February 28th, 2014 
The Lord has been showing me that in order to grow in a loving (obedient) relationship with Him, I need to know Him and trust Him! But how can I really change to love God more and more with my whole heart, soul, strength, mind, unless I know the One I’m in relationship with? And how can I discern good and evil, starting with my own heart, unless I know Jesus, the Way …
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February 21st, 2014 
I was introduced to bible memory when I was first learning about Jesus. I was about 21, had recently quit drinking and doing drugs and was kind of depressed.
Mark, the guy who was discipling me, introduced me to The Navigator Topical Memory System. When I began memorizing bible verses I felt better. It wasn’t any particular verse, simply saying these words over to myself made me feel encouraged and hopeful. I …
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February 14th, 2014 
When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt with his “strong hand and powerful arm,” (Deut. 26:8) he gave them his law, not to control them or steal joy from them, but to protect them from living a life of destruction. I was a rule-follower as a child, but I hated the rules. I always tried to push the envelope. “Don’t do this or that” seemed to be rules developed by a killjoy. …
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February 7th, 2014 
My story with Scripture memorization is not uncommon, nor is it finished. I am definitely a work in progress!
Growing up in a Christian home, I was very familiar with the Bible. I had some verses memorized but more often I had a general idea of where various things could be found in the Bible – a useful tool but not the same as having the Word of God actually in your heart …
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January 31st, 2014 
Committing Scripture to memory, for me, truly took off in 2005, the year before my bride and I said our “I do’s.” Growing up, memorizing was an understood, expected and necessary discipline, though I never realized its relevance or power until, following a challenge by my pastor (to commit to memory a tiny sampling of short verses on the back of our church bulletin), I felt the need to include it as an …
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