I watched Susan’s talk “a call to scripture memory” during lockdown and was inspired to start my own journey memorising scripture… so far I have memorised the book of James and am half way through Romans, starting Romans 8 today. It’s been life changing.
That's so encouraging to hear, Elizabeth! You should consider joining our community - there are a number of others who are memorizing Romans right now. www.biblememorygoal.com/join/
@@ShepherdMinistry lots of tips! 1. write it out. 2. Record yourself reading it out 3. Listen to your recording over and and over again. At least 20 times 4.Then sit down and start memorising what you have written out. Commit the first verse to memory. Once you’ve nailed it, do the second. Then add an extra verse everyday. I’ve finished memorising romans 11 now. It soon adds up…
When on earth was this great bible memory channel created??? God be glorified. I have memorized 18 books of the bible and have all chapters and verses off head.
It's great to have you here, Isaac! Hopefully this channel can be an encouragement to you and I look forward to seeing more of the videos on your channel.
@@BibleMemoryGoal God bless you more for creating this glorious channel. Channels like this is needed in this perilous times remember 2 Timothy 3:1- But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.
@@BibleMemoryGoal Please could you create a platform for bible memory lovers and display a list of small books to start with so you can monitor our progress till a number of books are successfully memorized???? What do you think also or suggest please??
I memorized the whole of Hebrews some time ago-- and it gave me so much power . I was on fire . Now I am taking it up again and in a short while have done Psalms 18-19-20-21-22 and Isaiah 53. I am nearly 81 so you are never too old. I find I need to do this since in cursory reading I cannot remember anything. I am an author of Bible studies and writing demands time and thought so reading requires the same application of time. This is meditating and delighting in His word.
That's so great to hear, Timothy! And thank you for sharing about your age - I feel that so many people put unnecessary barriers in front of themselves, and age is one of them. As you said, you are NEVER too old :)
@@thewalkingbible3624 All my life he has been so so good since he came into my life on July 27 1958. May the Lord bless you too as I am quite sure he does--that is what he does--that is His nature, Bless you as a walking Bible and as a representative of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is so inspiring. When I read Romans, 1 John, and Colossians I felt like I needed to Remember the whole book, but I thought I was I was just tripping😂😂. Now I see that this is actually a real thing that people do and it’s possible . Now I know that that desire was from Holy Spirit because he’s lead others to do the same!
Philippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. You can do it. Yes you can. I started with only one verses, then into chapter, chapters, whole book, books and now I remember 18 solid books with all chapters and verses. Aspiring to be done with the 19th book soon. That's the book of Daniel.
@@heloisaheng3189 Then we can form a bible memory group and discuss the books we intend to memorize and see how far we are going through the book. What do you think??? You can also bring another opinion which is even better than what I have said?????
May the LORD bless you all on your journey brothers and sisters! I started doing this 2 months ago and I'm so happy God called me to this task...it truly is fulfilling. And none of us know when the time comes for us when the word gets taken from us again. It is already forbidden in so many countries... Thanks for the help, some of the points you gave I haven't really thought about yet, I just started reading and writing it out and reciting to myself and sometimes I'll get help from a brother, give him my Bible and "read" it to him :) S.D.G. 🙏 Edit: forgot to add the most important part: praying for God's assistance!
Thank you ever so much Susan, I got the motivation to memorize Scripture from your youtube teaching video. My beginning is very humble and slow, but Im blessed by this. Its WONDERFUL. Truly AMAZING. I thought in the next 20 years, I would mature into a tired irritable grumpy old lady, but like you said in your video, Im now motivated to be a wise gentle old lady who quotes Scripture. Im deeply thankful to Abba ❤️ Thank you Josh for your video, its a great blessing!! God bless you both 🙏
I really liked this interview. I've been memorizing seriously since 1988 after a fellow named Dick Mills commited me to 2 years of bible memorization. Well 35 years later I'm still memorizing! (with some breaks here and there). Currently I'm mainly memorizing from Psalms, Isaiah, Matthew, Luke, 1 & 2 Corinthians (I've completed the rest of the New Testament). I memorize from the KJV - as Susan mentioned there is a cadence to it so it is actually easier to memorize from in my opinion - I'm actually going back over verses I memorized in other translations and re-memorizing them in the KJV. The youtube channel (Truth Is Christ) has some amazing facts about the KJV. I've heard that many Chinese Christian teenagers have memorized the entire new testament - neat! God bless you! - Dan in Michigan
@@pinky-27 You are blessed. Philippians 2:13- For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Keep that desire alive ok. Blessed up🙏
The pair of you are GLOWING! I can see the Lord all over you. I memorize scripture too and some believers are offended by it. I loved how your guest said that it is not a point of pride. I just love to and you do get addicted to it. Wonderful interview.
