Jesus responded to Satan’s temptation by committing to obeying God’s Word. Understanding that our enemy knows the opportune time to tempt us, we must prepare ourselves.
To follow Jesus, you must know what direction He is taking. We are truly guided by God when we study the truth of God’s Word.
We all face temptation, but how are you fighting against it? If we want to confront our disobedience, there is no better example to imitate than that of Jesus. Not only did he live his entire live devoid of sin, but he also showed us a powerful strategy in combatting Satan. In Matthew 4:1-11, we watch how Jesus defeated Satan …
If we truly desire godliness, Scripture memory must be prioritized in our lives. While the task can seem daunting, we have to start somewhere. In this episode, discover some practical steps to go the 2nd mile in Scripture memory. You can listen to the 2nd Mile Podcast above or download it on your favorite app (Anchor, Apple Podcasts, GooglePodcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts, RadioPublic, Stitcher). Some …
The discipline of mediating and memorizing Scripture turns God’s Word Bible from a book on a shelf to words on a heart.
The lost of art of meditating and memorizing Scripture is a key discipline in the life of the disciple. Most believers know that Scripture memory is a good discipline but just don’t know where to start. If no one has ever trained you in this work, here is a workable method that might help. One Scripture memory collection that I …
While reading Scripture is vitally important, oftentimes, we forget what we have read as soon as we have closed our Bibles. The lost of art of meditating and memorizing Scripture is a key discipline in the life of the disciple.
We must discipline our minds to have the words of the Bible accessible even when a copy of the Bible is not available.
For years, I have told people the importance of memorizing Scripture, but I have never taught people how to memorize Scripture. I want to help you know why we memorize Scripture and how we memorize Scripture. We must discipline our minds to have the Bible accessible even when the Bible is not available. Scripture memory is a powerful tool. While …
Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness. -1 Timothy 4:7 If anything other than godliness is your purpose for spiritual disciplines, you will lose momentum. Spiritual disciplines are not to earn God’s love, increase his favor for you, or to help him by supplying something lacking in him. God doesn’t need you to spend time with him. If you don’t spend …
I have had the privilege of hearing John Piper talk about his process of Scripture memory. He works hard at it. And it pays off. I found this video from a message years ago. In the full sermon, he actually quotes Scripture for the first 15 minutes of his message. This clip shows him giving reasons why Scripture memory is …
As our church goes through the 3-year chronological study of the Bible using the Gospel Project, we have a memory verse for each unit. To help you and your family memorize Scripture, our worship team is composing and recording Scripture memory songs to help you hide God’s Word in your heart (Ps. 119:11). You can download the music, listen to …
I get asked often: “What are some good Bible verses to memorize?” If you are just starting to memorize Scripture or trying to go even further with this wonderful spiritual discipline, I would love to help. Here is advice I regularly give: Establish Fighter Verses – Acknowledge the weak areas in your life right now. Establish how the Devil is attacking …
The last couple of weeks have been super busy. As I am leading a group of folks through our 100 Day Bible Reading Plan, I have to confess something: I got behind. A few days behind. During ministry, early morning camp schedules, family stuff going on, I got more and more behind in my Bible reading plan. I also got …
As I prepared to speak in chapel at North Greenville University today, I decided to preach from John 15 about abiding in Christ. In my prayer time for this sermon, I felt the need to address the consumerism that is infecting the Church today concerning Christians attaching themselves to churches, groups, personalities, or resources instead of the true Vine – …
The only problem with Passion 2011 was that there was way too much to process and apply. I’m still going through lessons and trying to implement them into my life.
One of they keynote speakers at Passion was John Piper who recently took a 7-month sabbatical and came back into the public scene the week of Passion. His message, “Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy” was huge. Massive implications, but that wasn’t the best part of his involvment.
The next morning, he spoke to the leaders’ group. He had planned one talk, but then decided at 6:30 that morning to change directions.
That morning, he shared with us his #1 leadership principle he has learned.
One way you can make doctrines stick with you longer is by utilizing Scripture memory. The Bible repeatedly encourages Scripture memorization. If we hide it in our hearts (Ps 119:11), then the Word of God is with us even when the leather-bound edition of it may not be near our hands. You can memorize and meditate on the truth throughout …
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