But ask yourself this question, If I offered you $1,000 for every verse you memorized in the next week, how many do you think you could memorize? Yet God says of his word in Psalm 19:10-11, “They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” The real value of the word is far greater than $1,000 a verse. The question is, Do you believe this? Believing this will be the crucial motivation you need.
Challies does it. I’ve been trying. Do you?
I decided to try and memorise Psalm 119 (I figure if I can get that, than anything else will be a cakewalk).
I started a week or so ago, and I have Aleph and the start of Beth memorised. I’m slow.
Wow, I like your ambition! 16 verses in just over a week is not slow, you’re doing great! (I aim for a verse a day, have almost got the first 2 chapters of Ephesians)
John Piper used to (and might still) recite that psalm as he walked to work every day.
Memorising Psalm 119 would be easier in the Hebrew
Great quote from Piper.
Got me keen to get stuck into scripture more.
My tactic is to play an .mp3 of a chapter over and over to familiarise myself with it (while commuting)
Then I would study it, so I was memorising something in context and true meaning.
Then I would listen to it until I could speak along with it
Or read until I could look up and keep remembering it
I found for me, that was way easier than remembering short phrases/verses and putting them together.
Got a few chapters each from Romans, James and Isaiah so far.
Its interesting to hear what people memorise too. Why Ephesians? Sounds like a great one to start next.
Wait are you going to pay up on this or not?
Nice tactic joel. I roughly follow Andrew Davis’ method: An Approach to the Extended Memorization of Scripture.
Seems to work alright
Ephesians… no profound reason. I already had the first 10 verses from a few years back, so thought I might as well start there.
Its been awesome so far. First 1.5 chapters are gold!
Luke – haha! I won’t, but John might
(Does anyone else hear a whooshing sound? Like something flying over a head?)