Here is a verse to memorize and a pathetic way I remember the reference. Notice that I am offering extra credit for this assignment.
If there is some area that has a grip on your life (an addiction, pornography, eating, temper problems), then a verse to consider memorizing is 2 Corinthians 10:4:
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4).
Meditate on the truth of this verse. If you continue to allow some area to rule your life, then you are like a city with broken down walls (Proverbs 25:28). Grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ (2 Peter 3:18).
Memory Tips
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Put it on a 3*5 card – - reference on one side, reference and text on the other side. No more than one verse per card. Write down the date you begin.
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Repeat to remember. The idea is systematic repetition with a goal of wearing a rut in your mind.
If you say it enough times, you will remember it. And, if you are struggling with sin in some area, you should be motivated. -
Associate the reference with something familiar. I started memorizing this verse in June of 1992. If you are from my generation (the C.B. era), and you remember the horrendously awful song “Convoy,” I had the 45, then the reference will be easy to remember: 10:4.
See also, aloud, and twenty verses from my short term file.
Extra Credit
As I did one year in my room with a record player, listen to the entire song Convoy 100 times so that you too will never forget the phrase, “So, we crashed the gate doing 98, I said let them truckers roll 10:4.” Your IQ will permanently drop, but you will remember the reference of 2 Corinthians 10:4.
OK. I think you need a vacation from the cornfields.
Is Jamie aware of this?
Steve – - you’re no doubt right. If you only knew all the crazy memory association games I use to memorize Scripture and Greek words. I am have tempted to share others, but I’ve done enough damage for one day.
Would you say that you’re trying to start a Scripture Memorization Convoy? Now lets rewrite the song with the new lyrics:
‘Cause we got a little ‘ole convoy
Rockin’ through the night
Yeah, we got a little ‘ole convoy
Ain’t she a beautiful sight
C’mon and join our Convoy
Ain’t nothin’ gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this Scripture convoy
‘Cross the USA
Convoy
Convoy
10-4 Rubber Duckie
You’re telling your age! My husband knows all the lyrics to Convoy, too.
Amy, he probably knows the Streak too. It was a shallow time.
Andrew, your talent is unquestioned. I’ll try singing this one.
But did ya’all know that the creative genius behind the song “Convoy” is the same guy who founded, and is the creative energy behind, the beautiful Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller? Chip Davis is the writer of Convoy, performed by the fictional C. W. McCall character.