Sent: June 3, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Biblememory discussion list From: Stephen Simpson Greetings, Well, since the discussion on the list has been very lite lately I thought that I would take a moment and ask everybody how they are doing and see if we can get a discussion going. There are several people who have recently joined the list, but have never sent a message. As a reminder, if you reply to this message, or send a message to biblememory@memoryverses.org, your message will be forwarded to the group. If you have never sent a message to the group, please send one and tell us a little about yourself and about what your scripture memory projects are/have been. As for the members who have been around for a while, tell us what you are up to. If you like, you can check out my new web site. http://www.memoryversecards.com If you would like to unsubscribe to this discussion list, please send an email with the words "unsubscribe biblememory" in the subject or body to biblememory@memoryverses.org Stephen Simpson Biblememory discussion list moderator =============================================================================== Sent: June 3, 2004 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Biblememory discussion list From: Bill Burk Hello, My name is Bill Burk and I am a gospel preacher living in the Dallas/ Fort Worth, Tx. area. I have been interested in memorizing God's word for a number of years. I have been blessed to do a great deal of memory work while preparing for sermons and classes. Sadly however, I have always been poor at reviewing what I learn. So, when the opportunity arises to use the same passages again often times I have to go back and rememorize them. However, I must admit that its always easier the second time. Recently I have been working on the one chapter books of the New Testament. I have finished 3rd John and am presently working on Jude. I joined the group because anytime I read or hear about others progress in memorization my own motivation level becomes higher. I also, when I can find them, like to read books concerning Bible memorization. I recently read "His Word in My Heart" by Janet Pope. Although the book seems to have been written with women in mind, I enjoyed reading about Janet's memoration techniques and story. Here's to memorizing and most importantly applying God's word... God bless, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Simpson" To: Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: Biblememory discussion list > Greetings, > > Well, since the discussion on the list has been very lite lately I thought > that I would take a moment and ask everybody how they are doing and > see if > we can get a discussion going. > > There are several people who have recently joined the list, but have never > sent a message. As a reminder, if you reply to this message, or send > a message to biblememory@memoryverses.org, your message will be > forwarded to > the group. > > If you have never sent a message to the group, please send one and > tell us > a > little about yourself and about what your scripture memory projects > are/have been. > > As for the members who have been around for a while, tell us what you > are up to. > > If you like, you can check out my new web site. > http://www.memoryversecards.com > > If you would like to unsubscribe to this discussion list, please send > an email with the words "unsubscribe biblememory" in the subject or > body to biblememory@memoryverses.org > > Stephen Simpson > Biblememory discussion list moderator > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 3, 2004 6:09 PM Subject: response From: Sam Soderstrom I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite a contrast). This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: C.R.U.I.S.E. was ->RE: Biblememory discussion list From: Vincent Wright Hi, Stephen, Thanks for taking the time to revive the Biblememory discussion list. Though I'm not a professional evangelist, I've loved memorizing Scripture for quite some time. I've been prompted to roll up my sleeves and do more memorizing as a result of my fianci and I having taken our 3rd reading of Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life. (By 3rd reading I mean that we first agreed to read it together beginning on Thanksgiving Day of last year and because it was becoming such a meaningful part of our lives we decided to read it the second time to help us start a tradition between the two of us of reading the 40 chapters over the first 40 days of each new year. The second time was so fruitful that we naturally wanted to read it again after she recovered from a brief, but intense illness.) Of course, reading The Purpose Driven Life so many times in close proximity naturally made me want to drill down on other Christians texts under the philosophy of reading primarily DEEPLY rather than broadly. (I came to this philosophy after reading hundreds upon hundreds of books but never quite feeling the satisfaction that I was looking for. Reading DEEPLY, REPEATEDLY seems to have solved that issue for me.) So, now because it just so happened that we finished The Purpose Driven Life approximately 40 days prior to the 10th anniversary of my mother's death, I wanted to spend those 40 days doing something spiritual. My fianci agreed to let me read Norman Vincent Peale's little book, "Thought Conditioners" to her for 40 days CONSECUTIVELY!! So, that's 40 scriptures per day for 40 days. I can't quite explain to you what a rich experience it is to do these things with her!! But all of this is said because it now occurs to me that rather than memorizing a broad array of scriptures, I want to imbibe a small number of scriptures thoroughly - i.e., setting NO LIMIT on the number of times I will repeat the scripture. I created an acronym for this purpose. It's called CRUISE! And it stands for Continuing Repeating Until It Seems Easy! I must admit that using this concept on one scripture helps to increase my passion for all Bible scriptures. Vincent Wright Sales/Recruitment/Business Development Consultant Wright Enterprises 860-293-2443 vincent@vincentwright.com "Putting The Power Of Principles To Work!" People Networking * Sales * Staffing * Training * Writing http://www.circleofexperts.net/apply.php?id=634 -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Simpson [mailto:ssimpson@elmcomputers.