others that I am trying to do this. I make a monthly goal every new month to learn 4 new scriptures and I tell others so they can ask me about it. I hope this will also encourage others to begin learning verses that will help them live the Christian life.
Choosing the verses is up to you but I have two bits of advice:
Use the same translation for all memorized verses and choose verses that are relevant to you at that time in your life, not a verse you think you are supposed to know.
Here are my favorite verses about the importance of memorizing scripture:
Ephesians 6:17
Psalms 119:11
Psalms 1:1-3
Psalms 40:8
1 Peter 3:15-16
Colossians 3:16
Psalms 7:1-3
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These are great tips. I’m going to share this with my friends.
Hey Ariel! Thank you! I’m about to start taping a verse to my dash in my car…I am ALWAYS driving everyone around! 🙂
I use cards, pictograms/rebus, and just like in elementary school write it over and over until I fill the sheet of notebook paper while reciting it out loud so I hear, see, and move to impress more senses. Then I do another page where I add the previous verse(s) so I can keep adding on. I have also started playing the audio Bible of the Psalm I’m working on, helps to have the repetition.
Hey! Those are all such great tips! Repetition is KEY!
Great tips! This is something I need to work on, memorizing more scripture. Thank you for this post 🙂
Hello sister in Christ! I just want to let you know that this post is such a blessing to me! I stumbled upon it just browsing Pinterest. It also challenged me to sit down & really be honest with myself concerning Scripture Memory. And not unlike you, I was also was embarrassed & startled by the results. Thank you for your honesty in this post! So, I’m on a journey to memorize a Scripture a week & I pray to God that my intentions/motives behind doing so would glorify Him alone! I have 2 more helpful tips for memorizing Scripture. I saw a pin on Pinterest that said to read it 10 x’s, speak it 10 x’s, & write it twice. Another thing you can do is use a dry erase marker to write it. I have a glass door on the entertainment center in my room. I taped a few pieces of white, unlined printing paper to the inside of the glass door & that turned it into a dry erase ‘board’ of sorts. Lastly, I plan on writing each Scripture in a different colored pen that corresponds with the Bible Coloring Chart, again something I found on Pinterest. Again, thank you & God bless sister!
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We are studying in Bible Study, and our teacher is one of the most “into” memorizing Bible Verses I have known. There are several ideas here that she uses, but several that are new as well. I think the other 25 ladies in the class would be interested in hearing your ideas as well.
Thanks!
Keep on living for Jesus and sharing your ideas with others!
Hey Linda! Thank you for your kind comments. My life has become so busy lately and I haven’t been working on my scripture memorization and this comment reminded me how important it should be to write God’s words on our hearts! 🙂
Love this! Thank you!
Thank you Jodene! I used the card method the most and it works pretty good 🙂