When I was 19, I met an Islamic kid that had the whole Quran memorized and also all of the sayings of Muhammad, word for word. I think he was 12. I mean - if they can do it we can do it. That's what I think.
@@gamalsaad1545 the Koran is written like poetry and rhymes thanks to nunation. So it's easy. l learnt 2 verses really easily and l don't speak Arabic.
I love that Andy said he is going after 1. Insights, Ahah moments, and encounters with God through the text. 2. The sanctification and transformation that comes from renewing your mind with the Word of God regularly. Keep it up, Josh.
I have been looking for a channel like this for long. I was watching a short TH-cam video on bible memorization and the man of God mentioned Pastor Davis name in the video for memorizing 43 books of the Bible. I had to quickly stop that video and search for him, and it brought me to this great channel. God bless you sir
At my last job we were given a pack of legal language the trainer said to the new recruits, "Soon you will all have this memorized"....I flipped through the pages scanning the language of lawyers in the medical field and I thought no way.... but guess what through repetition after some short time I had it memorized. Fast forward a year I prayed for a Bible study thats really into the Word. I came across a memorization bible study at a local church one of the books I recall the Leader having memorized is James....Anyway we are working on 60 verses through the Navigators ministry. Then I started adding verses to the assigned memorized verses to understand context and Lo and Behold here I am I came across your channel. You are spurring us on in the Lord. God Bless your ministry and family more and more.
That's awesome to hear, Eva! I think we underestimate what our God-given brains our capable of. I'm absolutely certain that you can finish James and even more if you want to!
I love his honesty about the memorization going subterranean and accepting our limitations. I also like his idea of 100 days of recitation. I’ll definitely have to get his book. Sounds very helpful. I can relate to his love of the Word. It is through the Bible that we get to know God and have a relationship with Jesus.
My memory used to AMAZE everyone when I was a kid. I didn’t even really have to try. Especially if it was something I enjoyed. At 55+, I can still remember certain things from childhood. I’m a PK and a preacher’s grandkid and great-grandkid, btw. At 16, I fully gave my heart to Christ and later, I realized that given my bloodline, I’m a target of the NME. At 17, I was at a meeting and went forward for prayer. I was pushed to the ground and on the way down (with no ‘catcher’ behind me) I hit the back of my head on to the seat of the wooden front row pew. Hard! Memorization of scripture as a baby Christian was a major struggle at that point and since. But thank God for the Holy Spirit, our Helper. Hallelujah! Thank you for this video -this channel! I will be employing this wisdom for sure as I continue to believe God for restoration of all things; including memory. The memory of the righteous is blessed! 😁 Shalom!
I have appreciated your series on Bible Memorization. This one with Andy Davis has been my favorite so far. I have also restarted my Scripture memory to"redeem the time." When I first read Davis's book, I found it refreshing that I don't have to force myself to remember that book word for word years down the road. Mnemonics are wonderful tools but sometimes they can take away from the reason you are learning Scripture in the first place which David stated so well: To love the Triune God.
Agreed. I think there's a beautiful freedom in allowing yourself to "forget" some of what you've memorized, because it's more about the journey than it is the final goal. That being said, my personal goal is more long-term memory. Perhaps it's a pipe dream, and I'll have to face reality some day, but I'm going to work toward it because it's something that attracts me :) Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@BibleMemoryGoal I will pray for you in this goal. I know with all of your memory research you know about Spaced Repetition. With the Davis Method, after his "100 days", try again 1x/week x 4, 1x/month x 3, 1x every 3 months x 4. I believe theoretically you could have it cold in your long term by then. Your perseverance will be fruitful in many ways because "the Word of God does not return void!" You are sowing for the long term!
Wow... This is so interesting... I hope to come many months later and tell you, that you have inspired me to finish some books of the Bible. Thanks to both of you
Long term does come! I memorized verses as a kid, I got into memorizing chapters as a teen…not many. Got sick just after I got engaged, and so I asked my guy to just sit and read me Philippians and Ephesians again and again, as I had just finished them and then wanted to work on Romans. Through the years I’ve not done well at reviewing them, but I realized when my kids were teens that I if I had memorized verses in a certain translation, I could NOT read then in another translation or hear them read…cause my mind was battling to go back to the translation I had them memorized in. Now in my mid 50s I have battle brain fog for the last 10-15 years, and I’ve not been able to put much new information in…but I still run across verses I’ve still retained fairly well. A year ago, I decided to finally REALLY try again to challenge my mind and FINALLY learn and retain Biblical Hebrew…with pictures and audio, I was doing pretty good. 4 months after starting I was listening to Psalms chapter 8, one of my favorites, that I had memorized in English, and I realized that the last verse had only one word in it that I didn’t already know in Hebrew. So that Saturday God impressed on me to memorize it in Hebrew. That Tuesday I was hospitalized for a week, and I was so glad that I had taken the time to memorize my first Hebrew verse, since it was the only Hebrew I had access to most of that week. I also ended up going over many of my other memorized verses that I know, since I wasn’t well enough to read.
