Yesterday we said that one application of delighting in the Word was to memorize it.  I have been reading the Redwall series to my kids.  They love it, and so naturally they have memorized some of the lines.  They love Narnia, and can quote lines from the books and the movies.  If we delight in the Word, shouldn’t we be able to quote lines from it?

But the Bible is a big book!  What verses should we memorize?  One good approach is to memorize verses that you have been reading and meditating on.  Which verses seem to jump out at you as a special challenge or comfort from God?  Memorize those verses.

But there are also some basic passages that touch on the basic teachings of the Bible, and basic issues that everyone of us face as we fight the good fight of faith.  The folks at Children Desiring God have chosen 260 passages as basic passages which they call Fighter Verses.  They have created a five year program that has you learning one passage a week.  Many churches use this program to encourage each other to memorize Scripture together.  I encouraged the folks at my church last week to try it in the coming year.  I just started working through it myself.  Perhaps you might want to try it too.

I encourage you to visit their site.  It is packed with helpful Scripture memory resources.  They have a bookmark with all of the 2013 verses on it, plus a strategy for learning and remembering them.  If you want to create memory verse cards, they have a link to easily do that.  They also have a blog post each week reflecting on the verse you will be learning.  Plus there are apps for your tablet or smartphone to help you learn the verses.  They have audio resources and more.  Explore their site, and ask God if he might have you use this resource in the coming year.  And if not, how else might he be calling you to memorize his Word in 2013?