Imagine digging your Bible out of a hole from a forest floor, brushing dirt off the pages so you and your family could read God’s Word together.

Imagine never having a Bible in your own language—because translating it is forbidden by the government.

Imagine converting from another faith to Christianity, and then having your home and family endangered because you have the Word of God in your home.

Or imagine risking death because you have a Bible in your home.

All of these scenarios are real situations faced by real Christians in different places around the world where God’s Word is a target.

Assume that you know in 44 days you will no longer have a paper or electronic copy of the scriptures. In these days, it is crucial to get God’s Word tucked away in your heart. Here are 3 optional plans to go for it or come up with your own plan to hide God’s Word in your heart. Let’s go for it motivated by God’s love for us and His desire to know His word above all.

You can select from 3 options for your 7 week memorization plan:

• Plan A: 2 verses a week – 14 verses
• Plan B: 5 verses a week – 35 verses
• Plan C: 15 verses a week of 1 Peter – 105 verses

If you have never memorized scripture before, we encourage you to start with this plan. The plan gives you a great foundation as you create a new rhythm of memorizing scripture.

One of the most effective systems for memorization is to use the cycling method. It involves you daily working on a new verse while simultaneously working back on previous verses.

Day 1 – Start with your verse

Day 2 – Start with yesterday’s verse and then today’s verse

Day 3+ – Start with yesterday’s verse, then all the old verses together, then the new one.

This cycle will repeat until you feel you have confidence that you have all of these verses down and can then file them away. It is a good practice to pull them out again in 3-4 weeks to go back through them again for long term memory success.

Obviously, the “old verses altogether” stage will soon swell to take the most time of all. That’s exactly the way it should be. Soon your days will be filled with you meditating on scripture day and night!

Break each week up in 5 day sections.

Here is a plan to push yourself as you seek to memorize God’s word. Stay consistent and don’t worry if you fall behind, the goal is savor and treasure God’s word.

One of the most effective systems for memorization is to use the cycling method. It involves you daily working on a new verse while simultaneously working back on previous verses.

Day 1 – Start with your verse

Day 2 – Start with yesterday’s verse and then today’s verse

Day 3+ – Start with yesterday’s verse, then all the old verses together, then the new one.

This cycle will repeat until you feel you have confidence that you have all of these verses down and can then file them away. It is a good practice to pull them out again in 3-4 weeks to go back through them again for long term memory success.

Obviously, the “old verses altogether” stage will soon swell to take the most time of all. That’s exactly the way it should be. Soon your days will be filled with you meditating on scripture day and night!

This seems like an immense task; how can I ever memorize an entire book of the Bible?! In many cases it is in fact actually easier to go line by line through a book. Here would be a plan for you to show you how it is possible to take this book in little pieces every day until you have the entire book memorized.

One of the most effective systems for memorization is to use the cycling method. It involves you daily working on a new verse while simultaneously working back on previous verses.

Day 1 – Start with your verse

Day 2 – Start with yesterday’s verse and then today’s verse

Day 3+ – Start with yesterday’s verse, then all the old verses together, then the new one.

This cycle will repeat until you feel you have confidence that you have all of these verses down and can then file them away. It is a good practice to pull them out again in 3-4 weeks to go back through them again for long term memory success.

Obviously, the “old verses altogether” stage will soon swell to take the most time of all. That’s exactly the way it should be. Soon your days will be filled with you meditating on scripture day and night!