Dr. Davis's straightforward concession of human limitations was refreshing. Minute 20 (fellowship with Jesus) and the beginning of 22 (getting out of the way of Scripture) resonated. Thank you, Brothers, for your encouragement to my walk and ministry.
This interview blessed me in so many ways. I love Scripture because I love the God of the Scripture. Even if I forget some verses because I have memorized them before, the Holy Spirit has a lot of weapons in His arsenal and He can remind me when the time comes that I need them. Love that!
So glad to hear that, Roanne! Obviously we want to review and remember what we memorize, but it is so encouraging to know that God can use those things that we think we have forgotten 😎
I am glad he is memorizing so much Scripture and I am no where near close to memorizing what he has but I am in the process. But it is very discouraging to hear someone say they "kiss a Bible book goodbye" and then forget about it for years. And that they would not "afflict" anyone even a spouse with listening to a recitation of a whole book at once. As a teenager I got a chance to hear a man at a conference recite the entire book of Revelation and there were hundreds of other people in the room listening too. It was a great blessing to me and my other teenage friends in attendance. He would probably get many people to listen if he was not so pessimistic about God's word and God's people and invited people to come out on a Sunday night to hear him recite a book. Many would come just for curiosity and skepticism and would end up hearing the word of God. I would be the first to sign up! Thanks for this interview and God bless.
I wouldn't get bothered by it too much. It's not that he's actively trying to *forget* what he memorized, he's just realizing that in the limited time he has, he would rather spend it memorizing new books of the Bible instead of constantly reviewing the old ones. The Holy Spirit can still use what we've memorized, even if we can't recall it exactly word for word whenever we want to!
Thank you once again for posting, I njoyed the interview, I normally listen to these at 2× the speed but this one I had to slow it down to digest, he made his experience more relatable that u can forget but the aim is the process and the love u r developing. Loved it
Enjoying the journey! Some of my sweetest memories were when my 9 yo son began really “loving” scripture memorization. We had worked at memorizing “family verses” when the kids were younger, really started when kids were between ages of 5 yo and he had just turned 2 yo and memorized his first verses. But as the youngest, by the time he was 9, we had turned over their devotions and scripture memory to their own self discipline. But when spring hit and he wanted to spend more time outside skating or shooting baskets, he finally decided he didn’t want to waste that time mentally, and asked me to join him so I could drill him on verses he had been working on. Those walks, etc., were some of my favorite times! Listening to him just pour out the scripture passage after passage. To enjoying the journey M
This was incredibly encouraging, practical, and full of wisdom. I am definitely motivated to start memorizing from the advice given here, which is very obviously motivated by the Love of Christ and the word of God. Thank you!
Wow... This is so interesting... I hope to come back many months later and tell you, that you have inspired me to finish some books of the Bible. Thanks to both of you Love from India
Thank you my brother... I must tell you I have already begun... Right into action 🎬 starting with Ephesians. Had wandered for long how people do it and this was just the inspiration I needed... Thank you for your blessing and wishes
17:56 Amen! When Pastor Davis was sharing about where to start with the bible memory, I was telling God that "if he says Ephesians, then I will begin this memorization journey today." And he did!! What are the chances😅 Amen! I'll see you guys again after 6 months from today 02.24.2024.
@@BibleMemoryGoal I found and read his narrative of events that happened at FBC in Durham. Sounds exactly what I saw at FBC in my hometown in Texas. He got the church out of the hands of 'church bosses' and back on a Biblical foundation. With a heart like his, FBC Durham is blessed to have such a leader who obviously posses integrity, deep Biblical knowledge, spiritual strength and a heart of compassion.
@@murphy903 I'm not familiar with the church history, but I do agree that based on my conversation with Andy, FBC Durham is blessed with some strong leadership.
Josh, thank you so much for sharing the video and it is very exciting to hear the experience from Pastor Andy Davis. He provided some practical tips and acknowledged our memory limitations and how it works. It is the first year on the journey to memorize the scripture. This message is very helpful for me, as well as his book. Thanks!
I timed myself and memorized Genesis chapter 6. Then I added up all the verses in the whole Bible. If I kept it up at the same pace, I could memorize the entire Bible in 17 years.😂 How many of us have been reading longer than 17 years!? We can totally do this. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. How do you memorize the Bible? One verse at a time then one chapter at a time then one book at a time.
Ha! That’s a fun mental exercise. Just remember that practically speaking, the more you memorize, the more you have to review, which slows down your memorization. I spend most of my time in review now just to make sure I don’t lose it.
what great insight from Pastor Andy. I'm only on my second book so maybe at some point i will have to accept his advice of letting go of past memorized books. Up until now I thought I was going to be able to recite it ALL into my old age; and now I'm laughing at myself, yet at the same time am more encouraged by his words (especially the stock market analogy). Such a blessing. Thank you Josh for bringing in different people to share their wisdom. BTW, I started in Ephesians and now in Philippians 💕. Great interview!!
