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Scripture Memory Program

Meditating on the Holy Scriptures transforms our thinking and our spirit. But without knowing the Holy Scriptures it is very difficult to meditate on them. Why don't believers memorize the Bible? Because they don't have a good system to do it. Earlier, that required copying passages out of the Bible by hand onto little cards. Now with the help of a computer, however, you can very easily learn Bible passages by heart. Our system consists of two lists:

List 1: Addition of new passages (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday),
List 2: Review and Archive of memorized passages (Thursday, Friday, Saturday),

Sunday: On the first day of the week, after worshipping God with His children at church, choose a new passage for memorization – maybe from the sermon, or from your Bible reading, or maybe you want to learn the Sermon on the Mount (Mt. chapters 5-7) by heart.

First, open "Memory.htm" (this file) using NotePad or NoteTab (free!) in Windows, TextEdit in MacOSx, or Bluefish (free!) in Windows or MacOSx, or another text editor or word processor, highlight and "copy" (or Ctrl-C) of the "Sample Reference" at the end of List 1, and "paste" (or Ctrl-V) your copy of it just above the Sample Reference.

Next, scroll down in the frame below, highlight and "copy" (or Ctrl-C) the 1-line reference of your new passage from "References.txt" – the file of links to Scripture references:

...and "paste" (or Ctrl-V) this new Scripture reference where indicated in your *copy* of the Sample Reference (if you're using a word processor, select "Insert hyperlink" from the menu), at the end of List 1 below, modifying it for your desired chapter and verses. Note: chapter numbers must use 2 digits (3 for Psalms) but verse numbers don't use any leading zeros.

Then "cut" (or Ctrl-X) the first passage from List 1 and "paste" (or Ctrl-V) it into List 2, your Review and Archive, in biblical order (the order that books, chapters and verses appear in the Bible).

Also on Sunday, highlight and "cut" (or Ctrl-X) the first 15 passages from the top of List 2 and "paste" (or Ctrl-V) them to the bottom of List 2 in biblical order. This will show you the next 15 passages that are now at the top of List 2 for review during the coming week.

[Of course, when you begin to use this system, List 2 will be empty: you can repeat the verses in List 1 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until you have saved 15 passages in List 2. It won't be long before you have dozens of passages in your "Review and Archive" List 2 - and in your spirit!]

Lastly, save and close this "Memory.htm" file in your editing app (Bluefish has automatically saved the original version as "Memory.htm~"), then open "Memory_env.htm" in your browser. If it looks OK, open and save "Memory.htm" *again* as "Memory.htm~" in your editing app so you'll have a backup of the current version; otherwise, if there are significant errors, you'll need to open the previous "Memory.htm~" to correct the errors and save it as "Memory.htm" to make the previous version the current version.

Every day, when you meditate on a given passage in the Bible, repeat to yourself its location in the Bible before and after you meditate on it. That way, you can find the passage in your Bible even if you forget the exact words.

(The files in the "/lichnye" folder are not copyrighted: you can change them as you wish, but we advise you make a backup first.)


List 1: Addition – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday morning: meditate on passages 1 & 2, evening 3, 4 & 5
Tuesday morning: meditate on passages 6 & 7, evening 8, 9 & 10
Wednesday morning: meditate on passages 11 & 12, evening 13, 14 & 15

  1. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: God's love; passage: Jn. 3:16
  2. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: God; passage: Jn. 4:23-24
  3. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: His Son; passage: Mt. 1:18-23
  4. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: holiness; passage: 1 Pet. 1:15-16
  5. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: fact of sin; passage: Rom. 3:21-24
  6. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: confessing sin; passage: 1 Jn. 1:6-10
  7. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: forgiveness of sin; passage: Jn. 1:29
  8. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: believing; passage: Jn. 1:10-12
  9. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: faith and works; passage: Eph. 2:8-10
  10. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: baptism; passage: Rom. 6:4-6
  11. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: the Church; passage: Acts 2:41-42
  12. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: temptation; passage: 1 Cor. 10:9-13
  13. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: confessing Christ; passage: 1 Jn. 4:2-3
  14. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: loving your neighbor; passage: 1 Jn. 4:7-9
  15. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: eternal life; passage: 1 Jn. 5:10-13
  16. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: (Sample Reference: copy and paste this just above.); passage: (Insert your new passage reference here.)


List 2: Review – Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and Archive.
Thursday morning: meditate on passages 1 & 2, evening 3, 4 & 5
Friday morning: meditate on passages 6 & 7, evening 8, 9 & 10
Saturday morning: meditate on passages 11 & 12, evening 13, 14 & 15

  1. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: (topic); passage: (Insert the whole Scripture reference line here.)
  2. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: (topic); passage: (Insert the whole Scripture reference line here.)
  3. date: mm/dd/yy; topic: (topic); passage: (Insert the whole Scripture reference line here.)