Memorize a chapter of one of the Books of the Bible!
Yeah that's not so easy, BUT you can learn a verse of the Bible.
Let's look at a verse from the last book of the Bible.
Yes that book which many people avoid reading because they feel they will not understand it.
But
We don't have to understand everything the first time we read it and we might miss out on some very encouraging words
if we don't read it.
In this chapter 4 of the book of Revelation we have a great verse which encourages us to consider and remember that God is worthy of our praise and worship and everything else.
It's not a very long verse so let's be encouraged by that as well.
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
In memorizing this verse we will look at 4 things:
Memorising Tips
A Music Video of Revelation 4 v 11
A Bible Reading Video of Revelation 4 v 11
Some Freebies to help you.
Memorising Tips
If you read the Top 10 Ways to Learn Scripture you will see that I give 10 tips to help in this process but we don't have to use all 10 of them on each verse - just the ones that suit best with the verse.
For Revelation 4 v 11 I'm going to advise using tips 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
1. Read the verse often, every day, multiple times in the day.
Leave a bookmark in your bible and every time you go past it grab the bible and open at the verse etc. (you will pick up other ideas later in this post).
Reading and repeating somethings over and over is the natural way to get it into your head.
With this verse it is obvious to think of it in two parts
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:
&
for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
2. Write out the verse several times.
Why? Because he action of WRITING helps us learn anything.
Write it out in two parts.
So you are writing it in two halves just as reading it in the two halves as in no.1 above
7. Understand the meaning of the verse.
We will never memorize anything properly without having understood the meaning of it and knowing the meaning helps us remember the order of the parts of the verses.
The first part of the verse is a PROCLAMATION and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of how God is worthy of glory, honour and power.
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:
Then the second part we notice starts with the word FOR and is the WHY or the REASON the Psalmist is making the proclamation which is because GOD is the great CREATOR.
for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."
8. Make it easy to see the verse clearly and regularly each day.
In no.1 above I mentioned your bible and a bookmark
but
we cannot have our Bible at hand every moment of the day so if you feel you need frequent readings of the verse like pop-up reminders then do the following:
Get a post-it pad and write the verse out clearly on it then tear off the post-it and stick it on
the mirror you will use first thing each morning and last thing each night
the front cover of your Bible
the front cover of the book you are currently reading
the door of the fridge
the inside of the door of the cupboard where you go to get your favourite mug for that cup of coffee
9. Make or use Bible Verse Graphics
The picture of 1 John 3 v 1 near the start of this post is an example of a Bible Verse Graphic.
A picture with the words written on it clearly.
By making these yourself you will learn as you create them.
or
by using ones made for you that you keep close to hand like these I created below
so if you want to be encouraged by a verse each day or have a graphic you can Share to your timeline or Save in Facebook then click through to my Facebook Page and be sure to like and follow the page to see those graphics in your feed each day.
or
by watching a short Bible Reading video like this one I created
or Word Search Puzzles
While completing a Bible Verse Word Search you will be spending time looking for the words and this also helps to learn the verse.
However I do see that there are certain topics that there are some great quotes on from some very reliable people. This month of course we are thinking about "God is Worthy" so let's get encouraged with some quotes around this.
There are many quotes from so many people on the subject of how worthy God is but I prefer to only refer to or recommend ones from people who I trust as standing firm on the Word of God.
So in the list below I will quote
Not Joel Osteen but Jerry Bridges
Not Lysa Terkeurst but Matt Pappa
Not T.D. Jakes but J.C. Ryle
1. Jerry Bridges
"God is worthy of my loving obedience because of who He is, not because of what He does."
2. Matt Papa
"Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?"
3. D.A. Carson
"Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honour and worth to their Creator-God precisely because He is worthy, delightfully so."
Have you read the 5 Best Quotes on God is Worthy?
4. J.C. Ryle
"We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honour that we can give Him."
5. Bishop Joseph Hall
"What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory."
