Memorizing verses?

Tappanga · Apr 28, 2004

Question from baby Christian to wiser Christians:

How do you memorize bible verses?

And which ones do you suggest memorizing?

Violet · Apr 28, 2004

I'm a baby Christian myself...but I can tell you the easiest verse to memorize is
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[1] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. "

It's the first verse I memorized....I get a verse e-mailed to me everyday. It helps me focus on one verse at a time.

Here is the link if you're interested
http://www.emanna.com/

Tappanga · Apr 28, 2004

Violet said:
I'm a baby Christian myself...but I can tell you the easiest verse to memorize is
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[1] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. "

It's the first verse I memorized....I get a verse e-mailed to me everyday. It helps me focus on one verse at a time.

Here is the link if you're interested
http://www.emanna.com/

Thanks! I've got that verse memorized. I've been writing them on my bathroom mirror and saying them out loud every time I'm at the bathroom sink. Seems to help. But I'm just wondering how everyone else does it.

Thanks again!

cupbearer · Apr 28, 2004

Good question. I had trouble memorizing verses too.
I learned "No weapon formed against me will prosper" at the leading of my prayer partner.

Don't be too focused on the literal words - find something that pertains to what you are going through now and put the meaning in your heart. God reads our hearts - not our lips. You will memorize the verses just by reading them over and over.

Hide His word deep in your heart like a valuable pearl so you can call on Him in your time of need. I'm paraphrasing from one of the Psalms. See if you can find it and that will make you memorize the real verse.

Rafael · Apr 28, 2004

There is even a verse memorization computer program for free, but just reading the Word everyday and then meditating on it, gets it into your heart in your version (LOL). When the Word of God become alive in us, we become epistles to the world. It helps to memorize, too, but telling others what Jesus has done for you in your own version is God's Word alive in you.
http://www.bibleinverse.org/
I like my online Bible and E-sword Bible program - both are free and have great search engines for looking up words and phrases.
http://www.onlinebible.net/
http://www.e-sword.net/

2 Corinthians 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

sawdust · Apr 30, 2004

Tappanga said:
Question from baby Christian to wiser Christians:

How do you memorize bible verses?

And which ones do you suggest memorizing?

Hi Tappanga,
My method is to write the verse out on a piece of paper like this:

Book:Chapter:Verse:"Text":Book:Chapter:Verse

eg.
Psalm 119:11
"I hide the word of the Lord in my heart that I may not sin against Thee"
Psalm 119:11

Then I carry that around with me practising as often as I can to say it without reading the paper. And I keep doing it till I got it.

As far as which verses?...well... they're all important...I started with the ones I needed the most. Do you have a problem with anger, fear, worry, jealousy etc? Whatever you think you might be in most need of from God's Word is most probably as good a place as any to start.

Other things you may like to do that I have found helpful:
1. Use a highlighter pen to mark the verses you want to remember in your bible.
2. Keep a small notebook handy at all times for jotting down important verses.
3. Write out verses on "post-its" and stick them up in plain site. (mine are stuck all over my pc as I spend a lot of time in front of it )

It's very encouraging to see someone asking for help on such a thing as there are too few who understand that the transformation required of us can only come about as we learn and apply the Word of God to every situation we face. May the Lord richly bless you.

Tappanga · May 3, 2004

sawdust said:
Hi Tappanga,
My method is to write the verse out on a piece of paper like this:

Book:Chapter:Verse:"Text":Book:Chapter:Verse

eg.
Psalm 119:11
"I hide the word of the Lord in my heart that I may not sin against Thee"
Psalm 119:11

Then I carry that around with me practising as often as I can to say it without reading the paper. And I keep doing it till I got it.

As far as which verses?...well... they're all important...I started with the ones I needed the most. Do you have a problem with anger, fear, worry, jealousy etc? Whatever you think you might be in most need of from God's Word is most probably as good a place as any to start.

