Bible Memorization

[DennisD]

Been doing quite a bit of scripture memorization lately and found this website this morning, I'm really enjoying it. Take a look if you are interested.

http://scripturetyper.com/

[John81]

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I am absolutely horrible with memorization. I have tried repetition and cards, but have had very little success.

Not too long ago, I came across a video of a man demonstrating memory techniques known as mnemonics. I've tried some of the techniques and they have been working wonderfully and are quite a bit of fun. I still have a difficult time with book, chapter and verse, but that is because I have not created my system for memorizing numbers yet.

So, for example, let’s take what I use for remembering Proverbs 24:30-34.

{30} "I went by the field of the slothful,” I picture walking past a field overflowing with cute, furry sloths sleeping on the ground.

“and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;” I picture a man standing in front of a huge forest of grape vines and looking at it while scratching his head saying, “I just don’t get it.”

{31} “And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,” I picture huge amounts of thorns covering the grape vines and explaining it to my old boss who happened to be named, "Lo."

“and nettles had covered the face thereof,” I picture hundreds of copper tea kettles (rhymes with nettles) piled on top of a giant face in the ground.

“and the stone wall thereof was broken down.” Behind the pile of kettles, I picture a stone wall where the kettles had to break through on their way to covering the face.

{32} “Then I saw, and considered it well:” I picture myself using a hand saw to saw through apples over a “cider” well.

“I looked upon it, and received instruction.” I picture myself examining my work and a construction worker walking up to me, offering his advice.

{33} “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:” I see two sleeping midgets: one with a shirt that says, "sleep," and the other with a shirt that says, "slumber," and "sleep" has his tiny hands folded across his chest.

{34} “So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;” I see a large group of ragged homeless men without arms approaching on a dirt road, all with backpacks made of sea shells (shall).

“and thy want as an armed man.” I want to hug all of them because I have arms.

Then, when I want to remember that verse, I play the story back in my head and I can remember it word for word. It takes a bit of practice and time to develop the stories, but it's a fun process and takes much less time than dry memorization. Imagine the fun of turning something like the book of Leviticus into an exciting playground in your head.  My goal is to memorize the entire King James Bible before I die.

Here is a fantastic resource for mnemonic techniques called The Art of Memory. It's a discussion forum as well as a library of great articles and other information.
 

[Invicta]

When we were on holiday in France we met these children who returned from camp in Belgium in church the Sunday before last.. We met them last year, again after they had just returned from the camp.  Last year the eldest two, Daniel and Danielle, who are twins gave their testimony in church.  This year thee both gave a report of the camp, and the youngest, Samuel on the right, received a gold medal at the camp, which he received for learning a large part of Psalm 119, He showed the medal and then he recited the passage that he had learned in the service.

The children and their mother are asylum seekers from Ruanda.  The church does a work amongst immigrants from a nearby asylum centre.  They are there for three years and the church ministers to many for up to three years.  After that time they have their claims assessed and are either granted residence or returned to their home country.  This family have had their claim turned down and have been told they have to return.  At present they are staying with their mother's brother who lives in Paris. 

The church is Eglise Baptiste Biblique in Laon, and the pastor is a disabled US Baptist missionary.

 

 

Edited September 2, 2016 by Invicta

[Invicta]

Pasteur C Baughman in Laon, France.