One
of my favorite hobbies is the memorization of God's Word. It is
second only to studying Theology. I love to memorize Scripture by
chapters so that I grasp the full and intended meaning of the whole
passage. There is no better way that I have found to discover
spiritual truths than this method. Each day you are constantly
reviewing and meditating on the same passages over and over. By
using this method you not only memorize the words, but you also draw
meaning out of the text that you have never realized before. My first
tip is to pick a translation that you really enjoy and a chapter that
you love. I love using the English Standard Version and I do all my
memorizing in it. My first chapter I fully memorized was Romans Ch.
8. Start simply by just reading one verse a day out loud repeatedly.
Each time you repeat it emphasize your tone on a different word in
the verse until you have hit all the words. I then write it ten
times. I do this each morning and night with a review during the day
when time allows. I do not move on to the next verse until I have the
last one down pat. I say aloud the previous verses I have learned
everyday as a review as well. Index cards are a hugely helpful tool,
as well as a good notebook and a smooth writing pen.
It
may sound like a lot, but it only takes a few minutes a day to get
started. It is difficult in the beginning I will not lie, but It does
get much easier, just like exercising.
When
I began I would do well to get one verse down pat every 2 to 3 days.
After a couple weeks I was soon doing a verse almost everyday. The
really long verses I would split in half and treat as two verses. I
cannot express the impact this task will have on your spiritual life
for the good. I hope that you will persevere through the hard times
in the beginning, for there is a great reward when you can quote your
first chapter only from mind.
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