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:32 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: Biblememory discussion list Greetings, Well, since the discussion on the list has been very lite lately I thought that I would take a moment and ask everybody how they are doing and see if we can get a discussion going. There are several people who have recently joined the list, but have never sent a message. As a reminder, if you reply to this message, or send a message to biblememory@memoryverses.org, your message will be forwarded to the group. If you have never sent a message to the group, please send one and tell us a little about yourself and about what your scripture memory projects are/have been. As for the members who have been around for a while, tell us what you are up to. If you like, you can check out my new web site. http://www.memoryversecards.com If you would like to unsubscribe to this discussion list, please send an email with the words "unsubscribe biblememory" in the subject or body to biblememory@memoryverses.org Stephen Simpson Biblememory discussion list moderator --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.691 / Virus Database: 452 - Release Date: 5/26/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.691 / Virus Database: 452 - Release Date: 5/26/04 =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Help From: Don Myers I struggle with memorization. I need some good recommendations for reading and techniques that can help me. Don > > > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: Introduction From: Lawrence Nielsen Thank you for welcoming me to your group. I have only been involved in memorization since April. Up to this point I have memorized the "Roman'S Road" verses, some verses on preaching from I and II Corinthians, the "I am"s of John and Exodus 20:1-17. I feel called to memorize long portions and books. I am about to start memorizing the book of Jonah, with long term goals of Revelation and the Gospel of Luke. I memorize in KJV, which is my version of choice, but I am not a "KJV onlyist". I hope I can contribute to the group. =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Memorization From: Jim Quinlan I agree with everyone that memorizing Scripture is a great blessing. For me, my desire far exceeds my activity, and I am very sorry for that. If anyone knows of a topic based (or arranged) memorization plan, I would like to use it. I have heard that the Navigators have such a system, but I would like to simply download it rather than buy a book. Anyone know of such a resource? May God bless each of you in your efforts and may your example light a fire in the heart of many others to do the same ... and concomitantly to apply what is learned. God's speed in all you do, Jim Quinlan Atlanta (Alpharetta), Georgia USA (Eastern time) _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://youroffers.msn.com =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: RE: response From: Rebecca Steadman Hello All, I have a question for Sam, who I see is also an Alaskan. To maintain that many books, how often do you review each? I have memorized James and am currently working on Colossians, but find I'm "losing" James in my efforts to memorize Colossians. For others who are memorizing individual scriptures, how often do you review them to retain them? It's odd, but I think I do better retaining an entire book than individual scriptures. I'm sure it must have something to do with how often I review them. Is there a rule of thumb that seems to work for anyone? Thanks for your reply. Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Sam Soderstrom [mailto:soderstrom@kpunet.net] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:09 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: response I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite a contrast). This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Biblememory discussion list From: Adeptess Hi everyone, I'm Deborah and I live in Australia. I am a stay at home mum and homeschool my 3 youngest children - 10, 8 and 6 year olds. I also have a daughter ( left home ) and have lost 2 babies but am hoping to add more children to our family. Just keep praying and being in the right place at the right time and hope that God blesses us. I joined the group a while back but due to the lack of dialogue on the list I have been super quiet myself. I came across it while surfing webpages. Must of been surfing about memory verses or something that day - can't remember. I haven't memorised any books yet but it sounds like a great idea. Also a lot of time and work too. I have memorised odd verses though. We've read the bible through. Am raising the children on Old King James. We read 1 John today ( whole book ) and at the end I suggested to the children that we memorise that book. I got a good response so we may give it a go. It's only 5 chapters. Have made a few memory