Scripture retrieval is an essential resource for Christian living. To expose temptation’s deception we memorize verses in the lie/truth formula. To weaken temptation’s appeal we learn promises about the character of God and the nature of the gospel. This lesson focuses on the necessity of Scripture memory, and offers a helpful plan for how to develop the daily practice.
This is a brief summary of some work that I’ve beenĀ putting together forĀ Scripture memory. Scripture retrieval is an essential resource for Christian living. The resources mentioned in the video are available at biblicalstrategies.com.
For several years now I have been memorizing the verses in the Bible with the lie/truth formula. I discover one of temptationās lies: If it feels right it must be right, and I findĀ the corrospondingĀ biblical truth to memorize: āput off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt thought deceitful desires, and ā¦be renewed … Read More
The ability of your brain to remember truths is absolutely amazing. Paul Reber, professor of psychology at Northwestern University describes its capacity this way, The human brain consists of about one billion neurons…the brainās memory storage capacityā¦ is around 2.5 petabytes (or a million gigabytes). For comparison, if your brain worked like a digital video recorder in a television, 2.5 … Read More
