1 John 3 v 1 - Memorizing The Bible

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 shortest books of the New 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 are not even going to tackle all of 1 John chapter 3 but we will take on the first verse of that chapter.

"Behold, what manner of love 

the Father hath bestowed upon us, 

that we should be called 

the sons of God"

So in memorizing this verse we will look at 4 things:

• Memorising Tips
• A Graphic Video of 1 John 3 v 1
• A Music Video of 1 John 3 v 1
• 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 1 John 3 v 1 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

"Behold, what manner of love 

the Father hath bestowed upon us, 

   & 

that we should be called 

the sons of God"

2.  Write out the verse several times.

Why?  Because he action of  WRITING  helps us learn anything.

The first 2 lines above can be written on one line of a page and the last 2 lines on the next line.

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.

In the verse we have the recognition of God's great love so much that He calls us sons.

The first part of the verse tells us how God has settled or gifted His Love upon us  

Then the second part is acknowledging how we know God has done this.

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

 (see my freebies)

I also post a bible verse graphic every morning on my

 Facebook Page for Sandra's Ark  

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 very, very short graphic videos like this one I created

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 working on a puzzle you will be spending time around the words and this also helps to learn the verse.

Head over to  Free Word Search Puzzle for 1 John 3 v 1  to download this free printable available in A4 and Letter Size

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

 My Resource Library

and finally my favourite way 

but it is not always possible to use this method

10.  Sing it.

It is well known that in singing a song you can easily learn the words of the song.

Fred & I have made several short videos of songs/choruses to help you memorize certain verses and you can watch the one for 1 John 3 v 1 below 

 

I've also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to memorize Scripture on YouTube:

  Sandra's Ark Youtube - Bible Memorization

Some Freebies to help you.

Don't forget that many of my posts on the blog have bible verse graphics and I have some of these available as free downloads in my

RESOURCE  LIBRARY

also that's where you will find the phone screen savers for some verses.

SEE OTHER POSTS about 1 John below:

Reading Through The Bible - 1 John 

Reading Through The Bible - The 10 Shortest Books in the Bible

Reading Through The Bible - Reading Plan by Order of Size of Books

Sunday Scripture 1 John 3 v 1

Why We Worship 3 - God is Love

Why We Worship 13 - God is All-knowing

10 Ways to Start a Good Daily Habit

I Love Hearts

10 Bible Verses of Encouragement about Fear

10 Bible Verses of Encouragement about Forgiveness

10 Bible Verses of Encouragement about Love

It's God's Love #8

It's God's Love #11

It's God's Love #12

It's God's Love #21

It's God's Love #24

Psalm 19 v 14 - Memorizing the Bible

I could never do it!

          Do what?

Memorize a whole Psalm from the Bible!

          Yeah that's not so easy,  BUT  you can learn one verse of a Psalm.

Let's look at Psalm 19

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 are not going to tackle all of Psalm 19 here but we will take on verse 14.

So in memorizing this verse we will look at 3 things:

• Memorising Tips
• A Video of Psalm 19 v 14
• Some Freebies to help you.

Before we start let me say that I am using the King James version here for 3 reasons

1.   I like to stick to versions that I know are not paraphrases because I want to concentrate on the Word of God and not adding in other ideas.

2.   I was brought up learning from the KJV as a child and so those verses and passages have remained in my mind and I do not mind the somewhat older type language most of the time.

3.    Often the KJV gives a more poetic feel to the verses and that makes it easier to learn.

• 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 19 v 14 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.

This verse (and many of the verses in the Psalms) has a kind of rhythm or flow to it because of course the Psalms were written originally as songs so it is easy to read so if we write it as follows we can feel the rhythm

" Let the words of my mouth, 

and the meditation of my heart,

 be acceptable in thy sight,

 O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."

2.  Write out the verse several times.

Writing helps us learn anything.

Use the 4 lines as in tip1 above for the reading when you are writing and naturally you will be saying it in your head as well.

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.

In the verse we have a prayer to God.

The first 3 lines (as written in tip 1 above) are asking God for help to speak, think & behave properly as God would want us to.

Then the last line is acknowledging who God is and that we know He is able to do as we request.

8.  Make it easy to see the verse clearly and regularly each day.

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 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 19 v 14 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.