verse worksheets for the children to help them memorise. ( I often do worksheets/workbooks due to the homeschooling thing ) My 6 year old is sitting here on my lap reading this as I write. LOL. He would like to say: LoL Ok - he's happy again now that I let him type something in. :) Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Simpson" To: Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 3:32 AM Subject: Biblememory discussion list > Greetings, > > Well, since the discussion on the list has been very lite lately I thought > that I would take a moment and ask everybody how they are doing and > see if > we can get a discussion going. > > There are several people who have recently joined the list, but have never > sent a message. As a reminder, if you reply to this message, or send > a message to biblememory@memoryverses.org, your message will be > forwarded to > the group. > > If you have never sent a message to the group, please send one and > tell us > a > little about yourself and about what your scripture memory projects > are/have been. > > As for the members who have been around for a while, tell us what you > are up to. > > If you like, you can check out my new web site. > http://www.memoryversecards.com > > If you would like to unsubscribe to this discussion list, please send > an email with the words "unsubscribe biblememory" in the subject or > body to biblememory@memoryverses.org > > Stephen Simpson > Biblememory discussion list moderator > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: Re: C.R.U.I.S.E. was ->RE: Biblememory discussion list From: Vincent, You put into words something that I have also experienced, but could not explain. I also have begun to read deeply instead of broadly. I love to read, and usually absorb books quickly; now I am reading slowly and thoughtfully. This is helping me with verse memorization, and I have increased my knowledge of Scripture. Becky =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Re: response From: Lavern Gingerich How long did it take to memorize so many books? How much do you review? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Soderstrom" To: Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:09 PM Subject: response > I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this > site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so > probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. > > As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in > the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a > Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite > a contrast). > This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and > quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, > and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just > consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam > > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: Re: response From: David Harvey Dear Sam, You are doing a lot better than I am. I am still trying to undo all the Catholic syncretic heresies by reading the Bible from the beginning. Then I will add the bones by learning the main and essential doctrines and memorizing those verses. After that I will learn about apologetics as the Christian Scientists, Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons are all over the place in Ukriane and Russia busy witnessing. Where are my Christian brothers and sisters in the Lord? What are they doing and thinking about world evangelism? All along I will be marking my Bible for verses to memorize as I read. I have downloaded several free programs to help me memorize the verses and later the books of the Bible in toto, but just the New Testament. It is an ambitious program, but I have to start from the bottom up. I live in Odessa, Ukraine and the weather is just like my home in Columbus, Ohio. If I could just get an e-Sword program to read the Bible to me, that would help. You can find that program at www.e-Sword.net. Another good one to read is The Sword Project from www.crosswire.org. I will be studying the doctrines from www.carm.org or the Christian Apologetic Research Ministry. It is full of verses to memorize on any problem or subject and it makes it all make sense in context. Have a good time in your home of Alaska, it is one of the few states this Army brat has not been to. Sincerely, Dave =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:38 PM From: Shanika Ritchie I am a mother of four and home with the two youngest right now. I desire to grow in the Lord, but I feel a little stanate at the moment. I am married to a great guy and the Lord has blessed us a great deal. I hope that by being in a group like this one I will grow to know the deeper things of God. =============================================================================== Sent: June 4, 2004 4:38 PM From: Shanika Ritchie I have not learned how to memorize yet. I don't know where to begin. I read and meditate, but I can't rememeber verse and scripture. i hope someone in the group can give me insight. =============================================================================== Sent: June 7, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: Biblememory Discussion List From: Stephen Simpson Greetings, If anyone sent out a message to the list or an unsubscribe request on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Today (Monday) could you please resend your message. I was processing a bunch of messages, the computer froze and then the messages where gone. Thanks Stephen Simpson Bible Memory Discussion List Moderator =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: FW: response From: David Huff