In the past, I’ve written about why we need to memorize Scripture (both individually and corporately as a church). Even with all the apps available now for doing scripture memorization, I still find the simplest ways to memorize the most effective ones. Here’s one that my wife and I are using these days:
- Purchase a small, erasable chalkboard to place in some prominent place in your home. You’ll see in the picture above the one that Pam and I use (and here’s the link to it). Ours is on the kitchen counter, and we can’t miss seeing it throughout the day.
- Choose and write a new verse each week. Pam and I alternate who chooses the verse for the week. If we had children in our home, I’d invite them to participate, too, by taking a turn to choose a text. Get your family involved in this task.
- Read the verse, including the reference, as often as you can throughout the day. I try to be careful in what I eat, but I’m still in the kitchen multiple times a day. I suspect I read the verse 15-20 times a day for one week. By the time I read it 100+ times in a week, I’ve memorized the verse without even trying hard.
- Hold yourself accountable to someone. My wife and I both work on memorizing the text, but I have a friend who holds me accountable to the task. That way, he’s also learning the text with me.
- Watch for new verses to memorize as you’re doing your daily devotions. You’ll be more committed to memorizing a verse if you already know God somehow directed you to the text in your quiet time.
What are your thoughts? How are you memorizing scripture?
