Bible Memorization Project-Week One

Hello everyone;

I stumbled on a verse the other day that I can't seem to get out of my head.

"When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan." Genesis 14:14

What intrigues me about this verse is that Abram had 318 men who were trained for battle. When the enemy came against his relatives, he was prepared to fight for them. This past week we learned that as New Testament Christians we encounter battles as well. But our battles are spiritual and the way we fight them is by wielding the Word of God like skilled warriors.

Last week in Women's Bible Study, I thought I would mention that I and a couple of women had decided that we were going to go into training by memorizing scripture. I pitched out the suggestion that if anyone wanted to join us, let me know. To say I was speechless from the response would be putting it mildly. This Bible Memorization Project is the result of that response. I can't wait to see how many sword wielding warrioring women this project produces. Come on girls, let's get the enemy really mad he thought to mess with us.


Now this is very important. If you are solely a blog follower you can participate too. Just let us know in the comment section. Everyone gets to participate. We don't want to leave anyone out.


So here's how it will work.

What is it?

1) We will memorize one verse and its reference every two weeks.
2) We will write the verse on an index card and number each verse corresponding to the week.

Calendar

Verse 1 - January 11 – start date
Verse 2 - January 25 – alternate start date
Verse 3 – February 8
Verse 4 – February 22
Verse 5 – March 8
Verse 6 – March 22
Verse 7 – April 5
Verse 8 – April 19
Verse 9 – May 3
Verse 10 – May 17
Verse rally day - you will recite your 9-10 verses to one of the Bible Memorization leaders – don’t forget your index cards.

The Prize

For all those that have met their goal we will have a luncheon to celebrate. All you need to do to attend and say your 10 verses to one of the Bible Memorization leaders.

What Verse?

You can either pick your own verse or ask us to give you one. You want the verse to have meaning to you so it should be something that is really relevant to your life.

How to Memorize Verses?

Day one – Say the verse once looking at it then repeat it 10 times trying not to look.
Day two and after – The same.

If the verse is too long, break it down into portions:
Day one – say the portion once looking at it then repeat it 10 more times.
Day two – say the first portion once looking at it then repeat it 10 times without looking at it. Work on second portion. Read it once then repeat it 10 more times.
Day three – say the first portion ten times, say the second portion 10 times, then start on the third portion.

Never move on until you have each portion memorized. Do this everyday and I believe that you will master the technique in no time at all.

Accountability
Keeping yourself accountable is important because when someone else knows that you are memorizing it will cause you to do it.

1) Partners – Let someone know that you are memorizing, hopefully someone else who is, and keep each other accountable. You can ask to listen to each others verses every two weeks.

2) Facebook – Every two weeks I will put my verse up on facebook and you friend me and put yours up to.

3) Blog – Every two weeks we will put a post up on the blog about what number verse we are up to. Week one, week two ..etc and you can leave your verse as a comment.

Last Word
In order to be successful at your memorization make sure that as we move through the weeks that you continue to recite the verses you have already committed.

So let's get going! If you want to use this blog as you accountability spot. Leave you name and verse with it's corresponding address in the comment section.



I will start us off.





Arlene



Forget about what has happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. Isaiah 43:18-19 Message



Thanks so much for dedicating this time to Bible Memorization. I know that God is going to meet you and bless you in ways that you never imagined .