Bless you!

Committing Bible verses to memory is an act sanctioned by God Himself (Deut. 11.18). There is great benefit for believers to know verses and passages by heart. It is very difficult (impossible) to 1. Meditate on it in the middle of the night. 2. Use it to quickly help a friend that has brought you a problem or a fear of theirs. 3. Answer your own thoughts as they arise. 4. Compare personal thoughts and musings without having to look up verses (“I know it says something about this somewhere…”) or lastly, to even discuss the Word of God or to if you don’t know the details of what it actually says. Some may say that memorization of the actual verses is not necessary. I would like to contest this and add that personally I know about 90% of the lyrics to about 200+ albums. Knowing what I know now and how much benefit there is to knowing the Bible I would gladly trade knowing all the words to Let It Bleed for a little more Psalms.

The first thing I ever memorized was the first chapter of James. Ambitious, I know. I have since forgotten it, but know it pretty good. (I have since found that many believers have chosen this same Chapter to memorize.) Next was Psalm 23 and then 22 since it played such a big part in the Gospel. Luke 15, the story of the prodigal sons (yes, sons). Matthew 5,6,7 aka Sermon On The Mount. The love chapter. Ruth. Later on I did all the first verses in Romans. And then Romans 5, which I never really completely got. Then, thanks to Ron Kronz, the entire book of Jonah.
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I can honestly say that while I have used Romans 5 to lull me back to sleep many a night I almost always go thru the whole book of Jonah without dozing. Do I get it perfect? Of course not!

I can’t do anything perfectly.

1. Michelle Says:
   October 15th, 2010 at 4:37 am

   Speaking of Psalms –

   I read an excellent book recently by Eugene Peterson (translator of The Message) called “A Long Obedience In The Same Direction : Discipleship In An Instant Society”. It covers Psalms 120 through 134 which are the “Psalms of Ascent”. These were the songs that the Israelites sung as they ascended Mount Zion three times a year to have a feast before the Lord. The book talks about discipleship, spiritual growth and the journey or ‘ascent’ toward becoming a mature Christian.

   How cool it would be if we as Christians today could sing from memory the words to these 15 Psalms as we ‘walk’. I’m going to have to google around the internet and see if anyone has set them to music.

2. Trish Says:
   January 8th, 2011 at 10:37 am

   Michelle,
   I know a singer who just might be able to do that. She comments on this blog a lot. If you haven’t already, check her out!
   I don’t think she has released any of her music yet, though I expect she will soon. Her name is Stacy Schull
   I hope she inspires you!