Hello Everyone,
I am new to the forum. I wanted to share my technique on how I memorize Bible Promises.
What I do is create first ‘tags’ for each book in the Bible. For Proverbs, I have an Angel; for Psalms, I have King David, for Matthew, I’ll have Matthew, etc.
I then create a quick, short mini story that has for instance King David (book) and then involves numbers in the story and perhaps bits of the scripture that I have difficulty with, put in a way that helps me remember.
Example: Two Corinthians (people) in a '57 Chevy, yellow and white convertable (one from memory), drive 5 miles through 7 villages with ‘no’ map!
2 Corinthians 5:7, ‘for we walk by faith, not by sight.’
I still have to remember the ‘exact’ versoin in rote fashion, usualy typing it 10 or 20 times, then rehearsing it over and over a few times while I walk the dog. The mini story I create allows me to remember all the segments of the ‘exact’ version quite well.
Some funny ones;
John, holding 8 ‘light of life’ light bulbs, is standing behind Jesus as Jesus is about to talk to 12 hundred people. (John 8:12)
Luke Skywalker flies a Fairchild F11 9 eleven hundred miles for nine hours to seek what he was asking for. (Luke 11:9)
Some are not ‘funny’ in the sense, and for some reason, some Bible entries do not need a story, as it is easier to just recall it purely, no tags and fishing hooks required, so I guess they are already burned to memory quite well or for some reason, their numbers and book relate to the scripture uniquely.
I like to study them every other day. They are nearing 100 stories, so going through each one can take an hour. I may start doing 1/3 of the list every day. One is doing these in a dual form of remembering; both the rote exact version and the story version. I have found that if I slack off a few days, its very difficult (for me) to remember the fish hooks, so all the work can be for nothing if I do not stay on it.
Trying to remember some when falling asleep is also good, great for memorizing.
Great fun. I love this.
Bill