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This is a Bible memorization question.

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"Hello, Pastor Tim, I'm a 
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who is wanting to grow closer to the Lord

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and Scripture memorization is something

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that I feel the Lord is really pushing me

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to get started on.

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I notice that you're a 
very passionate teacher

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of the Word of God and have spoken

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of how you spent the 
years of your singleness

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growing in the Lord

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and memorizing Scripture -

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singleness being a circumstance 
I can relate to at the moment.

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My question is how did you go about

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memorizing Scripture

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and do you have any practical advice

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on storing up the Word 
of God in your heart?"

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So I guess the first thing,

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is there anything Scriptural

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that you can think about where God

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actually tells us that we 
should memorize Scripture?

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(from the room)

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It doesn't use the word 
"memorize" but it's implied.

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Tim: Where would something like that be?

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(from the room): Colossians 3,

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the Word of Christ dwelling richly in you.

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Tim: The Word of Christ 
dwell richly in you.

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Or you think about 
maybe some of the things

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like David said about -

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I've stored up the Word in my heart

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that I might not sin against you.

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Things like that.

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Maybe I'll ask Kevin this question.

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Kevin, have you ever come across

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any preachers that think

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that Bible memorization 
isn't maybe something

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that we should even do?

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Kevin: No.

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Tim: You've never come across that?

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Kevin: A preacher who doesn't think

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Bible memorization is 
something we should do?

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Tim: Right.

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Kevin: No one comes to mind.

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Tim: Okay, good.

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So then I'm not going to deal with that,

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because I actually have come across that.

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Storing up God's Word in our heart -

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that's obviously a good thing.

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Now, yes, it's true,

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you can store up that Word in your heart

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where perhaps you have an idea

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about the truth of the Word.

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Or you could store it up word-for-word.

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And obviously even there

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how that is stored up is 
going to depend somewhat

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on the translation that you memorize.

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But I would say this,

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obviously letting that Word 
abide in your heart;

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obviously the importance 
of the Word of God

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in the life of the Christian.

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Let's throw some verses out

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that have to do with the importance

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of the Word or God's commandments

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or Jesus' commandments

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in the life of the Christian.

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Throw some at me.

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(from the room): It's not a commandment,

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but I think it's a really good example

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of Jesus in the wilderness.

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Tim: Right. That's a big one.

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Because what does He do?

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He quotes Deuteronomy 3 times

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doing battle with the devil.

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And by the way, we ourselves -

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we're going to get to this one day

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in Ephesians 6 -

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but we're told that as we gird ourselves

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with the armor of God,

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one of the weapons -

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in fact, the only offensive weapon

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is the sword of the Spirit,

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which is the Word of God.

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So you're to take that.

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You're to take it up.

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Not only in your hand;

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it is to dwell in the heart, in the mind.

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Throw some Scriptures at me

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that talk about the importance

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of Scripture in the life of the Christian.

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(from the room)

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Well, this is Old Testament,

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but Moses commanded like you said

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I think in Deuteronomy

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that the king should meditate

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on the law of the Lord day and night.

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Tim: So the king was commanded to do that.

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(from the room)

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Grow up into salvation - 1 Peter 2,

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as we feed on the milk of the Word

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like newborn babes.

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Tim: It's able to equip the man of God.

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Right? Isn't that what Scripture says?

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We're sanctified by it.

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"Sanctify them by Thy Word; 
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Scripture.

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Jesus said, "If My Word abides in you,

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then are you My disciples indeed."

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Scripture.

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So, store it up in our hearts.

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Okay, this young man is asking

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about maybe some principles,

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some ideas.

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I think that the first thing

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is to do what we're already doing.

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It's to emphasize the necessity.

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It's to emphasize how important this is.

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You know, when you have an idea

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that something is really important -

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really important - and you're convinced

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it's important;

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you're convinced that it's necessary,

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that's a big thing right there.

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If you're not so convinced,

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if you kind of take it casually,

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that right there is probably 
the first step to defeat.

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But one of the things that 
I would just say about it

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is I often walk in the morning

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over by Brackenridge and I pray.

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And one of the things that I do

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is I'm preaching right now

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about halfway through Ephesians 3

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and so I will recite Ephesians 1, 2, and 3

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as I'm walking.

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And what that does is it 
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When you're memorizing Scripture,

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it allows you to meditate

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because you're playing it 
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Unlike when you do devotional reading.

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You may stop somewhere 
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But when you're memorizing,

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you're playing that thing over and over

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and over in your mind.

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Can you tell me any Scriptures

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that talk about meditating on the Word?

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(from the room)

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Oh, how I love your Law.

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It is my meditation all the day.

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Tim: Anybody think of Psalm 1?

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The blessed man.

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It says he meditates on His law

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day and night.

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But meditation.

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Pat Horner was my pastor

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down at Community Baptist Church.

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He said he memorized Scripture this way:

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Like, "Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus."

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He would emphasize each word individually.

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"Paul..." an apostle of Christ Jesus

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by the will of God.

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Paul "an" apostle...

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And see, he would put stress

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on each of those words 
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That's very helpful.

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Now I recognize, you know,

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putting the stress on the article

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might not be so significant,

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but what's happening every time

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you stress a word,

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is it's bringing that 
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It's not getting lost.

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You know what happens sometimes

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when we're reading devotionally?

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Certain words and certain ideas get lost.

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You go over them.

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And you know what happens?

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You start thinking about 
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and you're playing it over in your mind,

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and you're still reading.

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But you're thinking about 
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and you just missed.