Hi Everyone: On the subject of reviewing, daily review (in the morning) seems to work best for me. Over the last couple of years, I've been able to learn the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7), James, Psalms 1-7, 23, and 100, and I Corinthians 13. I am presently working on I John which, for some reason, is the most difficult book I've tried to learn. I usually begin reviewing right after I wake up, and continue on through my shower time, until I'm dressed and ready for the day. I go through most of the Psalms daily, and also review the book I'm currently in (i. e., I John) daily. The sections I've known for a while (Sermon on the Mount and James) I review on alternate days. Based on my experience, daily review has become a habit, and I don't know that I could retain what I've learned without it! I find times now and then to meditate on smaller portions during the day, but for me nothing can replace that larger block of time first thing in the morning. Best of luck to everyone as you memorize. It has been one of the greatest blessing of my life as a believer. David Huff Atlanta, GA -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Steadman [mailto:steadman@alaska.com] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:02 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: RE: response Hello All, I have a question for Sam, who I see is also an Alaskan. To maintain that many books, how often do you review each? I have memorized James and am currently working on Colossians, but find I'm "losing" James in my efforts to memorize Colossians. For others who are memorizing individual scriptures, how often do you review them to retain them? It's odd, but I think I do better retaining an entire book than individual scriptures. I'm sure it must have something to do with how often I review them. Is there a rule of thumb that seems to work for anyone? Thanks for your reply. Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Sam Soderstrom [mailto:soderstrom@kpunet.net] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:09 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: response I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite a contrast). This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Hearts After Key Old Testament Scripture From: Philip Walker EZRA Anyone? Hi. My name is Phil Walker and I am a part of HAKOTS, which is a small group of Bible enthusiasts who are memorizing 1 key verse from every chapter of the Old Testament. We are just about to start EZRA so I thought I would send an email out to the discussion group to see if there were any joiners out there. Most of us use NIV. However, ee currently send out the verses in KJ, NKJ and ESV and would be glad to send you the verses in any translation you prefer. Accountability is flexable. Some just receive the key verses and learn them at their own pace with no accountability. Others email the verses from memory into me every five days and I correct them and send them back. Our summer schedule is EZRA = June 11th-20th; NEHEMIAH = July 1-13; ESTHER = July 16-25; JOB = August 1 - Sept 12. We encourage HAKOTS joiners to also read the chapter they are memorizing a key verse from. Below are the verses for EZRA in the NIV. Please simply email me if you would like them in another translation. May God bless you as you learn His Word and get to know Him better, NUMBERS 10:32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us. In Christ, Phil Walker EZRA 1:3 Anyone of His people among you- may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God Who is in Jerusalem. EZRA 2:68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the House of God on its site. EZRA 3:6On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offering to the LORD, though the foundation of the LORD's temple had not yet been laid. EZRA 4:4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. EZRA 5:11 This is the answer theygave us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago,on that a great king of Israel built and finished." EZRA 6:22 For seven days they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the House of God, the God of Israel. EZRA 7:23 Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and of his sons? EZRA 8:22 I was ashamed to ask the kingfor soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious Hand of our God is on everyone who looks to Him, but His grat anger is against all who forsake Him." EZRA 9:13 What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, You have punished us less than our sins have deserved and have given us a remnant like this. EZRA 10:4 Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you; so take courage and do it __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: RE: Biblememory discussion list From: Dennis Thompson Stephen Thanks for the continued efforts to help other memorize God's Word. My name is Dennis Thompson and I was the one who some time ago asked for your insights regarding my Romans 12 project. I am still working on the project to have 1 million men recite from memory Romans 12 in their local church on Father's Day. I appreciated your insights into my Power Point presentation. At one point I was going to have a friend develop a web sight for me. I was going to display the Power Point on the web sight for others to see, but it fell through. I am going to make some contacts to still develop the web sight, but my first step is to find a group of people who will pray with me as I move forward with the ROM12 project. My next step is to present to my church the challenge for just 50 men to spend the year memorizing Romans 12 to say in church on Father's