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Revelation 4 v 11 - Memorising the Bible + Free Printables

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 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.

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.

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.

You can download this Word Search Puzzle of Revelation 4 v 11

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 Revelation 4 v 11 below

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

Sandra's Ark Youtube - Bible Memorization

Some More Freebies to help you.

Don't forget that many of my posts on the blog have bible verse graphics and I have many 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 related posts below:

BIBLE MEMORIZATION

FREE PRINTABLES

Reading through the Bible - 2 THESSALONIANS

Some Books of the bible are very short and some are very long but this one is one of the shortest.

2nd Thessalonians - NEW TESTAMENT - EPISTLE

14th book of the NT

53rd book of the Bible

It starts with a greeting of grace and peace from God in chapter 1 verses 1&2

"Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ."

and immediately reassures the believers of the prayers and thanks made to God about them in the third verse of the first chapter because of their faith and Love

"We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren,

as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly,

and the love of every one of you all

abounds toward each other,"

What is it?

The Book of 2nd Thessalonians is one of the EPISTLES in the New Testament which means it is a Letter.

How Long is it?

It has 3 chapters.

When was it Written?

It was written about 51-52 AD

Who Wrote it?

The Apostle Paul

The first verse tells us the author and the names of two others who were with him at the time.

"Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:"

Who was it Written to?

It was written to the believers living in Thessalonica in Macedonia (which is now northern Greece)

What is it normally well-known for?

As being one of the places in the bible to find info on the second coming.

Why was it Written?

It was written to encourage the Thessalonian Christians as they lived through persecution and kept faithful.

It was also to encourage them about the return of Christ in ch. 1 v 7-10 and reinforce the fact that while others were promoting the view that this event had already taken place they must not believe this false doctrine.

The Overview Bible tells us the following

Quick outline of 2 Thessalonians

How persecution of the church ends (2 Thess 1)
What must happen before Jesus returns (2 Thess 2)
How to live and work together (2 Thess 3)

Teach Sunday School tells us the following

"In an effort to clear up a misunderstanding that Jesus will be returning immediately or had already returned, Paul explains that the church members should be steadfast in their holiness so that they will be ready when Jesus does come.
In chapters 2-3 of this short book, he gives details about Jesus' second coming, including information about the Antichrist, whom he says will come first."

Which other Epistles speak of the second coming of Christ?

Romans

1st Corinthians

1st Thessalonians

2nd Peter

Jude

see

Reading Through the Bible - 2 Peter

Reading Through the Bible - Jude

Reading Through the Bible - 1 Thessalonians

Which other books of the Bible is this linked to?

Paul wrote 2 epistles to the Thessalonians so this one is preceded by

1st Thessalonians

How does it end?

With the famous admonition in ch. 3 v 13

and as usual in Paul's epistles we also have the final blessing centred here around peace

chapter 3 v 16

OTHER BOOKS OF THE BIBLE ARE ADDED REGULARLY AND AN UPDATED LIST CAN BE FOUND AT OUR READING THE BIBLE PAGE

How to Learn 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 PLUS Freebies - Bible Memorization

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 ONE verse of the Bible

or

a few short verses

Let's look at 3 short verses from one of the books of the
New Testament - 1 Thessalonians

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 the book of 1 Thessalonians or even of it's 5 chapters but we will take a short passage of three verses 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18
but even these 3 verses are just about the same length as most individual verses in the Bible.

" 16. Rejoice evermore.
17. Pray without ceasing.
18. In everything give thanks:
for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you"

So in memorizing this passage we will look at 2 things:

Memorising Tips
Some Freebies to help you.

Memorising Tips

If you read my previous post

Top 10 Ways To Learn Scripture - Bible Memorization.

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 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 I'm going to advise using tips 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, & 9

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.

For memorizing this short passage you may feel like breaking into 2 parts as it seems at first to be three statements followed by a reason for the statements.

"Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks:

for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus concerning you"

But when reading the passage you want to memorize it is often best to read the whole passage together at the start to instil the meaning into your mind which actually helps overall with the memorizing.

"Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks:

for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus concerning you"

Then you may find that with this one it is best to actually break it into 2 parts by taking the first two verses first and then the third verse.

"Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks:

for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus concerning you"

2. Write out the verse several times.

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

If you note the way I have written the verse above in 5 lines and use this method of writing it out yourself you will find it easier to get a kind of flow to the wording.

As we all know, when we write we often say the words in our heads then you will understand why I mention the flow of the words.

3. Feel the excitement of a verse that is an exaltation to Praise the Lord.

Obviously this verse is about praising God because we praise as we rejoice in God, praise should always be a part of our prayers and as we thank God we cannot help but praise Him.

So really think about the words and meaning here and get excited about the content of this verse and this will help the content to be remembered.

5. Instruction and the reason why it is good advice.

Obviously this verse is about praising God because we praise as we rejoice in God, praise should always be a part of our prayers and as we thank God we cannot help but praise Him.

We are instructed here to rejoice, pray and give thanks.

All of these things involve action on our part and we are also told why we need to do this

a) it is God's will

b) and it is personally good for us

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 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 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.

by using ones made for you that you keep close to hand as you can see here and watch out for this is the freebies below

I also post a bible verse graphic every morning on my

Facebook Page for Sandra's Ark

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

Some Freebies to help you

For this verse I have 2 Freebies to help and you can download them via my RESOURCE LIBRARY (available in both A4 and Letter size)

Firstly a pdf containing 6 copies of the graphic for 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 shown earlier in this post.

Secondly a pdf containing a Word Search (plus answer grid) of most of the words in 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 shown here below.

More Help:

For other verses see my

Memorizing Scripture Page

For other freebies see my Resource Library

We also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to memorize Scripture on YouTube:

Sandra's Ark Youtube - Bible Memorization