I could never do it!
Do what?
Memorize loads of scripture!
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 Psalms.
Many people think they could never manage to memorize a whole Psalm or a whole chapter of Scripture.
It seems like a rather difficult challenge especially if you have never learned any scripture before.
So we are not even going to tackle one whole Psalm but we will take on one verse of a Psalm - Psalm 96 v 9
Let's look at a verse from one of the Psalms.
Many people think they could never manage to memorize a whole Psalm or a whole chapter of Scripture.
It seems like a rather difficult challenge especially if you have never learned any scripture before.
So we are not even going to tackle one whole Psalm but we will take on one verse of a Psalm - Psalm 96 v 9
"O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: tremble before him, all the earth."
So in memorizing this verse we will look at 4 things:
- Memorising Tips
- Graphic of Psalm 96 v 9
- A short video of the words of the verse
- 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 96 v 9 I'm going to advise using tips 1, 2, 7, 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.
With this verse it is obvious to think of it in two parts as we read it
"O worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness:
&
tremble before him,
all the earth."
2. Write out the verse several times.
Why? Because he action of WRITING helps us learn anything.
The first part above can be written on one line of a page and the second part 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 this verse we have the attitude & reverence around how we should
worship God.
The first part of the verse tells us how we should approach God knowing He is Holy and recognize the glory and beauty of His Holiness.
Then the second part tells us about awe and fear of the Lord which we should never forget as we come before Him.
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 Psalm 96 v 9 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 below)
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
by watching very, very short graphic video 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 as you can repeat it to yourself.
(see my freebies below)
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.
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
a few verses.
I've also prepared a playlist of Short Songs to help you memorize some Scriptures on YouTube:
