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1 -1- Scripture Memory and Meditation Questions and Answers INTRODUCTION It s been said that when God s Word becomes rooted in your soul, you bloom and grow and become more like Jesus. My friend, if you take only one thing away from your Academy experience, I hope it is the importance of Scripture Memory and Meditation. Financial Freedom God s Way is a critically important subject, but it pales in comparison to the importance of learning God's Word. Below you will find some helpful Questions and Answers to encourage you along is as you move into the spiritual disciplines hearing, reading, memorizing, meditating and studying the Word of God. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is memorization all about? Scripture memory puts God s Word in your mind. Your goal should be to repeat each verse word perfect from memory to include the topic, reference, scripture, and the reference again. What is meditation all about? Prayerful meditation puts God s Word into your heart. Meditation is thinking with a purpose, asking God to direct your thoughts. Your goal should be to relate each verse to your own circumstances. HOWEVER, remember, don t confuse Bible knowledge with spiritual maturity; knowing more about the Bible does not automatically make you a better disciple of Jesus Christ. Remember that many of the Pharisees knew the Old Testament, yet they were spiritual phonies. The key to spiritual maturity is applying God s Word into your life. Why memorize and meditate on God s Word? Why? Because God encourages you to do so. Consider these verses: 1. Psalm 119: 9, 11: How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Scripture memory can help you get victory over sin. When temptations come along, you can call up a verse from memory that specifically addresses the temptation. 2. Deuteronomy 6:6: These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Deuteronomy 11:18-21: Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the Lord swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth. God instructed the Jews to have His Words in their hearts. The same principle is also beneficial to you as a Christian. His Word is a powerful tool that should be at your disposal at all times. 3. Colossians 3:16: Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom; Memorizing the Word of God will greatly aid in fellowship, because if you have Christ's words in you, then the rest of the verse will naturally follow teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 4. I Peter 3:15: But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect Having God's Word memorized makes you a more effective witness for Him. If you are indeed ready to share the Gospel with others, God can use you, and the verses you have memorized, to bring others to Him. Remember...you don't always have a Bible handy when you need it. 1

2 Why memorize and meditate on God s Word? Why? Because God wants to communicate with you through His Word. You take your praises and problems to God through prayer. Then He shows you His solutions through His Word. In prayer, you call out to the living God from the depths of your soul. In Scripture memory and meditation, God calls out to you from the depths of His living Word. Why memorize and meditate? Consider what others have to say. 1. Dr. Howard Hendricks of the Dallas Theological Seminary said that if it were up to him, every student would be required to learn one thousand verses word perfect before they graduated. 2. Bible memorization is absolutely fundamental to spiritual formation. If I had to choose between all the disciplines of the spiritual life, I would choose Bible memorization, because it is a fundamental way of filling our minds with what it needs. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth. That s where you need it! How does it get in your mouth? Memorization! (Dallas Willard, professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California.) 3. I know of no other single practice in the Christian life more rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture.No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends! Your prayer life will be strengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper and much more effective. Your attitudes and outlook will begin to change. Your mind will become alert and observant. Your confidence and assurance will be enhanced. Your faith will be solidified (Chuck Swindoll). 4. One of the reasons Martin Luther came to his great discovery in the Bible of justification by faith alone was that in his early years in the Augustinian monastery he was influenced to love Scripture by Johann Staupitz. Luther devoured the Bible in a day when people earned a doctorate in theology without even reading the Bible. Luther said that his fellow professor, Andreas Karlstadt, did not even own a Bible when he earned his doctor of theology degree, nor did he until many years later. Luther knew so much of the Bible from memory that when the Lord opened his eyes to see the truth of justification in Romans 1:17, he said, Thereupon I ran through the Scriptures from memory, in order to confirm what he had found. Is this something I can do? Yes, because you can ask for and count on God s help to memorize and meditate. He will give you a deep hunger and thirst for His deep wisdom and counsel in scripture. He will help you digest His Word as you memorize and meditate on it. As you learn to focus on Scripture in a very personal way, taking God s Word to heart, He will encourage you to put that truth into action in your life. Are you sure this is something I can do? Yes, because you already memorize important information. You already have a good memory! For example, think for a minute about all the information you already know by heart your address and phone number, all the people you know by name, details about your job, facts and figures about your favorite sport or hobby, and on and on. Once you stop and think about it, you ll see that your memory is pretty good after all. Anything is easy to memorize when you really have an interest in it. What am I going to memorize and meditate on during my time with the Academy? There are seven modules to this Seminar. The first six Modules each include a Scripture Memory button on the left navigation bar. When you click on the button you will find a hard copy of the verse for that module as well as a Microsoft Word document of my personal study notes. I m giving you a Microsoft Word document rather than a PDF document so you can first consider my notes, then add, subtract, multiply and/or divide as you and the Lord prayerfully determine. Here are the six verses you will memorize during this seminar: 1. Deuteronomy 8:17-18: You may say to yourself, My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me, But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth. 2. Matthew 6:19-21: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 3. Matthew 6:24: No one 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 Corinthians 9:6-7: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2

