I could never do it!
Do what?
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 one of the largest books of the Old Testament.
Many people think they could never manage to memorize a whole Psalm or a whole chapter of Scripture.
It is a rather daunting challenge especially if you have never learned any scripture before.
So we of course are not going to attempt to learn the whole book of Psalms or the whole of one Psalm but we will take on the very simple one verse which is Psalm 119 v 11
Let's look at a verse from one of the largest books of the Old Testament.
Many people think they could never manage to memorize a whole Psalm or a whole chapter of Scripture.
It is a rather daunting challenge especially if you have never learned any scripture before.
So we of course are not going to attempt to learn the whole book of Psalms or the whole of one Psalm but we will take on the very simple one verse which is
Psalm 119 v 11
"Thy Word have I hid in my heart,
that I might not sin against thee."
So in memorizing this verse we will look at 4 things:
- Memorising Tips
- Bible Verse Graphics
- 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 Psalm 119 v 11 I'm going to advise using tips 2, 5, 8, & 9
2. Write out the verse several times.
Why? Because the action of WRITING helps us learn anything.
The first line below can be written on one line of a page and the last line on the following line.
So you are writing it in two halves just as you would read it when you see it this way because it comes naturally to the ear with the similar rhythm to each line.
"Thy Word have I hid in my heart,
that I might not sin against thee."
5. Instruction and the reason why it is good advice.
When we instruct or teach or tell someone (or in this case ourselves) the way to do something or what is good for someone or ourselves we normally give an explanation of why this is a good instruction or teaching or we give the result that has been seen in the past.
The instruction or recommendation here is about hiding God's Word in our hearts which can in one simple way just mean memorizing it but also means to understand it and know it.
The reason why is clearly to be an aid in helping us not to sin.
So if a verse has an instruction or piece of advice it mostly will have the reason why it is a good instruction or good advice and they go hand in hand so we have another help in the memorization process.
8. Make it easy to see the verse clearly and regularly each day.
This could be by having a bookmark at the verse in your Bible
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 Psalm 119 v 11 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
(see my freebies)
I post a Bible verse graphic every morning on my
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 Colouring Pages
While colouring in a Bible Verse Page you will be spending time around the words and this also helps to learn the verse.
or Word Search Puzzles
While searching for the words of a verse in a puzzle you will be spending time around the words and this also helps to learn the verse.
(see my freebies)
or Phone Screensavers / Wallpaper
What better use of your phone - to keep that verse in front of you each time you go to check your messages.
For this you will need it to be a suitable portrait shape and size so most of the normal verse graphics you see will not suit.
I have a few verses made out for screen savers & you can download them from
I've also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to memorize Scripture on YouTube:
Some Freebies to help you.
For today's verse to help you memorize I have
Don't forget
that many of my other posts on the blog have bible verse graphics and many of these are also available as free downloads in my
also that's where you will find the phone screen savers for some verses.
