No Time To Memorize

The thought of adding one more thing to my schedule sends me over the edge. I hear you … and I feel the same way. But don’t dismiss memorizing Scripture as incompatible with a busy life.

Because of the value of God’s Word, we don’t want to eliminate spending time in it, but a goal of studying the Bible every single day doesn’t work realistically for everyone. However, when busy people neglect time …

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Pedaling and Coasting

Now is a good time to check in with the memorizers in our community. Memorizing Scripture can be compared to bicycling. Learning a new passage is like pedaling hard, exploring new territory, and enjoying the beauty of the experience. Coasting is more like reviewing your passage, going at a slower pace. Both pedaling and coasting are part of the process.

With summer fading and fall soon upon us, it might be time to …

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Be Intentional

Spring is just around the corner. Time for planting trees and shrubs and flowers. Who am I kidding? I’ve never planted anything in my life—and I’m good with that—no green thumb here. But we’re still going to talk about planting, because spring represents a time of new life and growth and beauty, after a winter season of leafless trees and brown grass.

In Psalm 1, God gives us a metaphor to describe the …

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Harriet Tubman

In recognition of Black History Month, I share this article about Harriet Tubman. She was known to have memorized large portions of the Bible even though she could not read. This tells me that someone spent a lot of time with her teaching her the Bible over and over. The article tells who that person was.

SHE FOLLOWED THE VOICE OF GOD By Mark Ellis

She earned the nickname of ‘Moses’ because she …

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New Year, New Challenge

The new year snuck up on me and January is half over. I wrote some goals but I’m a little slow on implementing them. How about you? If you want to memorize something this year, and I hope you do, let me offer some suggestions for Scripture memory goals depending on your desire and experience. Choose as many as are helpful to you.

JUMP IN AND GET WET. If you’ve been inspired …

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