3 5. Philippians 4:11-13: I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength Timothy 6:9-10: People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. How do I go about memorizing and meditating? I know, that you know, that you know, that Bible memorization and meditation are important tools for your spiritual growth. But how do you do it? What s a good plan to follow? I m glad you asked. Here s an outline of the process God gave me. Perhaps it will prayerfully work for you. At least it will be a good review or a good place to start. 1. Determine the best time and place to regularly practice these spiritual disciplines. 2. Pray for wisdom. Ask God for help to memorize and meditate to His glory. 3. Read the Introduction (For example, this document is the Introduction to the six financial Bible verses.) 4. Review the previous memory verses 5. Understand the context 6. Study the content 7. Summarize the content 8. Memorize (I find it best to memorize in 30-minute sessions. Also, I cut and paste the verses from That s why the link is at the top of the Introduction page.) a. As you start to memorize a verse... i. Read in your Bible the context of the verse. ii. Try to gain a clear understanding of what the verse actually means. You may want to read the verse in other Bible translations or paraphrases or perhaps consult a commentary-after you've done your personal study! iii. Read the verse through several times thoughtfully, aloud or in a whisper. This will help you grasp the verse as a whole. Each time you read it, say the topic, reference, verse, and then the reference again. iv. Discuss the verse with God in prayer, and continue to seek His help for success in Scripture memory. b. While you are memorizing the verse... i. Write the verse on a 3x5 card. Record the verse on your Mp3 player. ii. Work on saying the verse aloud as much as possible. iii. Learn the topic and reference first. iv. After learning the topic and reference, learn the first phrase of the verse. Once you have learned the topic, reference, and the first phrase and have repeated them several times, continue adding more phrases. v. Think about how the verse applies to you and your daily circumstances. vi. Learn to repeat the verse with feeling and purpose as if you were the author. vii. Always include the topic and reference as part of the verse as you learn and review it. c. After you can quote correctly the topic, reference, verse, and reference again... i. Writing the verse out can be helpful. This deepens the impression in your mind. ii. Find a friend to check you on the verse. Better yet, memorize together! iii. Review the verse immediately after learning it, and repeat it frequently in the next few days. This is crucial for fixing the verse firmly in your mind because of the tendency to forget something recently learned. Review! Review! Review! Read your 3x5 card and listen to your MP3 recording. Repetition is the best way to engrave the verses on your memory. 9. Meditate a. Pray: Praise God for the way His character is revealed in the verse. Thank Him for any promises you see. Ask Him to apply these promises into your life. Confess any failure. Do it all out loud. b. Paraphrase the verse. c. Ask questions: who, what, where, why, how. d. Emphasize different words or phrases. e. Find and consider cross references. 3

4 10. Apply a. Pray: Continue to expectantly ask God and thank Him even as you ask Him to give you discernment and wisdom to apply what He s teaching you. b. Do: Practice what you learn. c. Review d. Record: I strongly suggest you keep a spiritual journal What about some mobile applications for scripture memory? I m not an iphone user as yet. But I m told that those who are, are always on the lookout for useful apps. While there are numerous Bible memorizing applications I understand one of the best, most highly recommended is Versepack ( Note: there is also an app available for Android-based phones. Versepack comes without any verses. You load your verses using a web-based tool, which imports verses in the English Standard Version or the New English Translation. You may also purchase, for 99 cents, an import tool for the New American Standard Bible (NASB). If you use another version, don't worry. You can also manually type the verses into the app. You can also give the verses a topic, called a "slug." Once you have the verses loaded, Versepack will automatically rotate them for you. You can set the rotation to occur daily, or up to seven days or more. If you are ready for a new set, you can force it to reload a new set immediately. Review is a snap. It shows you a blank page with the "slug." Slide your finger left or right across the screen and it flips the card over so you can see the verse. (HINT: One drawback is that the blank page only gives the slug, and not the reference. For example, if Prayer is the slug term, it could be any of numerous verses you have entered about prayer. I suggest entering the reference as part of the slug term.) When you want the next verse, slide your finger up or down, for the next or previous verse. Another plus about the app is that you can add your memory passages that contain more than one verse (about 5 verses can fit on the screen). Some other applications only allow you to have a singe verse. For example, Ephesians 2:8-9 is always memorized together. With this app you can put the entire passage on a single flash card. When I get my iphone, Versepack is the app I will use. The cost of Versepack is $3.99. There is a free lite version, so you can check it out before purchasing. (NOTE: This is NOT a paid political announcement!) CONCLUSION Well, there you have it. Some Questions and Answers to prayerfully help you along as you learn to memorize and meditate on God s Word, specifically the six critical money verses. In closing, I want to share with you parts of an old article written John Piper entitled Why Memorize Scripture? Over the last few years God has renewed my desire to memorize and meditate on His Word. To my very great surprise and enjoyment, I ve found that I m actually able to memorize even to memorize extended sections when I m willing to put in the effort. Piper offers a list of reasons why we should memorize Scripture. They are: 1. Conformity to Christ - Bible memorization has the effect of making our gaze on Jesus steadier and clearer. 2. Daily Triumph over Sin - As sin lures the body into sinful action, we call to mind a Christ-revealing word of Scripture and slay the temptation with the superior worth and beauty of Christ over what sin offers. 3. Daily Triumph over Satan - When Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness he recited Scripture from memory and put Satan to flight. 4. Comfort and Counsel for People You Love - When the heart full of God s love can draw on the mind full of God s word, timely blessings flow from the mouth. 5. Communicating the Gospel to Unbelievers - Actual verses of the Bible have their own penetrating power. And when they come from our heart, as well as from the Book, the witness is given that they are precious enough to learn. 6. Communion with God in the Enjoyment of His Person and Ways - The way we commune with (that is, fellowship with) God is by meditating on his attributes and expressing to him our thanks and admiration and love, and seeking his help to live a life that reflects the value of these attributes. 4

5 These are six really good reasons to memorize and meditate on God s Word. On the flip side, I suspect that the primary reason most of us do not commit more Scripture to memory is simply the difficulty involved. It is a difficult and time-consuming process to take those words and force them into our minds. My friend, you already read and study the Bible. Now you re ready for God s Word to take hold of your life including your financial life in order to shape and reshape you from the inside out. Enjoy this part of your journey down your road to Financial Freedom God s Way. 5

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