How to easily memorize Scripture. Really!

Memorizing Scripture does not come easy to me.  It is a struggle.

However, when set to music, I can recall Scripture for decades.  That is how I am wired.

I started writing Scripture songs with the hopes of making an album for kids, to help them memorize and remember Scripture.  Life happened and the album was never made.  

My songs are on YouTube and that looks like the "album" I made, at least for now.

But then I started writing Scripture songs for myself, because I wanted to get God's Word in my heart more - be able to recall His Word more readily.

I still "hear" certain verses as a song whenever I hear them spoken or read them.  Songs stick with me, thank God!

This morning, something really exciting happened.  I was reading from "Praying God's Promises" and came upon 2 Corinthians 9:8.  And as I read it, a song that I wrote immediately came to mind.  This was exciting because if it happened to me, it could happen to those who listen to my songs, too!

I usually recall a Scripture song that someone else wrote.  But this morning I thought, "It works with my own songs, too!  Glory to God!"

This may not sound very exciting to you, but when you produce something - when God inspires you to create something from nothing - and it works (!), it is very exciting.  And His Word does not come back void.  So God will use the Scriptures that we carry deep inside us in the future.  We will recall them as needed.  They are there ready to pop up in our memory.

I don't know about you but that excites me! 

Dear Lord.  Your Word is a light for my path.  It is life itself.  It gives me everything I need - comfort, guidance, a foundation, truth, conviction, revelation, and so much more!  Thank You that Your Word is alive, Lord.  Thank You that songs can help Your Word become a part of our very souls.  I pray that You use all of my songs to bring others closer to You, Lord.  In Jesus' Name.  Amen.