Tools ! Note book : A5 is good – divide into columns. The verses on one side and your notes on the other. I generally use a double A5 spread. Make the note book part of your essential equipment. Writing things out by hand reinforces memory Decide which bible translation you want to generally use […]
to trigger a complete sentence memorise key words. Here is an example from Psalm 77 Key word 1 Key word 2 I cry aloud to God , CRY aloud to God and he will hear me ALOUD In the day of my trouble DAY I seek the Lord SEEK Initially learn key word 1. Peg […]
Read over the text 2. Write down the first letter of each word 3. Read it using first letters only Use this simple technique to memorise lines of scripture or a poem. Here is an example from James Rebanks book English Pastoral The blackheaded gulls follow in our wake as if we are a little […]
A very effective way of memorising scripture or other texts is to use symbols. Here is an example. JAMES 1:19 Be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger , for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Method Identify primary key words : QUICK SLOW SLOW I imagine […]
Here is a list of 26 parables. There are other passages that could be described as parables in the gospels but this list are the essential 26. Note some parables recur in different gospels, e.g. the parable of the lost sheep is found in both Matthew and Luke and sometimes the emphasis is different. Here […]
A great goal is to take one psalm each day over a thirty day period. Repeat this sequence 12 times over a year and you will you may be able to recite all 30 psalms, either portions of or in their entirety. Day 1 take one psalm from Psalms 1-5 Day 2 take one psalm […]
I will be putting up a lot more up on this subject but here is one idea; it is useful to hang a chapter on a simple story line sentence or on a mnemonic. This acts as the scaffolding on which you then hang the paragraphs. An example from the sermon on the Mount Matthew […]
30 DAY MEMORY REVISION CYCLE Place verses / passages/ poems you are learning in a 30 day cycle. Here is an example : Day in month Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 1 Isaiah 55 2 Romans 5 3 Colossians 3 4 Matthew 5 5 Hebrews 1 […]
Here is an example of how to hang a passage from the bible on a painting so aid recalling the text months/ years later. I have selected Watteau’s painting ‘the scale of love’ as an example of how to memoize one of the Servant passages from Isaiah. Oil on canvas – National Gallery, London https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jean-antoine-watteau-the-scale-of-love […]
Quite a few years ago I thought how wonderful it would be to produce a double spread presentation of each day because in each day so much happens ! Even if your life has a very predictable routine there are always more things to observe and people to study! So I embarked on doing that. […]