Day 2005. I am also working on a simple 30 day devotional guide which breaks the chapter into 30 segments. So I do covet your prayers and any insights others might have. At this point my lauch date would be Father's Day 2005, with the million men push being for Father's Day 2008. This would also coordinate with the presidential election. I think it would be so neat to have a million men calling on God to renew the minds of men across this country and even into the leadership of our government. This may seem a ways out, but time moves so fast and 2008 will be here before we know it. I am going with a group of boys on a wilderness adventure backpack for 10 days. I am the spiritual coordinator and of course, the boys will be memorizing Romans 12 as the basis for my devotional guide. Pray for this time with the boys that God's Word will have a profound impact on their lives. Thanks Group, good talking with you. Dennis T. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Simpson [mailto:ssimpson@elmcomputers.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:32 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: Biblememory discussion list Greetings, Well, since the discussion on the list has been very lite lately I thought that I would take a moment and ask everybody how they are doing and see if we can get a discussion going. There are several people who have recently joined the list, but have never sent a message. As a reminder, if you reply to this message, or send a message to biblememory@memoryverses.org, your message will be forwarded to the group. If you have never sent a message to the group, please send one and tell us a little about yourself and about what your scripture memory projects are/have been. As for the members who have been around for a while, tell us what you are up to. If you like, you can check out my new web site. http://www.memoryversecards.com If you would like to unsubscribe to this discussion list, please send an email with the words "unsubscribe biblememory" in the subject or body to biblememory@memoryverses.org Stephen Simpson Biblememory discussion list moderator =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Memorizing the whole Bible From: Garrett Pendergraft I too, have allowed myself the lofty ambition of memorizing the entire Bible. Even though I'm (only?) 25 years old, I realize that this goal might not be achievable in my lifetime -- but I think I've come up with a way to do it that will prevent (or at least mitigate) frustrations such as I've experienced in the past (deciding where to start, figuring out what to do with genealogies, etc.). Basically, here's the plan (feel free to comment on this, if you think I'm on to something, missing something, or whatever): STEP 1. Memorize the books of the Bible, in order (I'm sad to say that I had to spend a couple of days on this). STEP 2. For each book, create what one of my seminary profs calls a "big idea" sentence: a one-subject, one-predicate sentence (which can get rather complicated) that captures as much of the content of the book as possible. Basically, you come up with a big idea sentence for each paragraph in the text, and then for larger sections, and then for each major section, working your way up until you.ve got a sentence for the whole book. For example, this is what I came up with for John 3: C. [3:1-36] God's purpose for sending his Son into the world as a light is to provide salvation and eternal life for those who believe and are as a result born again from above. 1. [3:1-15] Jesus' teaching regarding being born again (of the Spirit) from above and its relation to Jesus' death doesn't quite get through to Nicodemus despite -- perhaps in some part because of -- his status as Pharisee and teacher of Israel. 2. [3:16-21] God's dispatch of Christ into the world as a light provides salvation and eternal life for those who come to the light because of their belief in God's only Son. 3. [3:22-36] John the Baptist's description of himself as merely the friend of the bridegroom Christ, the superior One sent from above to speak the words of God, as a response to a dispute involving his disciples, explains and reinforces the fact that God's purpose for sending his Son was to provide eternal life for those who believe. Doing this for the whole book led to the following: "Jesus Christ, the life-giving and eternal Word of God, sent from above with the authority of the Father as a Light to the world, glorified the Father through his miracles and his teachings -- which led to his willing death and victorious resurrection -- so that those entrusted to and believing in him would have eternal life and access to God through the Holy Spirit." Of course, others might disagree with some of the emphases, inclusions, or exclusions in my big idea sentence, and will inevitably come up with their own -- but that's a good thing. I think the process of coming up with a big idea sentence can be quite edifying, and as long as we're faithful to the text, we're free to come up with something that fits best with the way we think. Granted, it is a lot of work, and quite a daunting task (especially for a book of any length); but it is a rewarding process in and of itself, and I think a great way to tie up all that hard work is to memorize the sentence you've come up with. STEP 3. Memorize the "big idea" sentence that you've come up with for each book of the Bible. At this point, you will have "memorized" the entire Bible! At the very least, you will have a basic idea of what's going on in each book of the Bible (even the minor prophets!) which, unfortunately, is quite rare in the church today. How many laypeople do you