Hey guys,
I was reminded how important it is to know and be able to recall the Word of God from our lesson by Nicki (the Temptation of Jesus). Jesus was able to resist the devil by quoting Scripture.
I came across this the other day about memorizing poetry, but it can apply to memorizing Scripture as well. Let's take it to heart, ha!
The best argument for verse memorization may be that it provides us with knowledge of a qualitatively and physiologically different variety: you take the poem inside you, into your brain chemistry if not your blood, and you know it at a deeper, bodily level than if you simply read it off a screen [smart phone]. Robson puts the point succinctly: “If we do not learn by heart, the heart does not feel the rhythms of poetry as echoes or variations of its own insistent beat.”
I like these better:
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
(For spiritual protection) - Ephesians 6:17 - Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Let's be like Jesus and memorize Scripture!
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