{"id":3086,"date":"2012-04-16T03:32:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:45","slug":"scripture-for-memorizing-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2012\/04\/16\/scripture-for-memorizing-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture for Memorizing Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shortly after God saved me, I was encouraged to join a Bible study at the church I attended. The leader of this Bible study was a thorough student of God’s word. A former drug addict and thief, God saved him as He read a Bible for the first time. This led to any immediate passion for God’s word and a belief in its power. Since then, this old mentor of mine has been daily meditating on Scripture.<\/p>\n

One of the first things he taught me was the importance of memorizing Scripture. I will always be grateful for this. There are many reasons we ought to memorize the Word of God, and there are many ways to do it. What I have found most helpful, and what my old mentor taught me, is that memorizing Bible verses that speak about the very power of God’s word is a great place to start. Such verses will only encourage you to love God’s word; they leave you wanting to memorize even more.<\/p>\n

Here are the passages I memorized first. I pray that God uses them to aid in your own memorization of His word.<\/p>\n

“‘All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.’ And this word is the good news that was preached to you” (1 Peter 1:24-25).<\/p>\n

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).<\/p>\n

“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 competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).<\/p>\n

“so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
\nit shall not return to me empty,
\nbut it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
\nand shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it”
\n(Isaiah 55:11)<\/p>\n

“With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
\nI have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you” (Psalms 119:10-11)<\/p>\n

“The law of the LORD\u00a0is perfect,
\nreviving the soul;
\nthe testimony of the LORD\u00a0is sure,
\nmaking wise the simple;
\nthe precepts of the LORD\u00a0are right,
\nrejoicing the heart;
\nthe commandment of the LORD\u00a0is pure,
\nenlightening the eyes;
\nthe fear of the LORD\u00a0is clean,
\nenduring forever;
\nthe rulesfn<\/a>\u00a0of the LORD\u00a0are true,
\nand righteous altogether.
\nMore to be desired are they than gold,
\neven much fine gold;
\nsweeter also than honey
\nand drippings of the honeycomb.
\nMoreover, by them is your servant warned;
\nin keeping them there is great reward”
\n(Psalm 19:7-11)<\/p>\n

“you have exalted above all things
\nyour name and your word”
\n(Psalm 138:2) *this is our ministry verse!<\/p>\n

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).<\/p>\n

“God is not man, that he should lie,
\nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
\nHas he said, and will he not do it?
\nOr has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”
\n(Numbers 23:19)<\/p>\n

“Blessed is the man
\nwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
\nnor stands in the way of sinners,
\nnor sits in the seat of scoffers;
\nbut his delight is in the law of the LORD,
\nand on his law he meditates day and night.
\nHe is like a tree
\nplanted by streams of water
\nthat yields its fruit in its season,
\nand its leaf does not wither.
\nIn all that he does, he prospers”
\n(Psalms 1:1-3)<\/p>\n

What about you? Do you memorize Scripture? What verses did you begin with?<\/p>\n

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