know who can give you a brief overview of Hosea, for example? STEP 4. From here, you have two options: 1) start memorizing your intermediate "big idea" sentences (for longer books, you'll usually end up with anywhere from two to five major sections); or 2) start memorizing individual verses of your choice. This step, of course, is a lifelong project. But as you memorize individual verses, and intermediate big idea sentences, you can be adjusting and tweaking your sentences for the entire books, coming up with better and better ways to capture the content in the same number of (or fewer, even) words. Steps three and four are somewhat interchangeable, in that you can start memorizing individual verses, or dig deeper into a particular book, before you have a command of all the books. But for people like myself, who want to memorize the whole Bible but realize that it will take the better part (if not all) of the rest of my life, completing step three will allow some sense of (relatively) short-term accomplishment. This plan, of course, should accompany a regular (yearly?) reading of the Bible, and as you do your daily reading you can be making notes of which individual verses you'd like to memorize (as Dave mentioned). So in a sense, it's just a beefed-up reading plan, in which you take notes (i.e., make big idea sentences) as you read and then synthesize and memorize when you're done. I welcome comments, questions, and suggestions! This is a fairly new idea that I'm still sort of working on. GP On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, David Harvey wrote: > All along I will be marking my Bible for verses to memorize as I read. > I have downloaded several free programs to help me memorize the verses > and later the books of the Bible in toto, but just the New Testament. > It is an ambitious program, but I have to start from the bottom up. I > live in Odessa, Ukraine and the weather is just like my home in > Columbus, Ohio. _________________________________________________________________________ Garrett Pendergraft Render/IO Rhythm + Hues _________________________________________________________________________ =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 5:03 PM Subject: Re: response From: Blessed Hi you all.....i sent an email to the group sometime back i think.....i began memorizing scripture the last week of November ....i am a walker/jogger and spend an hour each day, 6 days a week, exercising....i have found it a great place to do my memory work....i take a little bible with me and mark each verse i memorize in yellow....i started with some Psalms--121; 103:1-14; 23; 73:23-28; 138:7-8; 143:6-10; 46:1-7 and then i memorized the prayers in Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians as well as most of chapter 1 and 3 of Colossians and all of Matt.5 and 6....plan on doing chp.7 later but have just now completed Rev.4 and starting on 5...i have never done anything that has impacted my life like this....don't know if any of the rest of you exercise much but is a great time to do the memory work as there are no interruptions and you are killing two birds with one stone--physical and mental exercise! ....as far as review....i try to go through all of it once a week after i have done it over and over for about 3 months...it does become a problem though the more you memorize to keep it all going ..... that to me is a bigger challenge than memorizing it to begin with....i feel in my spirit that there is coming a day not too far off that we are going to be so glad that we have His Word down in our hearts for many reasons but the main one is because we may have our bibles taken from us....i have kind of become a pig trying to get as much of His word down in me as i can...the more i have the more i want!!!!!.....am so interested in hearing each one of you tell how you go about this wonderful habit....will leave you with this..."Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior who alone is wise be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen." Jude 24-25 Blessings in Him....Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Huff" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: FW: response > Hi Everyone: > > On the subject of reviewing, daily review (in the morning) seems to > work best for me. Over the last couple of years, I've been able to > learn the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7), James, Psalms 1-7, 23, and > 100, and I Corinthians 13. I am presently working on I John which, > for some reason, is the most difficult book I've tried to learn. > > I usually begin reviewing right after I wake up, and continue on > through my shower time, until I'm dressed and ready for the day. I go > through most of the Psalms daily, and also review the book I'm > currently in (i. e., I John) daily. The sections I've known for a > while (Sermon on the Mount and James) I review on alternate days. > > Based on my experience, daily review has become a habit, and I don't > know that I could retain what I've learned without it! > I find times now and then to meditate on smaller portions during the > day, but for me nothing can replace that larger block of time first > thing in the morning. Best of luck to everyone as you memorize. It > has been one of the greatest blessing of my life as a believer. > > David Huff > Atlanta, GA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rebecca Steadman [mailto:steadman@alaska.com] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:02 PM > To: biblememory@memoryverses.org > Subject: RE: response > > > Hello All, > > I have a question for Sam, who I see is also an Alaskan. To maintain > that many books, how often do you review each? I have memorized James > and am currently working on Colossians, but find I'm "losing" James in > my efforts to memorize Colossians. > > For others who are memorizing individual scriptures, how often do you > review them to retain them? It's odd, but I think I do better > retaining an entire book than individual scriptures. I'm sure it must > have something to do with how often I review them. > Is there a rule of thumb that seems to work for anyone? > > Thanks for your reply. > > Rebecca > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Soderstrom [mailto:soderstrom@kpunet.