"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:9-11

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If you read through the scriptures, you will easily see that knowledge of the word of God is important to having a closer relationship with God. Of course, head knowledge alone is not good enough. It must be understood and applied to your life.  Meditation, prayer and Bible study play a key role in understanding. Clearly, if you have memorized portions of the word of God, it makes meditation much more profitable.  Also, when you have grown to a certain level of maturity you can then teach the things you know to others.  For a brief article on why scripture memorization is important to the growth of a Christian, you may want to read my article at http://www.memoryverses.org/why.htm.

Purpose of the biblemem list:

• To collect together a group of people who have a desire to make the memorization of scripture and meditation on what has been memorized a significant portion of their lives.
   

• I would like to bring together a group of people whose goal is to commit to memory portions of Scripture. 
   

• These people can share ideas, encourage one another, set goals and be accountable to one another for progress and be praying for one another.
   

• To discuss how we can help others, such as our children, Sunday School class and Church friends, etc., learn to love memorizing scripture.
   

• To discuss various tools, props and aids which are effective in the memorization and review of scripture. This includes everything from verse cards to mnemonic devices. If your goal is to memorize many chapters of scripture, then the organization and presentation of the material is critical. These tools and methods must be developed.
   

• To discuss how time and other activities can be scheduled to allow for what we want to accomplish, while still maintaining balance in all other areas of life.
   

• To share the blessings of knowing the word of God.
   

• Memorization of information is not enough. It must be learned permanently, it must be understood and applied. Review, study and meditation is a key component of any scripture memory system. Discussion of these topics is welcome.

List Guidelines

1. The list is open to all Christians who believe in salvation by faith alone through the work of Jesus Christ who is our Lord and our GOD.
    

2. This is not a forum to discuss the merits of one Bible translation over another. This is also not a forum to discuss theology unless it is directly relevant to the theme of memorization of Scripture as defined above. Please do not stray from this topic.
    

3. It is assumed that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, word of God and as such has authority over our lives.
    

4. Do not send requests for personal information to the entire list. These types of messages should be sent directly to the individual.
    

5. Do not make negative personal comments to or about any individual on the list. Ideas are fair game for debate, but the individuals who hold these ideas should be treated with respect.
    

6. This is a moderated discussion list. This means that I will read every post before it goes out. Because of this, posts to the list will be delayed until I have time to review them.  I have chosen to moderated the list to filter out messages from people who are hostile towards the gospel and would try to send an offensive message to the list members. Similarly, messages which are way off topic will be filtered out.
    

E-mail address of list moderator:  memoryhelp@memoryverses.org