I really appreciated what was said here. I love memorizing books, but sometimes kick myself that I don't find time or memory to keep up the retention at recitation level of all the books I've memorized. It comforted me that he said most people can't keep that much in their memory at once, but it's there in your stored memory, like a concordance for the HS to draw on at the right moment. That's true. That is what happens, and that's a good thing. I found the strategy of saying each passage for 100 days then releasing it very helpful.
What translation do you recommend the memoriz. For example I memorized several in the 1984 NIV . And is no longer in print. Leaning Towards new King James or the new American standard 1995.Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you God bless
Did you enjoy this interview? Let me know in the comments below! Be sure to check out Andy's NEW book (geni.us/scripture-for-life) as well as an updated interview we did 2 years after this: th-cam.com/video/9rI5A7t7YFI/w-d-xo.html
As of today, Amazon shows a picture of a half naked man in place of the book and says it is not available. I would like to read it. Anyone who can help, please write a comment reply. Thanks.
Memorizing God's word is great! It is extremely difficult but not impossible because Pastor Andy, sister Susan, and brother Tom Meyer have proven it. I heard brother Tom saying that he started memorizing the scriptures at the age of 25. I'm 22 years old. I believe that I too can memorize God's word, at least all the 27 books of the New Testament. Now I started memorizing the epistle of Jude and I have memorized verses one to six. I believe I should not get discouraged but keep going. Brother, should I get discouraged to memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament? What should I do to memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament like sister Susan? First thing, I should ask God this question because He is the only one who can fulfill our heart's desires (Psalm 37:4). My goal is to at least memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament. Please share with me essential Bible memorizing tips as points. I started memorizing by repeating the verses louder. But I like to know whether there are other methods that are interesting. So please, brother, help me to memorize the scriptures especially the New testament by simply giving me essential tips as points. I will make sure I will follow them.
I'm glad you've been encouraged to make this a priority! I'm putting all my best tips on this TH-cam channel, and if you want to join a global community of people memorizing the Bible, you can do so here: www.biblememorygoal.com/join/
Wow, this is a good interview, and it's encouraging that he's been at it for so long. That must be an incredible blessing to have so much scripture in the mind, (even if it's not always consciously there.) I feel some of what he says touches on perfectionism, which has lately petrified me. He has great advice, but I just feel like his memorization method sounds like torture to copy it exactly for me. I like being spontaneous, but as much as I hate it, I need some order. I can take bits from what he does, and it's encouraging, but I feel I have to do something different, I think I may be more like that actor guy from Warriors of the Word you interviewed, but with a heavier emphasis on the visual element. So that segues into another point. I like how you interview more than just one person, and they each seem to have different nuances of style in their study methods. So it's not just like you have only one or two ideas to work with when first starting. Thanks and God Bless!
Hi pastor Andy, thank you for your insights. Please, I have a question about retaining what I v memorized. Lets say a person has been walking in sin, for many years n overwhelmed five senses with it n worldly knowledge. Now that person has so much difficulty in retaining what s/he had memorized. And lets say that this person has lots of trouble focusing on Scripture and getting insights. U know that story about the sower and his seeds. How is that person to protect the words from the evil one, worries of life, d world n our own selves? How to ensure that the words would be deeply rooted and produce fruit as God intended? Sorry about the length of this question. But its heartfelt. Would greatly appreciate for any insight. Thank you Josh for your efforts🙏🙏 God bless you
Hi Sanju, I understand the difficulty and frustration. I believe that having something "deeply rooted" is something only the Holy Spirit can do in us. It is our responsibility to ask Him for this kind of help and seek him in the places He reveals himself: the Bible. That doesn't have to be through memorization - it could just be daily time spent reading, studying or reciting it.
Actually, Obadiah has only 21 verses. I do get what the speaker is saying. Last year our Pastor got the whole Church to memorise Psalm 100 - just five verses (15510 - 15514), and at one time, I had it, and so did many of the others, but now, let us say over nine months later, I can recall the general idea, and get some of it, and it is all in there somewhere, but if one TRULY memorised something, it would be retrievable every single time.
No go's? I think there are "recommended" portions to memorize, but since all Scripture is inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16), then I don't think there are "no-go's".
I DID READ THE ALL ENTIRE BIBLE TOOK ME 6 MONTHS. NOW I STARTED MEMORIZED THE NEW TESTAMENT I THINK COULD MEMORIZED A BOOK FOR MONTH TOTAL 66 BOOKS = 5.5 YEARS ALL ENTIRE BIBLE 😅
Kevin Zadai said (paraphrasing) that who has not been transformed in this time we have on earth are going to have to be taught in heaven. So like those who read understand, meditate, on the Bible today are going to enjoy time with Jesus roaming around with angels, even being teachers to those who did not understand Bible. And them they will surely regret it.
