Scripture Memorization Techniques
One way I use to memorize Scriptures in the Bible is by writing them down in a small spiral note book.
Once you have your notebook begin to go through the Bible and find Scriptures that you would like to memorize. Sometimes I would hear a preacher preach on a specific set of Scriptures that caused me to write a verse or two from that sermon in my notebook so that I could later memorize it. See here.
Once you have some Scriptures in your notebook, I recommend starting with five. Begin to read them throughout the day or at least every morning. I have begun reading them out loud to my son as we eat breakfast in the morning before we go to day care. After you feel good about those five, add five more, and so on.
You will find the more you read them the more they creep into your memory without you even knowing it. In fact, I find when I am preachign the Scriptures within my notebook roll off my tongue quickly and easily. They become apart of your everyday speech as well.
This method might not work for everyone but for someone like me who has never been great a memorizing anything it has worked well.
2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jesse Ferguson
Hey Justin since you blogged about this here I thought you may be interested in other techniques as well. Here is the article I wrote about it.
http://www.24-seven.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/42/
Also i have an iPhone and as the background screen I have placed bible texts so that every time I look at my phone I have to recall the currently displayed text before using the phone. That way throughout the day I am forced to associate the texts and it causes me to be acclimated to remembering it in any circumstances.
Jun 9th, 2008
Justin Driscoll
Jesse,
I read through your techniques over at 24-seven.org. Good stuff. You should turn that into an eBook.
Justin
Jun 9th, 2008
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