How to Remember Bible Verses
How do you remember bible verses? One of the things that many of faith would like to be able to do is quote scripture from their memory and know it by heart.
Many place in scripture instruct the reader to meditate on scripture or write it on the tablet to their heart.
Proverbs Chapter 3:1-2
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
Psalms Chapter 1:1-3
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
These bible verses share the value of remembering bible verses or scripture. There are many strategies around memorizing or how to remember bible verses and one of the first ways is to visualize the scripture or create a funny story.
In this video below you can see how seeing a funny story will help you to remember bible verses using the 10 Commandments as an example
The 10 Commandments List, Short Form*
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make idols.
- You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not murder.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet.
In addition to seeing the bible verses or scripture as images it is equally important to your memory to review or think about them. So creating a story and then going for a ‘Walk and Talk’ where you think about the images, the scripture and what the scripture means is a really great strategy to remember bible verses.
In addition to seeing images or thinking in images another strategy you can use to remember bible verses is to implement the Mind Palace memory technique. Here is a video on how to use the Mind Palace to memorize scripture.
Memorizing scripture takes a lot of work but it is more than worth it. In addition to the rewards that scripture lays out of memorizing scripture you are also challenges your brain and memory. A challenge for your memory always has positive impacts and if you can memorize something positive such as scripture then you are even at more of an advantage.
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