Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Family Scripture Memorisation

Dave and I want our marriage to be built upon God’s word, which is why we read the Bible together almost every evening. We would also like to memorise scripture together. We’ve started on a plan to memorise the first nine verses of Psalm 145. We are using the method described in a Family Reformation article on Family Scripture Memorisation. This approach simply requires learners to read the chosen Scripture aloud regularly. I have not done this before, but have taken a “bit by bit” memorisation approach. I am looking forward to seeing how we go with this method!

Psalm 145: 1 – 9

I will extol You, my God, O King;
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare your mighty acts.
I will meditate on the glorious splendour of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

The LORD is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
The LORD is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

This Psalm expresses our vision of loving God, and teaching any children he gives us to do so as well. This passage is also one that reminds us that the call to proclaim God's praises should be a life priority - in the presence of both Christians and non Christians. It also reminds us of God's wonderful character.

On my last blog I wrote several posts about Bible memorisation, including the post Bible Memory, a Joy.
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  1. Father's Grace MinistriesOctober 24, 2007 at 10:21 AM

    I was just mediating on this passage last week. It's so exciting thinking generationally! We have already started teaching our little ones memory verses eg.Gen 1:1,Col 3:20 etc

    Scripture memorization is very neglected these days, especially when you learn that some of the great hymn writers like Fanny Crosby and Frances Havergal committed many books of the Bible to memory.
    Claire

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  2. SherrinOctober 24, 2007 at 8:22 PM

    Thanks for sharing! One of the reasons Dave and I are memorising scripture now is that we want any children God gives us to memorise scripture . . . and we will need to set an example!

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