I post a bible verse graphic every morning on my Facebook Page for Sandra's Ark  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 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

 My Resource Library

and finally my favourite way but it is not always possible to use this method

10.  Sing it.

It is well known that in singing a song you can easily learn the words of the song.

Fred & I have made several short videos of songs/choruses to help you memorize certain verses and you can watch the one for Psalm 19 v 14 below 

• A Video of Psalm 19 v 14

I've also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to memorize Scripture on YouTube:

  Sandra's Ark Youtube - Bible Memorization

• Some Freebies to help you.

Don't forget that many of my posts on the blog have bible verse graphics and I have some of these available as free downloads in my

RESOURCE  LIBRARY

10 Bible Verses of Encouragement When We Need Comfort

We all need encouragement and the best place to go is to the Bible.

In this blog Post I have tried to gather some Bible passages or Bible verses which will encourage us all when we are in need of comfort

I do believe that we should not just grab a verse and read it on its own but we should always lift our bibles and read a passage of scripture to make sure that we know the real meaning and context of each of the verses we are putting our trust in. 

I pray that you will do the same and only use this list to guide you as to where you may find help.

So here are 10 Bible verses or short passages for us to turn to in times when we are in need of  Comfort

1.   John 14 v 16-17     

The first thing to encourage us in times when we feel broken hearted or that our spirit is broken or those times when we need to be comforted because of feeling that we have lost someone or something, is that Jesus knew from the start that His disciples would need comforting and all of us to come after them would also need comfort in this world.

Jesus told His disciples in advance that He would not leave them comfortless and He means the same for all of us as well.

We find this in John ch. 14 v 16-17

Jesus says He will pray to God the Father to give us another helper or comforter who will be the Hold Spirit, the third person in the trinity.

Jesus knows how we all need to be comforted over aspects of life and so He asks God to give us a permanent helper.

2.   2 Corinthians 1 v 3-4

    

Here are two verses that prove how much God is a comforter to us.

Not just once but five times we have the reminder in this passage of the comfort He gives us.

Not only has He provided comfort for us but He is active in comforting us.

3.   Psalm 23 

This psalm is a Psalm of great comfort to us because if we read it carefully and thoughtfully we will see that the Psalmist is acknowledging how God is with us in everything and takes care of all our needs.

No matter what situation we are in we can take comfort from this Psalm

When we feel we may be in need:

The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

When we feel we may be near death:

 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

When we feel we may be forgotten as people are against us:

 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

When we feel we may face only hardships in life :

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;

When we feel we have no future :

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.

He comforts us with the greatest future in Him.

You may want to look further into Psalm 23

Here in the series Pondering the Psalms

4.   Psalm 119 v 50    

He gives us comfort to experience through His Word when we face hardships and afflictions of any kind.

We have the Holy Spirit as our helper and comforter and now we see we also have His Word to comfort us.

His Word is Truth.

5.   Psalm 147 v 3

Look at the comfort we can see in this verse.

Not only will God heal our broken hearts but He cares enough to bind up the wounds that we are agonising from.

This always reminds me of the care and comfort given by the Samaritan who stopped and saw to the wounds of the man attacked and left by robbers at the side of the road.  

Our God is greater than a good Samaritan - He tends our wounds giving us comfort as He heals us.

6.   Luke 4 v 18-19

Jesus himself read from the old testament to remind us all of the promise already given 

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” 

and He was the anointed one - He brings us comfort when we are brokenhearted.

7.   Isaiah 49 v 13

Looking to past instances of how God has acted always encourages us that He will act in a similar way again.

31 

Sing, O heavens!

Be joyful, O earth!

And break out in singing, O mountains!

For the Lord has comforted His people,

And will have mercy on His afflicted.

Here we have the proof that He has comforted His people so knowing our God never changes we know He will comfort us again.

8.   Psalm 34 v 18

I love the phrase here in this verse - near to

The Lord understands our hearts and knows how we feel so He will bring comfort and salvation.

9.   Matthew 5 v 4

In the Beatitudes the second blessing is on those who mourn - Jesus cares and He promises comfort.

10.   John 16 v 22

Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

This comfort was given by Jesus to His disciples even though they did not fully understand at the time that He was going to die and what the future would hold.

We can take comfort in these words of Jesus too and more so because we have all the New Testament to back it up.

We may have sorrow and need comforted but our comfort is in the knowledge that we will one day rejoice with Him.