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But when you memorize,

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that's not going to happen,

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because you play it over and over and over

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so many times in your mind,

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and what will begin to happen

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is things will begin to stand out to you

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and it's extremely profitable.

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One of the things I would say about it

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is pick your translation carefully.

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I mean, try to memorize

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from a translation that 
as best as you can tell

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you're going to be reading 
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if you live that long.

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I did a lot of my original memorization

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in the King James.

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I was in the King James about 10 years

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and the New King James two years.

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And I've been reading the ESV ever since.

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I did read the NAS cover 
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I read the Holman Christian 
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But a lot of times when I quote Scripture,

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it's an amalgamation of things.

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Craig and I just went for 
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and we were talking about 
our memories failing.

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And Craig said, "Yeah, 
I'm forgetting Scripture."

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And it's like sometimes I don't even know

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what I'm quoting,

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if I'm quoting King James or ESV

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or just some mixture that I've created

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in my own mind.

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But I've memorized a lot from the ESV

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and a lot from the King James Bible.

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And it's okay. That's okay.

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You want to hide the Word here.

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If you like the old English

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or you don't like the old English.

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But it's probably best that you memorize

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from the translation that you read

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and that you're likely going 
to continue to read.

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That's one thing to think about.

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You know, as you do this too -

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memorizing Scripture -

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it's very convenient.

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Because what can happen is

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like when I'm walking and 
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I don't have my Bible with me.

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Now, to be fair, I have my phone

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and there are sometimes I forget,

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or as I'm memorizing new material,

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I have to bring my phone up

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and look up that Bible verse on my phone.

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But it's nice when you're 
memorizing Scripture.

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You can recall.

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This may not happen, but I always think,

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if I end up in prison with no Bible,

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at least I'll have all the texts that 
I've memorized with me.

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And so you can be playing 
those things in your mind

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just about anytime.

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You can be running Scripture 
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And you know what happens?

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Scripture talks about renewing your mind.

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Or have you ever read

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washing with the water of the Word?

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When we run truth through our minds

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the mind is transformed.

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And it grows.

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I mean, you think about Jesus saying,

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"Sanctify them by Thy truth; 
Thy Word is truth."

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It sanctifies. It cleanses.

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It purifies.

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It does something to us.

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And the Spirit of God sees to it

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that that actually happens.

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One of the last things I would say

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is consistency.

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Look, if you start memorizing something,

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you have to be consistent.

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It doesn't mean you have to 
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but you do need to have consistency.

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I'm not trying to memorize

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the whole book of Ephesians

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every single day,

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but probably once or twice a week,

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I work on it.

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And you have to go back and rehearse.

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That's one of the things,

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the more Scripture you memorize -

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like I heard John Piper say

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I've forgotten more Scripture

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than I presently have memorized.

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So he's memorized a bunch

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and forgotten it.

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You say what's the use then?

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Listen, while he was memorizing it,

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he was meditating on it.

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And you know what?

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Even if you forget the exact verbiage,

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if you misquote Romans to me,

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I know.

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If you misquote Ephesians to me,

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there may be something I've forgotten

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in a part that I haven't 
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but if you misquote it, I know it.

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It brings a familiarity

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even though you may have lost

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some aspect to it.

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So just incredibly profitable.

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But be consistent.

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Anybody have anything they want to add

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that might be helpful?

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One thing I would say is this,

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don't be afraid to memorize whole books.

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I mean, sometimes you 
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as though, oh, well, I'm going to work on

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ten different verses.

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Okay. That's okay. And you should.

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Isolating certain verses

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or certain portions of Scripture...

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and I would say this,

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be wise.

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Just don't go start memorizing

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the book of Numbers.

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Don't memorize Revelation.

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Memorize portions of Scripture

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that are going to be useful to you,

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to your soul, to your faith,

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to your prayer life,

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to defending against the devil

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for the rest of your life.

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Memorize strategic verses,

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good verses,

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verses that you're going to want to recall

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again and again and again 
throughout your life.

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Verses that when you're evangelizing,

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you're going to want to be able to recall.

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Be strategic.

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But don't be afraid of whole books.

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I mean, if you can memorize 
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you will be way better off for it.

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Charles Leiter told me

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he memorized Romans

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and his roommate memorized Hebrews

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and since they were helping each other

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and quizzing each other,

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he said he basically memorized Hebrews

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and his roommate basically 
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Can you imagine having 
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And if you want a lesser task,

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Ephesians is a great one.

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Portions of Isaiah.

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You can memorize the Gospel of John.

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Memorize the Sermon on the Mount.

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Memorize the Upper Room discourse.

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is basically John 14, 15, 16,

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and then His high priestly prayer in 17.

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Those four chapters are phenomenal.

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Be strategic. That's what I would say.

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Anybody have anything else 
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(from the room)

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Before I got more into school online,

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I used to be a technician in training.

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So what I used to do to help me

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because I couldn't really 
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from time to time,

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usually I would wake up early 
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and if there was a Scripture 
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I would write it on a piece of paper

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and keep it in my pocket,

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so I'd pull it out from time 
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and it would help me meditate upon it.

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That was one thing that helped me.

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Tim: Yeah, you know, 
we're all wired different.

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And some of us have more

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photographic memory tendencies

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and some less.

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Some have to work harder

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and some not as hard.

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And we all are wired 
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We need to strive to use what works.

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But the thing I would say is try.

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Experiment.

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And see what works and pursue it.

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You will be so much better off

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when you have a head 
filled with Scripture.