Do you have difficulty memorizing Scripture? Everyone does. For some memorization comes to them easier than to others. No matter how good of a memorizer you are, God commands us to hide His Words in our hearts, so that we might not sin against Him (Psalm 119:11). In Sunday School last Sunday morning, my dad went through some great steps to memorizing Scripture. I would like to go through them with you today. The verse we'll use is John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."- Step #1 ~ Learn the reference. When we recite Scripture, we need to start with the reference and end with it too. The book we are looking in is John. Where is it? In John. John chapter 15. What chapter? What book? Chapter 15 of the book of John. We're looking at John chapter 15, verse 13. What book? John. What chapter? 15. What verse? 13. We're learning John 15:13. Do you have it?
- Step #2 ~ Write out the verse. (Quiz: What's the reference?) We may need to write the verse out 1,000 times, but writing it down is very important. John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13. John 15:13:"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13.
- Step #3 ~ Once we think that we've got it, let's start taking words away.
"Greater ? has no one than this, that ? lay down his ? for his ? ." John 15:13. Can you help me fill in the blanks?
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13.
Great job! Now, let's put only the first letter of each word. Think we can get it?
G L H N O T T T S L D H L F H F. John 15:13 (Don't cheat and look up!)
4. Step #4 ~ Don't look at the computer screen or at your Bible and recite your verse. Can you do it? Let's work on it!
All right, fellow memorizing maniacs, see how easy that is with a little hard work! But don't turn around and forget John 15:13. Start out reviewing it every day for a month. Then, move to once a week. After that, you can review it once a month. Doing those things will guarantee that you keep John 15:13 in your heart forever!
Great job! Now, let's put only the first letter of each word. Think we can get it?
G L H N O T T T S L D H L F H F. John 15:13 (Don't cheat and look up!)
4. Step #4 ~ Don't look at the computer screen or at your Bible and recite your verse. Can you do it? Let's work on it!
All right, fellow memorizing maniacs, see how easy that is with a little hard work! But don't turn around and forget John 15:13. Start out reviewing it every day for a month. Then, move to once a week. After that, you can review it once a month. Doing those things will guarantee that you keep John 15:13 in your heart forever!