I would love to encourage anyone in any Bible memory desires they might have - click here for my list of verses that you might want to pick from. Click here for notecards for the first 100, here for notecards for the second 100. You can easily print the notecards on 3.5x5 index cards.
How I memorize:
- As I read through the Bible, I write down what I deem "memorize-worthy" verses on the inside cover of my journal. Takes little effort.
- When I am wanting to start a group of them, I put them all in an excel file with the reference.
- If I want more, I read through other lists of verses to see if any should be added to my list. (see below for a couple ideas)
- I print out verse cards from my Excel file in Word (data merge manager). I can make this Word file for anyone - just send me your excel file!
- As I learn them from the cards, I write down the references on a piece of paper that becomes my "key." This way, as I review, I can go through them on that paper, then look them up on the cards as I have need. This also helps me learn the references.
Places to get ideas for memory verses include:
- FighterVerses: http://fighterverses.com/
- Promises of God: (long list, but some are awesome): click here
- Concordances or lists of verses about any issue - online is easiest: google "bible verses pride" "bible verses fear". You'll get plenty of ideas.
- My list
My tips for Bible memory:
- Learn a song that has that verse in the lyrics.
- Say it out loud many times to yourself, with great emotion, emphasizing words as they would be emphasized in conversation.
- Write it many times.
- Make up motions that go along with key parts of the verse.
- Talk about it all the time - to everyone you know!
- Find a way to USE it in your day to day life - a verse for while in the shower, a verse for cleaning the kitchen, a verse for going to bed.
- Keep it on a card in your pocket, looking at it throughout the day.
- When at stoplights, memorize! Print the verses out on cards or regular paper.
- Teach it to other people.
- Community: Get other people to memorize verses with you to help inspire you to keep going.
- Try to remember the VERBS - they help move you through the verse.
- Learn first letters: Phil 4:8 "whatever is tnr, pla, ep, think about these things."
- Learn sections, then transitions: work on separate sections, then learn the harder transitions between parts of the passage.
- Pick applicable verses for your situation NOW, ones that you care about and that you want to be thinking about anyway.
- Make a list of verses that you have memorized, and keep the list going. Later you will want to know how many and which ones you have memorized.
"...the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus..." 2 Timothy 3:15
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