January 24th, 2014 
“I can’t memorize Scripture, but I CAN ask God to help me do it.”
This was the thought that stayed with me after hearing my friend Lise quote a passage from Luke and talk about memorizing Scripture. She also shared, “Don’t try to add something new to your day—ask God to help you ‘catch the minutes’ you already have.”
I wanted God’s Word in MY heart. So I asked the Lord to …
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January 17th, 2014 
Several years ago, my friend Susan opened her home to our neighborhood Bible study so that we could hear Janet Pope recite Scripture. Janet’s recitation was amazing, but as I sat quietly listening I told myself that I just didn’t have the time or ability to do that kind of memorizing. I am 57 years old and not at the peak of my memorization skills. My husband and I homeschool two boys and …
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January 10th, 2014 
I just received a letter from a woman incarcerated in a Texas prison. It gave me chills as she testified to the power of memorizing God’s Word. I’m abbreviating her story for you and withholding her name.
Dear Ms Pope, I grew up as a preacher’s kid in a good home. I went to Baylor University fresh out of high school and began partying, drinking, pills and boys. I’ve spent the last …
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January 3rd, 2014 
I’m relatively new to Scripture memorization but at the right time, God put the desire in my heart to memorize longer passages and books after hearing that it had been done, and coming to realize it was actually possible to do.
A few years ago I began with Ephesians but because I didn’t review, I didn’t retain much of it.
Next I decided to memorize James and resolved that this time, whatever I …
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December 20th, 2013 
Memorizing the Word is one of the best of all spiritual disciplines. I couldn’t live without it! It combines meditation, prayer and the study of God’s Word. I earnestly desire to be a Psalm 1 man, and there is no better way than memorizing the Word.
I believe actively and aggressively meditating on the Word will radically change your life. It will fill your heart with faith, hope, and love. It will …
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