Learning to BEE Like Dorcas, ABC Memory Verses

In this post I mentioned that I had the teenage girls work on memorizing their ABC Memory verses as part of our Learning to BEE Like Dorcas class.  Here are the ABC Memory verses I came up with from the Bible ...

ABC Memory Verses

Memorizing Scripture is an important part of studying God’s word and when faced with the challenge of getting the teenage girls to memorize God’s word I came up with what I call the ABC memory Verses. 

We started out with the letter ‘A’ and learned the phrase “Abide in ME and I in you …” John 15:4.  Each girl memorized just the selected phrase and where it was found in the Bible.  We talked in depth about what the whole verse meant and I had them to mark it in their Bibles.  Each week we added another letter and repeated the process being careful to not only discuss what the new verse meant but also to review and or have the girls tell what each of the previous verses meant.  

A         Abide in ME and I in you … John 15:4

B         Beware, lest anyone cheat you … Colossians 2:18

C         Continually earnestly in prayer …. Colossians 4:2

D         Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap … Galatians 6:7

E          Evil company corrupts good habits …  I Corinthians 15:33

F          For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil … I Timothy 6:10

G         Go therefore and make disciples …  Matthew 28:19-20

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord ...  James 4:10

I will never leave you nor forsake you … Hebrews 13:5

Jesus wept … John 11:35

K … but God knows your hearts … Luke 16:15

Love suffers long and is kind … I Corinthians 13:4

 M … blessed are the Meek … Matthew 5:5

N … and my God shall supply all your Need … Philippians 4:19

O … One Lord, one faith, one baptism … Ephesians 4:5

 P … Pray without ceasing … I Thessalonians 5:17

Q … not quarrelsome … I Timothy 3:3

 R … the righteous should choose his friends carefully … Proverbs 12:26

S … he who sows iniquity will reap sorrow … Proverbs 22:8

T … trust in the Lord with all your heart … Proverbs 3:5

U … Lord I believe, help my unbelief … Mark 9:24

V … Vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord … Romans 12:19

W … Get wisdom, get understanding … Proverbs 4:5

 X …be thou an eXample …I Timothy 4:12

 Y … but let your yes be yes and your no be no … Matthew 5:37

Z … zealous for good works … Titus 2:14

The girls in the class told me that they like this way of memorizing Scripture and of course, I tried to encourage and reward them along the way.

patsy

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