Why
we have to Memorize Scripture:
The
moment you receive the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, you have a hunger
for the Word of God. Reading the Word is not enough, Ps. 1 says you
have to find your joy in the Word of God and meditate on the truths
of the Word. To be able to think about the Word, you have to keep it
in your heart and mind by memorizing Scripture.
1.
We are called to memorise Scripture.
Colossians
3:16 tells us to “let the word of Christ dwell in us richly.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 tells us to bind God’s law on our
foreheads, teach it to our children, talk about it wherever we go,
and make it an integral part of our lives. We must know Scripture
first before we can teach it or apply it as God desires.
2.
Jesus Christ memorized Scripture.
He
is our role model and used many verses in the Old Testament to
explain the truths of the Word to His audiences.
3.
Memorizing Scripture renews our mind and transforms our life.
Romans
12:2 says,Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the
will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
4.
Memorizing Scripture helps against temptation.
In
Jesus’ time of temptation in the wilderness, he countered Satan’s
deceitful words with words of truth found in Scripture. Even
though Jesus is himself the Word of God, he used the written Word of
God for battling temptation.
The
Psalmist understood the Word’s power in battling temptation: “I
have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against
you” (Psalm 119:11).
5.
Memorizing Scripture keeps your life pure.
How
can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to
your word. (Psalm 119:9)
6.
Memorizing Scripture makes us prosper and successful.
This
promise is shown in Joshua 1:8:
This
Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your
way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Psalm
1 describes a man who delights in the law of the Lord by meditating
on it. This leads to prospering and being compared to a tree planted
by streams of water that bears fruit.
7.
Memorizing Scripture allows us to more readily encourage
believers.
Memorizing
Scripture gives believers a great opportunity to share it with other
believers and encourage them to live in obedience, fight temptation,
renew their minds, and conform more to the person of Christ.
Paul
exhorts the Thessalonians in 1 Thessalonians 4:18 to be ready to
encourage other believers with the truth. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that
all Scripture is useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and
training in righteousness. Knowing Scripture is a vital part of
ministering to others.
8.
Memorizing Scripture allows us to share with unbelievers better.
We
are urged in 1 Peter 3:15 to always be ready to give a defense for
our hope in Christ. We should memorize Scripture so we can walk
unbelievers through the salvation message and help them understand
their sin and need for a Savior Speaking God’s Words instead
of our own will give our message more authority and will harness the
power that is in the Word of God (Isaiah 55:11; Hebrews 4:12;
Jeremiah 23:29).
9.
Memorizing Scripture gives us better understanding of God and his
will.
When
we know God’s Word and obey it, we are able to experience God at a
deeper level and experience the freedom that comes only through
obedience (John 8:31-32; 14:21). The deeper we know God, the deeper
we know his will for us. Romans 12:2 says that when we renew our
minds and are transformed, we will be able to “discern what is the
will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
10.
Memorizing Scripture makes us wise.
The
Bible is a book of tremendous wisdom that can have an impact on every
area of our life. By memorizing the Scripture we are able to have
that wisdom with us at all times. Luke 2:52 says that even Jesus grew
in wisdom during his earthly life. Why should we not do the same?
Here
are 50 important Bible verses to memorize. Print the page and make
yourself some cards of them and put them in an envelope or your
purse. Go through them every day and try to memorize as many as you
can. Encourage your Bible study group or children to memorize them
and when they can say them all to you, give them a chocolate or
small gift!!
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Isaiah
9:6
For
to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government
will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Isaiah
40:28
Do
you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or
weary, and his understanding no one can fathom
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Genesis
1:1
In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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John
3:16-17
For
God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that
whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through Him.
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Romans
3:23
For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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Romans
6:23
For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Revelation
3:20
Here
I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and
opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
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John
14:6
Jesus
answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to the father except through me.”
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Ephesians
2:8,9
For
it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no
one can boast.
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2
Corinthians 5:17
Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the
new has come!
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Romans
8:28
And
we know that in all things God works for the good of those who
love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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Isaiah
40:30-31
Even
youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but
those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will
soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they
will walk and not be faint.
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Romans
8:38-39
For
I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor
demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will
be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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Matthew
11:28-30
Come
to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart ,and you will find rest for your souls. For my
yoke is easy and my burden is light.
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Psalm
27:1
The
Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is
the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
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Jeremiah
29:11
“For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.”
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Hebrews
13:8
Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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2
Peter 3:9
The
Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance.
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Lamentations
3:22-23
Because
of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness.
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2
Corinthians 12:9
But
he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on
me.
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2
Corinthians 4:18
So
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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Psalm
37:4,5
Delight
yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your
heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him and he will do
this.
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Proverbs
3:5,6
Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make
your paths straight.
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Philippians
4:13
I
can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Galatians
2:20
I
have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ
lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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James
1:22
Do
not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what
it says.
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Colossians
3:23
Whatever
you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,
not for men.
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1
Corinthians 15:58
Therefore,
my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that
your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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James
4:7
Submit
yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.
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Luke
16:13
No
servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and
love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
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1
John 4:7,8
Dear
friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever
does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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Galatians
5:22-23
But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such
things there is no law.
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Hebrews
12:1-2
Therefore,
since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us
throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily
entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out
for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of
our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,
scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne
of God.
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Acts
1:8
But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.
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Romans
12:1-2
Therefore,
I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your
bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is
your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will
is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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1
Thessalonians 5:18
Give
thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in
Christ Jesus.
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Psalm
19:14
May
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing
in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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Philippians
4:6,7
Do
not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the
peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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2
Timothy 3:16
All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting, and training in righteousness.
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Psalm
119:105
Your
word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
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Psalm
119:11
I
have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against
you.
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Hebrews
4:16
Let
us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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1
John 1:9
If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us
our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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James
5:16
Therefore
confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and
effective.
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1
Corinthians 10:13
No
temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is
faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out, so that
you can stand up under it.
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Micah
6:8
He
has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord
require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly
with your God.
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Matthew
25:40
The
King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one
of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
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Matthew
28:19-20
Therefore
go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.
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Matthew
5:16
In
the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see
your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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Ephesians
6:12
For
our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark
world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms.
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