HAVE YOU EVER...memorized a verse?

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.  Psalm 119:11

Have you ever memorized a passage of scripture or the 10 commandments?  My oldest kid is 10 and by the time I was his age, I had a ton of scripture memorized.  The Lord’s Prayer, the books of the Bible, John 3:16, and the Roman road are just some examples.  And we memorized everything in King James back in the day. 

Someone might argue with me about this, but “rote works.”  My mother and I are the flash card queens of the universe.  My kids had flash cards in their faces before they could sit up.  

I am lacking in shoving the word in my kids face.  Why don’t we focus on memorizing God’s word anymore?

For me, my motto has become, just teach them how to use their resources.  They don’t need to have it memorized.  We have computers or our phones to look stuff up.  This may be how I feel about homework, but I don’t think that God would be happy with this attitude towards everything. 

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.   

Proverbs 22:6

In the Bible, the Israelites were taught to carry 4 strips of verses in small boxes strapped to their forehead and left arm.  They were Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16; Deuteronomy. 6:4- 9; 11:13-21.  The men prayed them every morning.  Jews still do this today. 

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Deuteronomy 11:19

I understand that knowing God’s word and knowing God’s word are two different things.  You have to know what you are talking about.  Even so, application comes from knowledge.  Not computer knowledge, but memorizing the verse knowledge. 

Give your kids the tools.

Give yourself the tools. 

HAVE YOU EVER…memorized scripture with your family?

Numbers 16:40, Matthew 23:5