11:30So if you're gonna be preaching 11:32and you're early in your ministry, 11:34 I'm just saying, look buy this stock. 11:35It's blue chip stock. 11:36 Store up books of the Bible, you'll not regret it. 11:38 Now, if you're in Christian counseling 11:40 or if you're associate pastor, you do youth ministry, 11:42it's gonna be the same. 11:44You are not gonna regret the books you have stored up.
I’m pretty sure I can speak for Dr. Davis when I say that he doesn’t do it to impress or prove anything to you or me. He does it because he loves Scripture and he’s not bothered if he forgets it’s. How do you know if he’s actually memorized it? You don’t. Why do you care? I think that’s a question worth asking yourself.
A priest gave a boy candy every time he memorized a verse, and by the time he was 18, he had memorized Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The boys name was Nikita Khrushchev, who later became the Premier of the Soviet Union. God promotes everyone who memorizes the Bible.
Yeah, and to be a pharisee, you had to memorize the torah, the first five books of the bible. And the pharisees murdered Jesus. Scripture memory isn’t magic. If you don’t have ears to hear what you memorize, if you don’t repent of your sins, believe the truth that is there, and trust your life to it in obedience-it won’t do anything for you.
Why is it that these supposed Christians seem to do everything they do in the name of money? What more in the name of Christ? Seems to me they don't know him at all... They're surely must be Calvinists.
starting my journey to memorizing scriptures today 1/13/2024 God help me and give me trhe grace to continue
Awesome 👏
Are you still doing it?
@@cynthiachinenyewa trying my best still, it hasn't been easy but God s grace hasn't allowed me give up
@@faithandfavoured1934following up after the follow up. How’s it going?
I love your patience sis. ❤
When I was 19, I met an Islamic kid that had the whole Quran memorized and also all of the sayings of Muhammad, word for word. I think he was 12. I mean - if they can do it we can do it. That's what I think.
God has designed our brains to be capable of more than we give them credit for.
millions of muslims memorizes the quran from early age , it common to see 9-10 yrs old memorize the whole quran
Well, first, the Quran is a lot less material. It's small. But an increased focus in Christianity on memorization would be a good thing.
@@gamalsaad1545 the Koran is written like poetry and rhymes thanks to nunation. So it's easy. l learnt 2 verses really easily and l don't speak Arabic.
That's a lot of lies in their head. Poor thing.
"Being transformed by the renewing of your mind".
That's it, right there. 👆
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I started with memorizing proverbs it's hard I've given up once but i started again. I will aquire wisdom even if it's the last thing I do.
Go for it!
😂you ain’t alone, proverbs in particular can be quite hard due to similarities in words and repetitions. May the Holy Spirit help us.
I love that Andy said he is going after 1. Insights, Ahah moments, and encounters with God through the text. 2. The sanctification and transformation that comes from renewing your mind with the Word of God regularly. Keep it up, Josh.
Buddy! So good to see you here in the comments. Thanks for watching and engaging. I hope all is well with you back in the US.
I have been looking for a channel like this for long. I was watching a short TH-cam video on bible memorization and the man of God mentioned Pastor Davis name in the video for memorizing 43 books of the Bible. I had to quickly stop that video and search for him, and it brought me to this great channel. God bless you sir
Thank you for stopping by, watching and commenting, Henry!
At my last job we were given a pack of legal language the trainer said to the new recruits, "Soon you will all have this memorized"....I flipped through the pages scanning the language of lawyers in the medical field and I thought no way.... but guess what through repetition after some short time I had it memorized. Fast forward a year I prayed for a Bible study thats really into the Word. I came across a memorization bible study at a local church one of the books I recall the Leader having memorized is James....Anyway we are working on 60 verses through the Navigators ministry. Then I started adding verses to the assigned memorized verses to understand context and Lo and Behold here I am I came across your channel. You are spurring us on in the Lord. God Bless your ministry and family more and more.
That's awesome to hear, Eva! I think we underestimate what our God-given brains our capable of. I'm absolutely certain that you can finish James and even more if you want to!
I love his honesty about the memorization going subterranean and accepting our limitations. I also like his idea of 100 days of recitation. I’ll definitely have to get his book. Sounds very helpful.
I can relate to his love of the Word. It is through the Bible that we get to know God and have a relationship with Jesus.
Exactly right!
My memory used to AMAZE everyone when I was a kid. I didn’t even really have to try. Especially if it was something I enjoyed. At 55+, I can still remember certain things from childhood. I’m a PK and a preacher’s grandkid and great-grandkid, btw. At 16, I fully gave my heart to Christ and later, I realized that given my bloodline, I’m a target of the NME.
