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Day 5: Scripture Memorization

Today, we are going to discuss one of the most powerful yet forgotten pillars of a Christian’s life, scripture memorization. I don’t know about you, but I love playing games that rely on memorization and strategy. I grew up playing one of the greatest games ever created called Chess. I loved playing chess because it’s a game that relies on memorized strategies, and also predicting what your opponent will do. The more you play, the better you become at quickly responding to the opponent's strategies to defeat you. When you play the same person frequently, you begin to understand what their tendencies are.

Whether you realize it or not, we are in a spiritual battle every day. We have an enemy that wants to defeat us and knows our tendencies to sin. But we know his tendencies as well. Satan’s main strategy to defeat us is deception. The Bible refers to Satan as the father of lies and his mission is to steal, kill, and destroy. We see an example of this spiritual battle in Luke 4 when Jesus is tempted by Satan. Each time Satan attacked Jesus with a different temptation, Jesus responded with scripture. Jesus countered the lies of the enemy with the truth of God’s Word.

If we are followers of Jesus, then we should follow His example in how to combat the attacks of the enemy. In order to combat lies with truth, we must memorize and know what the truth is. David, a man after God’s own heart, says that he hid the Word of God in his heart so he wouldn’t sin against God. Knowing and memorizing the truth is an essential part of Christian’s life.

Next Steps

My challenge for you today is to reflect on some of the lies that you’re tempted to believe. Identify three lies and I want you to find three scriptures about what God says about those things. I want you to write them down and memorize those three scriptures and quote them when temptation comes your way.