Other things you may like to do that I have found helpful:
1. Use a highlighter pen to mark the verses you want to remember in your bible.
2. Keep a small notebook handy at all times for jotting down important verses.
3. Write out verses on "post-its" and stick them up in plain site. (mine are stuck all over my pc as I spend a lot of time in front of it )

It's very encouraging to see someone asking for help on such a thing as there are too few who understand that the transformation required of us can only come about as we learn and apply the Word of God to every situation we face. May the Lord richly bless you.

Thank you for your advice! I do already highlight my Bible, as well as make notes in the margins. I've also recently gotten a notebook to make notes and record thoughts in as I'm studying my Bible. I haven't done the post-its on the monitor, because, frankly, I ignore all the other post-its on my monitor, so that wouldn't help me. I do write verses on my bathroom mirror so that I see them and read them every morning and night. This has helped me.

Thanks again! May the LORD bless you and keep you as well!

Knight · May 3, 2004

I've been memorizing verses/passages for the last 30 weeks or so. A passage per week as part of a discipleship group I'm currently involved with. I intend to continue after we finish at the end of May.

Here's what I do:
I keep a notebook which records week by week the verse/passage I am going to memorize. Since I work in an office I keep that notebook open to that week's page on my desk. That way I always see it.
I also write out the verse in my planner every day. Usually the passage sticks in my memory by the end of the week.

For particulary difficult passages (I had to memorize Psalm 100 on week!) I write out the passage and then read it over again and again meditating on the verse. This helps a lot.

Angeldove97 · May 3, 2004

The way I learn verses is by reading the Bible and my heart seeks out the verse that I should remember. There's no point in forcing yourself in remembering verses....you need to somehow have it apply to yourself to have the true meaning of the verse.

J.A.I · May 5, 2004

Try this - www.memoryverses.org

Endure2 · May 5, 2004

hello tappanga

one thing you may want to know is this,

i believe the most effective way of memorising powerful scriptures is not so much to ask people for Good scriptures to memorise or even to just read them or speak them over and over.
though your right, doing what you do in the mirror is great.

the scriptures that mean the most to me in my life, are not the ones i heard everyone else saying, but they are the ones God used to speak to me during my prayer time and bible reading. everyone else can be saying it, but that doesnt mean that scripture speaks to YOU or ME.
Because God may not have showed that one to US.

i think the best way to go about it is to spend time alone with God in prayer before you read your bible, and that causes your bible reading to be more spiritual and effective.
and then while your reading youll come across verses you may have never heard anyone quoting before, but they speak deeply to you though.
and those are the scriptures that impact you and get in your spirit and you cant easily forget, those are the ones you need to memorise.
write those down and carry them around with you.
make it a point to think on those scriptures all day, ask God what they mean, speak it to yourself over and over and pray that it will come true in your life.
etc.
but keep them moving in your mind constantly, and eventualy it will become an eternal part of you. hold fast to them.
but the bible says the holyspirit writes the word of God on our heart.
so it isnt about techniques to memorise so much. its about God doing it.
BECUASE I KNOW HEATHENS THAT CAN QUOTE ENTIRE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, BUT THEYLL GO STRAIGHT TO HELL WHEN THEY DIE.
ive heard of atheist proffessors who can quote the bible better than both us, but it does nothing for them.

the important thing is that God speaks to you with a scripture that impacts you deeply.
it doesnt need to be on anyone's list of scriptures to memorise.
becuase even if you do memorise it, if you dont grasp and receive the power and meaning of it, it doesnt do you any good.
JUST LIKE THE POOL AT BETHESDA WAS NO GOOD TO ANYONE, UNTILL GOD MOVED THE WATERS, and then....people could be healed by getting in.

does that make sense?
read the bible and pray for yourself by yourself, and the verses that mean worlds to YOU, are the ones you need to focus on memorising. becuase thse are the ones God gave you help you.
and eventually, youll memorise the ones everyone else quotes too.
but what is important today, is that you hold fast to the ones God is using to bless you in YOUR quiet time.
sorry, if you already knew all that. but you can learn the ones everyone else knows, but if they dont speak to your spirit, its pointless.

Tappanga · May 6, 2004

J.A.I said:
Try this - www.memoryverses.org

Thank you!!!!!!!!

Tappanga · May 6, 2004

Endure2 said:
hello tappanga

one thing you may want to know is this,

i believe the most effective way of memorising powerful scriptures is not so much to ask people for Good scriptures to memorise or even to just read them or speak them over and over.
though your right, doing what you do in the mirror is great.

the scriptures that mean the most to me in my life, are not the ones i heard everyone else saying, but they are the ones God used to speak to me during my prayer time and bible reading. everyone else can be saying it, but that doesnt mean that scripture speaks to YOU or ME.
Because God may not have showed that one to US.

i think the best way to go about it is to spend time alone with God in prayer before you read your bible, and that causes your bible reading to be more spiritual and effective.
and then while your reading youll come across verses you may have never heard anyone quoting before, but they speak deeply to you though.
and those are the scriptures that impact you and get in your spirit and you cant easily forget, those are the ones you need to memorise.
write those down and carry them around with you.
make it a point to think on those scriptures all day, ask God what they mean, speak it to yourself over and over and pray that it will come true in your life.
etc.
but keep them moving in your mind constantly, and eventualy it will become an eternal part of you. hold fast to them.
but the bible says the holyspirit writes the word of God on our heart.
so it isnt about techniques to memorise so much. its about God doing it.
BECUASE I KNOW HEATHENS THAT CAN QUOTE ENTIRE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, BUT THEYLL GO STRAIGHT TO HELL WHEN THEY DIE.
ive heard of atheist proffessors who can quote the bible better than both us, but it does nothing for them.

the important thing is that God speaks to you with a scripture that impacts you deeply.
it doesnt need to be on anyone's list of scriptures to memorise.
becuase even if you do memorise it, if you dont grasp and receive the power and meaning of it, it doesnt do you any good.
JUST LIKE THE POOL AT BETHESDA WAS NO GOOD TO ANYONE, UNTILL GOD MOVED THE WATERS, and then....people could be healed by getting in.

does that make sense?
read the bible and pray for yourself by yourself, and the verses that mean worlds to YOU, are the ones you need to focus on memorising. becuase thse are the ones God gave you help you.
and eventually, youll memorise the ones everyone else quotes too.
but what is important today, is that you hold fast to the ones God is using to bless you in YOUR quiet time.
sorry, if you already knew all that. but you can learn the ones everyone else knows, but if they dont speak to your spirit, its pointless.

This is great advice! Thank you very much!

Mr.Cheese · May 6, 2004

Just read. It'll stick.

kgj1264 · May 7, 2004

I found the best way to memorize Bible verses is to do the following:

1) Pray for Wisdom
2) Read verse in context to understand
3) Read verse by itself a few times
4) Write on index card or Post it Note and put on your dashboard or wherever one spends the most time.
5) Say it out loud as one is driving or in the mirror.
6) You have mastered the verse! Move on to the next one!

Nathan8906 · May 12, 2004

I use a little method that I learned on Jack Van Impe's website-- memorization by topic. Take a topic (any topic) that interests you. Take 8-10 verses (Jack V.I. memorized like 50 at a time, but that was way over my head) and write them on notecards or pieces of paper. Go through each verse a few times a day (7-10 is good). Pretty soon, you'll have it.
Also, bible verses tend to drain out of your head if you try to learn them too fast. The best method is to keep reading and saying your verses at least once every one or two weeks-- forever.
Oh yeah, I'll give you a list of verses that I've memorized just so you understand...
Topic: Money, Greed.
Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:19-21, Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 22:1, Ecclesiastes 1:10-11, Ecclestiastes 5:10, Ecclestiastes 5:15, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, Luke 16:13.
Good luck!

seangoh · May 12, 2004

well for me i created a program to store all my verses. so if you're the kind that gets stuck to your computer most of the day, it'll be useful. Go to my homepage and download "verse manager"

ceedaisy · May 13, 2004

I wanted to say thank you for all these wonderful sites and great advice!

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