At 17, I was at a meeting and went forward for prayer. I was pushed to the ground and on the way down (with no ‘catcher’ behind me) I hit the back of my head on to the seat of the wooden front row pew. Hard! Memorization of scripture as a baby Christian was a major struggle at that point and since. But thank God for the Holy Spirit, our Helper. Hallelujah!
Thank you for this video -this channel! I will be employing this wisdom for sure as I continue to believe God for restoration of all things; including memory. The memory of the righteous is blessed! 😁 Shalom!
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This was done some time ago but if brother Andy ever need someone to listen to him recite an entire book I will be happy to .
Ha! That's a very kind offer.
I have appreciated your series on Bible Memorization. This one with Andy Davis has been my favorite so far. I have also restarted my Scripture memory to"redeem the time." When I first read Davis's book, I found it refreshing that I don't have to force myself to remember that book word for word years down the road. Mnemonics are wonderful tools but sometimes they can take away from the reason you are learning Scripture in the first place which David stated so well: To love the Triune God.
Agreed. I think there's a beautiful freedom in allowing yourself to "forget" some of what you've memorized, because it's more about the journey than it is the final goal.
That being said, my personal goal is more long-term memory. Perhaps it's a pipe dream, and I'll have to face reality some day, but I'm going to work toward it because it's something that attracts me :)
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@BibleMemoryGoal I will pray for you in this goal. I know with all of your memory research you know about Spaced Repetition. With the Davis Method, after his "100 days", try again 1x/week x 4, 1x/month x 3, 1x every 3 months x 4. I believe theoretically you could have it cold in your long term by then. Your perseverance will be fruitful in many ways because "the Word of God does not return void!" You are sowing for the long term!
Wow... This is so interesting... I hope to come many months later and tell you, that you have inspired me to finish some books of the Bible. Thanks to both of you
Long term does come! I memorized verses as a kid, I got into memorizing chapters as a teen…not many. Got sick just after I got engaged, and so I asked my guy to just sit and read me Philippians and Ephesians again and again, as I had just finished them and then wanted to work on Romans.
Through the years I’ve not done well at reviewing them, but I realized when my kids were teens that I if I had memorized verses in a certain translation, I could NOT read then in another translation or hear them read…cause my mind was battling to go back to the translation I had them memorized in.
Now in my mid 50s I have battle brain fog for the last 10-15 years, and I’ve not been able to put much new information in…but I still run across verses I’ve still retained fairly well.
A year ago, I decided to finally REALLY try again to challenge my mind and FINALLY learn and retain Biblical Hebrew…with pictures and audio, I was doing pretty good. 4 months after starting I was listening to Psalms chapter 8, one of my favorites, that I had memorized in English, and I realized that the last verse had only one word in it that I didn’t already know in Hebrew. So that Saturday God impressed on me to memorize it in Hebrew. That Tuesday I was hospitalized for a week, and I was so glad that I had taken the time to memorize my first Hebrew verse, since it was the only Hebrew I had access to most of that week. I also ended up going over many of my other memorized verses that I know, since I wasn’t well enough to read.
Love this sometimes I need to remember it's about renewing our minds not necessarily being able to quote everything-thank you!
You're so welcome!
Yes! This is my method that I used to memorize many books! So simple and good.
Great!
Dr. Davis's straightforward concession of human limitations was refreshing. Minute 20 (fellowship with Jesus) and the beginning of 22 (getting out of the way of Scripture) resonated. Thank you, Brothers, for your encouragement to my walk and ministry.
I completely agree, Bradley. Thanks for the comment!
This interview blessed me in so many ways. I love Scripture because I love the God of the Scripture. Even if I forget some verses because I have memorized them before, the Holy Spirit has a lot of weapons in His arsenal and He can remind me when the time comes that I need them. Love that!
So glad to hear that, Roanne! Obviously we want to review and remember what we memorize, but it is so encouraging to know that God can use those things that we think we have forgotten 😎
I am glad he is memorizing so much Scripture and I am no where near close to memorizing what he has but I am in the process. But it is very discouraging to hear someone say they "kiss a Bible book goodbye" and then forget about it for years. And that they would not "afflict" anyone even a spouse with listening to a recitation of a whole book at once. As a teenager I got a chance to hear a man at a conference recite the entire book of Revelation and there were hundreds of other people in the room listening too. It was a great blessing to me and my other teenage friends in attendance. He would probably get many people to listen if he was not so pessimistic about God's word and God's people and invited people to come out on a Sunday night to hear him recite a book. Many would come just for curiosity and skepticism and would end up hearing the word of God. I would be the first to sign up! Thanks for this interview and God bless.
I wouldn't get bothered by it too much. It's not that he's actively trying to *forget* what he memorized, he's just realizing that in the limited time he has, he would rather spend it memorizing new books of the Bible instead of constantly reviewing the old ones. The Holy Spirit can still use what we've memorized, even if we can't recall it exactly word for word whenever we want to!
That is the book that started my memorization journey absolutely wonderful book
Same here!
Me too!
