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lesson 10
NECESSARY FOOD
Hiding God’s Word in Your Heart
Job 23:12
To ancient Job, God’s Word was necessary – with good reason.
Satan attacked him with a force that few have encountered!
God’s Word became more important to Job than food.
Satan also wants to destroy your Christian life!
(1 Pet 5:8).”
Satan wants you to be completely ineffective for God.
The Christian life is a battle, and your chief enemy is the devil.
A Christian who starts giving in to Satan will be plagued with discouragement, doubt, defeat, and more.
There will be a lack of growth, victory, spirituality, holiness, witnessing to the lost, and a lack of ministering to others.
The Word of God is the Christian's main weapon in his battle against Satan.
Get a good grip on the Sword of the Spirit, i.e., the Bible.
(Ephesians 6:17)
We remember about 15% of what we hear, 30% of what we read, 60% of what we study, and 100% of what we memorize.
Then meditating on what we have learned adds to our deeper understanding of it.
I. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION?
It teaches memorization:
A. By Direct Command
1. Look up Deuteronomy 6:6.
Where are we commanded to have God’s Word? “…in thine H__ __ __ __.”
2. Look up Proverbs 7:1-3.
We are to write God’s Word upon “…the
T__ __ __ __ of thine H__ __ __ __.”
B. By Implication
Read Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2.
In both of these verses, what implies that the Scripture must be in the heart?
______________________
C. By Example
1. Look up Psalm 119:11.
What did the Psalmist do so that he wouldn’t sin
against God? “…thy word have I H__ __ in my H__ __ __ __….”
2. Look up Matthew 4:1-11.
What did Jesus do in verses 4, 7, and 10 to combat the temptation of Satan?
3. The Apostle Paul freely quotes the Old Testament in his sermons in the book of Acts and throughout all of his epistles.
II.
HOW TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE
A. Select Your Verses
1.
The more meaningful the verse is to you, the easier it is to memorize.
2. Start a memory list.
3. Memorize a few verses on many topics rather than many verses on one topic.
4.
After learning many verses topically, you may want to memorize favorite chapters or smaller books.
B. Use Small Index Cards
C. In your local Christian bookstore you will find verse packets already assembled.
Be careful to make sure that the verses are the King James Version of the Bible.
These will be packets of verses printed on small cards and arranged topically.
Some of the advantages of using the card method is:
1.
They can easily be carried in your pocket or purse.
2. They are easy to rearrange and file.
3.
They can be fastened to the wall, mirror, and so on, to be memorized while using your hands for other things.
D. Principles Of Memorization
There are three basic principles of memorization to apply.
You can remember them by the acrostic AIR.
1. Association – this principle would involve studying the context and background of the verse and associating it with that setting.
2. Impression – impress your mind in every way possible.
Here are some ideas:
a. Quote the verse out loud.
b.
Write the verse.
c.
Visualize the verse.
d.
Involve as many as your senses as possible in memorizing the verse.
Speak it aloud with emphasis.
Walk while memorizing and use gestures (both facial and body language).
3. Repetition – this is the process of over learning, and it is the key to memorization.
You should learn it so well that you can quote it while your mind is occupied with something else.
NOTE: The human mind has an unlimited capacity for storing facts.
Most psychologists agree that most people never use more than 5-10% of their mental capacity.
You have the brainpower – USE IT!
E. The Method Explained
1. Set a goal of how many verses you plan to memorize this week, this month, and this year.
Let's start with a verse a week (52 verses a year is a good beginning).
2. Write the first verse on the front side of an index card.
Write the reference at the top on the backside along with today's date (this helps you keep the cards in order).
Prepare several more cards in the same way with future verses.
3. Using the principles of memorization, you work on the verse until you can say it word perfect along with the reference.
If it is a long verse, break it into phrases.
After applying the principles of association and impression, repeat the first phrase with the reference a number of times and then add the second phrase and so on until you can quote the entire verse with the reference.
Now you begin the process of spaced repetition.
The first day quote the verse aloud with the reference twenty-five times, checking the card from time to time to be sure you are saying it correctly.
Each time you quote the verse, make a mark with your pen on a piece of scrap paper.
When you complete your work on that verse for the day you will have made twenty-five marks.
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These marks may seem unnecessary, but they will aid you in several ways.
· They give you a specific goal to work towards.
· They help you concentrate.
· They give you a feeling of accomplishment and success when you finish.
· They prevent you from omitting any portion of this important process.
After quoting the verse twenty-five times, write 25 on the back of the verse card.
4. The second day you look at the reference on the back of the card you will be unable to recall the words.
With a little work, you can quote it once again without error.
Using the marks (////) to aid you, quote the verse and reference aloud twenty times.
Then write 20 on the back of the card.
5.
The third day repeat the same procedure.
You again will have to look at the verse to refresh your mind.
Quote the verse fifteen times using the marks (////), and write 15 on the back of the card.
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The fourth day quote the verse ten times and write a 10 on the back of the card.
By now you will be remembering much of the verse without having to look back at it to refresh your memory.
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