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:09 PM > To: biblememory@memoryverses.org > Subject: response > > > I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this > site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so > probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. > > As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in > the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a > Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite > a contrast). > This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and > quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, > and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just > consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 8, 2004 10:46 AM From: Jacob Agepog Dear Brother in Christ: Thank you very much for your kind e.mail. Very glad to hear about the memory verse. We need to do our best. There is going to be a famine, not of bread or of water but of the Word of God. Therefore we need to encourage as many people as possible. Thank you very much for your concern for His Kingdom. Yours Sincerely in christ, + Bishop Dr. Jacob J. Agepog, D.D. Bishop of India, www.agapeaiim.org www.worldbishopscouncil.org =============================================================================== Sent: June 9, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: RE: Biblememory discussion list From: philip D'souza Greetings in Jesus' name HI, my name is Philip, I am from Goa(India) and I have been working in Kuwait (Arabian Gulf) for the past 26 years recently I was sacked from my last job where I have been working for the past 21 years. I was saved in 1999 and have been trying to memorise the bible verses, for the past 6 months or so and have managed to memorise Psalms: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,23,25, 27,30,91,92,117,121,123,127,128, & some scriptures here and there but not much. I do a lot of bible reading mostly the old testament and I just love it. I even sit up all night as I am jobless now and would love to do more of it,have just started on psalm 119 which the longest psalm in the bible and am sort of not sure if I will be able to do it. I have even down loaded the scripture memory program on my computer but am finding it difficult to use it as I have very little knowledge of computers. All I am asking you friends to keep me in your prayers that I will be able to achieve the goal for the glory of his name and one of these days I would like to narrate some of these psalms in our congregation and encourage others to do the same.(i.e. to meditate on God's words) That's it for now...love you all & a big god bless 2 u all =============================================================================== Sent: June 9, 2004 2:40 PM Subject: RE: response From: David Baldwin I too find exercise as a great time to memorize and review scripture. I carry a notecard w/ me that I can glance at to view a phrase and repeat it as I jog along. -----Original Message----- From: Blessed [mailto:pepe.taco@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:03 PM To: biblememory@memoryverses.org Subject: Re: response Hi you all.....i sent an email to the group sometime back i think.....i began memorizing scripture the last week of November ....i am a walker/jogger and spend an hour each day, 6 days a week, exercising....i have found it a great place to do my memory work....i take a little bible with me and mark each verse i memorize in yellow....i started with some Psalms--121; 103:1-14; 23; 73:23-28; 138:7-8; 143:6-10; 46:1-7 and then i memorized the prayers in Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians as well as most of chapter 1 and 3 of Colossians and all of Matt.5 and 6....plan on doing chp.7 later but have just now completed Rev.4 and starting on 5...i have never done anything that has impacted my life like this....don't know if any of the rest of you exercise much but is a great time to do the memory work as there are no interruptions and you are killing two birds with one stone--physical and mental exercise! ....as far as review....i try to go through all of it once a week after i have done it over and over for about 3 months...it does become a problem though the more you memorize to keep it all going ..... that to me is a bigger challenge than memorizing it to begin with....i feel in my spirit that there is coming a day not too far off that we are going to be so glad that we have His Word down in our hearts for many reasons but the main one is because we may have our bibles taken from us....i have kind of become a pig trying to get as much of His word down in me as i can...the more i have the more i want!!!!!.....am so interested in hearing each one of you tell how you go about this wonderful habit....will leave you with this..."Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior who alone is wise be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen." Jude 24-25 Blessings in Him....Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Huff" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: FW: response > Hi Everyone: > > On the subject of reviewing, daily review (in the morning) seems to > work best for me. Over the last couple of years, I've been able to > learn the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5-7), James, Psalms 1-7, 23, and > 100, and I Corinthians 13. I am presently working on I John which, > for some reason, is the most difficult book I've tried to learn. > > I usually begin reviewing right after I wake up, and continue on > through my shower time, until I'm dressed and ready for the day. I go > through most of the Psalms daily, and also review the book I'm > currently in (i. e., I John) daily. The sections I've known for a > while (Sermon on the Mount and James) I review on alternate days. > > Based on my experience, daily review has become a habit, and I don't > know that I could retain what I've learned without it! > I find times now and then to meditate on smaller portions during the > day, but for me nothing can replace that larger block of time first > thing in the morning. Best of luck to everyone as you memorize. It > has been one of the greatest blessing of my life as a believer. > > David Huff > Atlanta, GA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rebecca Steadman [mailto:steadman@alaska.com] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 4:02 PM > To: biblememory@memoryverses.org > Subject: RE: response > > > Hello All, > > I have a question for Sam, who I see is also an Alaskan. To maintain > that many books, how often do you review each? I have memorized James > and am currently working on Colossians, but find I'm "losing" James in > my efforts to memorize Colossians. > > For others who are memorizing individual scriptures, how often do you > review them to retain them? It's odd, but I think I do better > retaining an entire book than individual scriptures. I'm sure it must > have something to do with how often I review them. > Is there a rule of thumb that seems to work for anyone? > > Thanks for your reply. > > Rebecca > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Soderstrom [mailto:soderstrom@kpunet.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:09 PM > To: biblememory@memoryverses.org > Subject: response > > > I'm sorry I really haven't spent the time to find out how to use this > site, to get information etc. I'll be gone for a month, too, so > probably won't do much until returning home to Alaska. > > As I probably have indicated I have memorized Scripture by the "book" in > the last two years. This past Sunday I quoted the book of James to a > Sunday School class and two weeks earlier the book of Galatians (quite > a contrast). > This morning I walked around a little lake here in Alaska 3 times and > quoted the following 7 books (Phil, Gal, Eph, James, I John, I Peter, > and Col) I think I will stop memorizing for a while and just > consolidate. Have a good summer. Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > =============================================================================== Sent: June 10, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: Bible Memory List Moderator From: Stephen Simpson Greetings, I am still having some trouble with my email list software. If anyone has send a message to the list in the last TWO days please send it again because I saw a bunch of messages come in, but I was unable to read them because of a computer problem. (Sorry that this has happened again) Stephen Simpson Biblememory list moderator =============================================================================== Sent: June 28, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: RE: Biblememory discussion list From: David Baldwin Have any of you worked with a pictorial system for Scripture memory? I've always done my Scripture memory by rote, which has worked fine, but I'm wondering if I can memorize more verses over a shorter time period by using pictures. For example: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. - Mt. 5:5 Today I would memorize this by repeating it over and over. However, after a recent study of mnemonics I wonder if it might be better to attach pictures to the above verse. Perhaps I would place a picture of a child for the word 'meek' and a picture of the earth for the word 'earth'. If anybody has any insight using such an approach especially re: existing publications in print or on the web I would appreciate it. Thanks. In Christ, David Baldwin =============================================================================== Sent: June 28, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: Re: memorizing From: Eileen S. Hello! A good class that I have used for memorization is from Moody Bible Institute - http://www.moody.edu/ - They have a course called Memorize the Word - over a 6-month period you memorize 72 verses (you can get extensions on the course if needed). The course costs $49 - you can read a little about it in their course catalog - http://mmm.moody.edu/GenMoody/Media/MediaLibrary/2004_MDLC_catalog.pdf - then go to page 58. They tell you how to memorize and review and it's a very thorough class. I took the course a few years back, but did not keep up with the review - so I took it again and just finished it recently. It's really amazing how it does help in Bible studies. Now I just need to keep at it. Shanika Ritchie wrote: I have not learned how to memorize yet. I don't know where to begin. I read and meditate, but I can't rememeber verse and scripture. i hope someone in the group can give me insight. --Eileen dustbear@yahoo.com ===============================================================================