I’m memorizing my first chapter (Romans 12) this is so helpful and encouraging Thank you!! And I’m running my first 5k June 10 2023 😂👍🏾✔️
Congrats on both!
How did your run go? Well done
This channel is so needed great content
Ty
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Thank you once again for posting, I njoyed the interview, I normally listen to these at 2× the speed but this one I had to slow it down to digest, he made his experience more relatable that u can forget but the aim is the process and the love u r developing. Loved it
He's obviously very passionate about this part of his ministry and I love how that shone through as he spoke. Thanks!
Enjoying the journey! Some of my sweetest memories were when my 9 yo son began really “loving” scripture memorization. We had worked at memorizing “family verses” when the kids were younger, really started when kids were between ages of 5 yo and he had just turned 2 yo and memorized his first verses. But as the youngest, by the time he was 9, we had turned over their devotions and scripture memory to their own self discipline. But when spring hit and he wanted to spend more time outside skating or shooting baskets, he finally decided he didn’t want to waste that time mentally, and asked me to join him so I could drill him on verses he had been working on. Those walks, etc., were some of my favorite times! Listening to him just pour out the scripture passage after passage.
To enjoying the journey M
That’s so cool! I’m sure that such a joy for you as a mom.
This was incredibly encouraging, practical, and full of wisdom. I am definitely motivated to start memorizing from the advice given here, which is very obviously motivated by the Love of Christ and the word of God. Thank you!
Wonderful! Glad to hear it, Bre!
Great interview!
Thank you for watching and commenting, Leah!
I appreciate the work that went into your questions and breaking up and editing the video!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
AMAZING !!!!!!Just found your TH-cam while I was looking for the software to study the bible -) Have a lovely day -)
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Wow... This is so interesting... I hope to come back many months later and tell you, that you have inspired me to finish some books of the Bible. Thanks to both of you
Love from India
So glad to hear that you were inspired, Renbomo! May God bless you as you finish the books.
Thank you my brother...
I must tell you I have already begun... Right into action 🎬 starting with Ephesians. Had wandered for long how people do it and this was just the inspiration I needed... Thank you for your blessing and wishes
17:56 Amen! When Pastor Davis was sharing about where to start with the bible memory, I was telling God that "if he says Ephesians, then I will begin this memorization journey today." And he did!! What are the chances😅 Amen! I'll see you guys again after 6 months from today 02.24.2024.
Let’s see it!!
Love this. To see a man who loves God like this is just amazing. Thank you.
So true, Andy is such an authentic guy.
@@BibleMemoryGoal I found and read his narrative of events that happened at FBC in Durham. Sounds exactly what I saw at FBC in my hometown in Texas. He got the church out of the hands of 'church bosses' and back on a Biblical foundation. With a heart like his, FBC Durham is blessed to have such a leader who obviously posses integrity, deep Biblical knowledge, spiritual strength and a heart of compassion.
@@murphy903 I'm not familiar with the church history, but I do agree that based on my conversation with Andy, FBC Durham is blessed with some strong leadership.
I have started memorizing scripture and am amazed as to how the word of God has become so real to me! It’s so powerful folks
Glad to hear it 👍🏻
Josh, thank you so much for sharing the video and it is very exciting to hear the experience from Pastor Andy Davis. He provided some practical tips and acknowledged our memory limitations and how it works. It is the first year on the journey to memorize the scripture. This message is very helpful for me, as well as his book. Thanks!
Great! As I said in the video, I really enjoyed his book as well and I pray that God blesses you with many more years of memorizing Scripture.
Fantastic interview Josh! THANK YOU!
Thanks, Scott! Perhaps I need to get an interview with you recorded at some point?? :)
Wow. So inspiring. I learnt so much...
I’m glad to hear it!
I timed myself and memorized Genesis chapter 6. Then I added up all the verses in the whole Bible. If I kept it up at the same pace, I could memorize the entire Bible in 17 years.😂 How many of us have been reading longer than 17 years!? We can totally do this. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. How do you memorize the Bible? One verse at a time then one chapter at a time then one book at a time.
Ha! That’s a fun mental exercise.
Just remember that practically speaking, the more you memorize, the more you have to review, which slows down your memorization. I spend most of my time in review now just to make sure I don’t lose it.
I really appreciate you and this channel Josh
The information is helpful and encouraging
Thank you for your time you spend on this
Thank you so much for the encouraging words, Michele!
what great insight from Pastor Andy. I'm only on my second book so maybe at some point i will have to accept his advice of letting go of past memorized books. Up until now I thought I was going to be able to recite it ALL into my old age; and now I'm laughing at myself, yet at the same time am more encouraged by his words (especially the stock market analogy). Such a blessing. Thank you Josh for bringing in different people to share their wisdom. BTW, I started in Ephesians and now in Philippians 💕. Great interview!!
So great! I'm excited to hear how Ephesians and Philippians go.
