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There are different techniques you can use to memorize large
portions of scripture. The main thing to remember is constant
repetition. The mind only remembers a quarter of what you hear so if
you keep repeating you'll eventually remember all of it. The way I
memorize is I read one verse over and over again until I can say it
without looking at it. When I can say one verse without looking at
it I go on to the next verse and repeat it until I can say it with
out looking at it. Then I quote the first verse and then the second.
Then I move on to the third verse and repeat it aloud until I can
say it without looking at it. then I go back and quote the first
through third verse, then move to the fourth verse. I continue to do
this until I have a passage memorized. When I complete a passage I
move on to the next passage and memorize it by the same method. One
important thing to remember after you've completed a passage is that
you can't just leave that passage alone and never look at it again.
It's important to review what you've memorized because if you don't
you'll forget it.
Another method I've used for memorizing is typing out each verse
three or four times on the computer. It helps me to read it and see
it on the screen. Again the constant repetition helps you remember
it. I do it the same way with the first method. I type out one
verse until I can type it without looking at it. After that I type
out the second verse, then the second and first, and so on and so
forth until I've completed a passage. Then I move on to the next
passage.
For memorizing references there are also different methods. For
the first method of memorizing that I mentioned it's helpful to
write out the references on separate sheets of paper. Then to take
the small scraps of paper and mix them up and draw them out. After
that try to say that verse checking yourself with your scripture
portion. If you get the reference with the wrong verse put the
reference back with the other references. If you get the reference
right put it in a separate pile. Then continue to do this until you
can match all the verses with the references in your head. For
references with the second method that I mentioned it's helpful to
simply type out the reference before the verse and then the constant
repetition of the verse with the reference will help you to remember
it.
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