How To Memorize Scripture

"I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:11

I have many fond memories of my family learning new bible verses to memorize each week. It's been years, but I can still remember the verses we learned. It truly is amazing that our minds can recall all the things we learned years ago.

It has been on my heart to memorize more scripture but I'm gonna be honest with you, I am not very good at it. Multiple times I have started out memorizing a verse only to end up giving up about half way through. Just this past month God has put it on my heart to memorized Psalm 34. This beautiful psalm has become very special to me... but to memorized the whole Psalm? It seemed like an impossible task. Why not just a few verses? If this was going to happen, I needed to come up with a method for memorizing scripture that actually worked.

Well, I'm happy to say I found a way to memorize scripture that is successful! I have not finished memorizing all of Psalm 34 yet, but I have memorized the first eight verses. This is a huge accomplishment for me. Here's how I did it:

The first step is commitment. You have to be committed to actually taking the time out of each day to memorized and meditate on the verse(s).

When memorizing big scripture passages, or a whole chapter, take it small. One verse at a time. Don't add the next verse until you are sure have the last verse down. Sometimes I needed two days to meditate on the verse before I moved on.

I am a very visual person. Each night I would write out the verse I wanted to memorize in a fun creative way. Then as I meditated on the verse the next day I had a picture in my mind to help me remember.

Once you start putting the verses together it's no longer overwhelming. Write out the whole scripture passage on paper a few times to help remember the order of the verses. Repeat the verses over and over in your mind until you can say is smoothly.

And that's it! That's my method for memorizing God's word. Below I wanted to share with you all the lettering I created for each verse.

"I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth, my soul makes its boast in the Lord, let the humble hear and be glad."