Brother ❤ I would love to stand and listen to you recite the book 📖
Awesome 👍🏻
Will be done with psalms by end of the year feeling good. Will probably do proverbs next or Maybe 1-3 John
Excellent!
I really appreciated what was said here. I love memorizing books, but sometimes kick myself that I don't find time or memory to keep up the retention at recitation level of all the books I've memorized. It comforted me that he said most people can't keep that much in their memory at once, but it's there in your stored memory, like a concordance for the HS to draw on at the right moment. That's true. That is what happens, and that's a good thing. I found the strategy of saying each passage for 100 days then releasing it very helpful.
So glad to hear it, Joyce!
Check out the Charlotte Mason Method for reviewing scripture. I hope that helps💖
Awesome!!!!
Thank you❤
You're welcome, Alda!
What translation do you recommend the memoriz. For example I memorized several in the 1984 NIV . And is no longer in print. Leaning Towards new King James or the new American standard 1995.Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you God bless
Memorize what you like to study or what feels like the most natural language to you.
@@BibleMemoryGoal thank you
God blesses the memory of the righteous. We can all memorize by the grace of God and His blessings which are on the head of the righteous.
Yes we can 👍🏻
Very inspiring! Thank you
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Did you enjoy this interview? Let me know in the comments below! Be sure to check out Andy's NEW book (geni.us/scripture-for-life) as well as an updated interview we did 2 years after this: th-cam.com/video/9rI5A7t7YFI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the tips !
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Praise God for this mentor :)
Ha! I didn’t know him before this interview, but I have high respect for him now.
Thank you! Very encouraging!❤
Glad to hear it! 👍🏻
As of today, Amazon shows a picture of a half naked man in place of the book and says it is not available. I would like to read it. Anyone who can help, please write a comment reply. Thanks.
He offers a free copy now on his ministry website here: twojourneys.org/all-books/an-approach-to-extended-memorization-of-scripture/
Thank you!
My pleasure!
Love the interview series. Would love for you to interview Vern Poythress on bible memorisation.
I'll see if I can connect with him.
Respect!
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Yeah meditation happens on the reflection when it is in your head and your mind is tossing it around in your downtime.
Very true.
Memorizing God's word is great! It is extremely difficult but not impossible because Pastor Andy, sister Susan, and brother Tom Meyer have proven it. I heard brother Tom saying that he started memorizing the scriptures at the age of 25. I'm 22 years old. I believe that I too can memorize God's word, at least all the 27 books of the New Testament. Now I started memorizing the epistle of Jude and I have memorized verses one to six. I believe I should not get discouraged but keep going.
Brother, should I get discouraged to memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament?
What should I do to memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament like sister Susan? First thing, I should ask God this question because He is the only one who can fulfill our heart's desires (Psalm 37:4).
My goal is to at least memorize all the 27 books of the New Testament.
Please share with me essential Bible memorizing tips as points.
I started memorizing by repeating the verses louder. But I like to know whether there are other methods that are interesting.
So please, brother, help me to memorize the scriptures especially the New testament by simply giving me essential tips as points.
I will make sure I will follow them.
I'm glad you've been encouraged to make this a priority! I'm putting all my best tips on this TH-cam channel, and if you want to join a global community of people memorizing the Bible, you can do so here: www.biblememorygoal.com/join/
@@BibleMemoryGoal Thank you. 👍
Amazing
Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, this is a good interview, and it's encouraging that he's been at it for so long. That must be an incredible blessing to have so much scripture in the mind, (even if it's not always consciously there.)
I feel some of what he says touches on perfectionism, which has lately petrified me.
He has great advice, but I just feel like his memorization method sounds like torture to copy it exactly for me. I like being spontaneous, but as much as I hate it, I need some order. I can take bits from what he does, and it's encouraging, but I feel I have to do something different, I think I may be more like that actor guy from Warriors of the Word you interviewed, but with a heavier emphasis on the visual element.
So that segues into another point. I like how you interview more than just one person, and they each seem to have different nuances of style in their study methods. So it's not just like you have only one or two ideas to work with when first starting.
Thanks and God Bless!
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the interviews. Thanks for the comment!
I see those JMac Commentaries and Luther Bobblehead... I like this guy!
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When you say "memorise", what exactly do you mean? Does it mean to recite the exact words of every single verse of every chapter of a given book?
Yes
Mark is in fact 678 verses, from verse number 24217 to verse 24894, inclusive.
I'm not sure what he shared that prompted this comment.
Can we have videos where you can recites Bible without reading?
Listen/watch here: th-cam.com/play/PLTE-Iz5WIJOtG5b7OWYskAqMCVeunesFp.html
The ultimate end of Bible memorization is @19:49
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Christains, let's memorize our Holy Scriptures and shine the light of The Lord Jesus Christ Ji.
Amen!
AND HIS SHEEP WILL KNOW HIS VOICE / 👋 SAINTS ❤
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Hi pastor Andy, thank you for your insights. Please, I have a question about retaining what I v memorized. Lets say a person has been walking in sin, for many years n overwhelmed five senses with it n worldly knowledge. Now that person has so much difficulty in retaining what s/he had memorized. And lets say that this person has lots of trouble focusing on Scripture and getting insights. U know that story about the sower and his seeds. How is that person to protect the words from the evil one, worries of life, d world n our own selves? How to ensure that the words would be deeply rooted and produce fruit as God intended?
Sorry about the length of this question. But its heartfelt. Would greatly appreciate for any insight.
Thank you Josh for your efforts🙏🙏 God bless you
Hi Sanju, I understand the difficulty and frustration. I believe that having something "deeply rooted" is something only the Holy Spirit can do in us. It is our responsibility to ask Him for this kind of help and seek him in the places He reveals himself: the Bible. That doesn't have to be through memorization - it could just be daily time spent reading, studying or reciting it.
Would the Psalms be a good place to start?
Sure! Pick one you love and go for it.
What translation does Andy Davis use to memorize scripture?
I’m not sure. I don’t remember him saying.
Actually, Obadiah has only 21 verses. I do get what the speaker is saying. Last year our Pastor got the whole Church to memorise Psalm 100 - just five verses (15510 - 15514), and at one time, I had it, and so did many of the others, but now, let us say over nine months later, I can recall the general idea, and get some of it, and it is all in there somewhere, but if one TRULY memorised something, it would be retrievable every single time.
In order to "truly" memorize something, it has to be reviewed. The idea of "permanent long-term memory" is deceiving.
Any no-go's? Like 1 Chronicles?
No go's? I think there are "recommended" portions to memorize, but since all Scripture is inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16), then I don't think there are "no-go's".
@@BibleMemoryGoal I guess it just seems to me the long genealogies would be nearly prohibitive.
I DID READ THE ALL ENTIRE BIBLE TOOK ME 6 MONTHS. NOW I STARTED MEMORIZED THE NEW TESTAMENT I THINK COULD MEMORIZED A BOOK FOR MONTH TOTAL 66 BOOKS = 5.5 YEARS ALL ENTIRE BIBLE 😅
Go for it 🙌
Respect
He's got a great heart.
Great
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I don’t believe there’s a limit
And I respect that. Now let's go prove him wrong 😉
Kevin Zadai said (paraphrasing) that who has not been transformed in this time we have on earth are going to have to be taught in heaven. So like those who read understand, meditate, on the Bible today are going to enjoy time with Jesus roaming around with angels, even being teachers to those who did not understand Bible. And them they will surely regret it.
11:30So if you're gonna be preaching
11:32and you're early in your ministry,
11:34 I'm just saying, look buy this stock.
11:35It's blue chip stock.
11:36 Store up books of the
Bible, you'll not regret it.
11:38 Now, if you're in Christian counseling
11:40 or if you're associate pastor, you do youth ministry,
11:42it's gonna be the same.
11:44You are not gonna regret the books you have stored up.
What version are you using?
I use NIV, I'm not sure what Andy uses.
This guy is unshakable
I admire Dr. Davis a lot.
“Kiss the book goodbye” is a phrase that makes Bible memorization less daunting to me.
Good, I’m glad
How do we know this guy actually memorized it? I say we put him to the challenge…
I’m pretty sure I can speak for Dr. Davis when I say that he doesn’t do it to impress or prove anything to you or me. He does it because he loves Scripture and he’s not bothered if he forgets it’s.
How do you know if he’s actually memorized it? You don’t. Why do you care? I think that’s a question worth asking yourself.
@@BibleMemoryGoal because you made a claim that he memorized it. I would like him to prove it. It’s not right to deceive people…smh
😂😂 You never answered my question about why YOU care so much.
@@BibleMemoryGoal I care because I never seen a Christian do this. I would very much like to see it. I said it would be impressive
A priest gave a boy candy every time he memorized a verse, and by the time he was 18, he had memorized Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The boys name was Nikita Khrushchev, who later became the Premier of the Soviet Union. God promotes everyone who memorizes the Bible.
Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, and to be a pharisee, you had to memorize the torah, the first five books of the bible. And the pharisees murdered Jesus. Scripture memory isn’t magic. If you don’t have ears to hear what you memorize, if you don’t repent of your sins, believe the truth that is there, and trust your life to it in obedience-it won’t do anything for you.
I tell you what … right around the 1930 mark … 🙌🏽💗👍🏼
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He must be a millionaire! No way j can have 43 books of the bible ans noot be financially free
Why would that be?
I've looked into this. NOT truly memorized
How so?
Watch Toy Story :)
It's a good one!
So Jude then??
What about Jude?
Why is it that these supposed Christians seem to do everything they do in the name of money? What more in the name of Christ? Seems to me they don't know him at all... They're surely must be Calvinists.
Please explain how this is done in the name of money?