I've memorized Psalm 1. Came across this video a few months ago and was so inspired to try. I'm still amazed that I can recite this Psalm right off the bat after all these months. You are awsome Susan! Thank God for you. I'm so blessed.
Been an avid Bible reader/studier for over 56 years and always wanted to memorize Psalm 119. So started Feb 2020 and a month later the Covid hit, so……..it was a great time to memorize it and practiced on my husband! 😃👍
I don't like to speak for people, but I know that for myself, I wouldn't consider myself "sharp" or "gifted". Most people I meet like Susan would say that this memory is a result of consistent work. The Lord blesses the work, but it doesn't come easy!
I was raised in a church that encouraged Bible memorization in Vacation Bible School and so I’ve memorized individual scriptures but now I am convicted to memorize books in the Bible. I’ve memorized a couple of Pslams and I want to memorize Psalm 95 and the Beatitudes. Then I want to memorize the book of John. I recite the Psalms that I have memorized on a daily basis. My question for Susan who has memorized the entire New Testament. How to you review that? I heard her say she listens to her recording but surely she also recites the entire books, or does she? Maybe she just listens to herself. Would she possibly recite a chapter every day to work her way through one book then go to the next book and recite a chapter a day? And would she do this as she is memorizing new verses. That is what I see would be and will be best for me. I have started memorizing the Beatitudes but I wonder if I should just begin with chapter 1 in Matthew and work my way through the beatitudes to the end of the book. It is very spiritually rewarding to memorize scripture and like Susan, I’m gaining new understanding and insight through memorizing and reciting scripture. Thank you so much for this video. I’ve watched your other ones. So I hope to see more. This is very inspirational. I hope you continue to make more videos and maybe interview other people also. I believe someday it may be illegal to own a Bible as in some countries and I want to have God’s Word hidden in my heart, not only for myself but to share with others. It’s comforting to know and recite God’s Word. I signed up for your email. Thank you again.
Thank you for the kind words, Cindy! I’m glad this interview was as encouraging for you as it was for me. I can’t speak for Susan here, but I’ll tell you that review is sometimes just as time intensive for me as adding new verses. I usually take the time when I’m walking the dog or driving in the car to recite a chapter or a book, making note of any places that I need to further review.
Last summer , our ladies group did a book club. One of the books we read (can't remember the title), was about a young missionary who went to Papua New Guinea in 1940. While there, Japan invaded, and she ended up in a POW camp. At one point , they threw her into prison and took away her bible. She was in that cell all by herself for quite a while, but whenever she became discouraged, the Holy Spirit would bring back to her memory passages of scripture that she had memorized at bible college. They sustained her throughout her ordeal. That was the most impactful part of that book. I too memorized a lot of individual verses as a child, but now I am trying to memorize whole chapters. Working on Psalm 91 right now. Susan is definitely an inspiration. Thank you for your channel.
My Gosh. The Book of John is the first one book of the Bible I am currently working out to memorizing and it's so powerful I mean like the Word of God namely Jesus really has to be revealed in my heart. JESUS as the light of everyman and the God over everything that was created. Jesus is our King and Glory be to God. Amen!
Proof that the world is upside down: Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, and Victoria Osteen get more attention than this amazing woman of God, Susan Heck. Thankful for this role model for young women.
I just discovered this channel, I totally agree with her, revelation was the hardest to memorize, I have memorized 19 chapters so far. I'll be using the strategies in the channel. Thank you
So cool. The Lord told me to look up “memorize scripture” on RU-vid and here I am! The Bible unfortunately will not always be available of us as we approach the end of days so this seems to be quite prudent for the children of the Most High to do. God will bless those who are truly committed to memorize His Word!
@@BibleMemoryGoal So happy to report that as of today, I have officially memorized the book of Colossians! Before coming across this video, I would’ve said it couldn’t be done and I find myself using scripture from Colossians in everyday conversations with people to proclaim the perfect word of God. It’s been a highlight of my 2022 Summer! Don’t think about it, just trust in the Spirit and do it! … Now moving on to the book of Philippians 😉
New subber having found your channel because I Follow Susan Heck who is in my humble opinion the best women’s Bible minister and has changed my walk with Jesus in only a few weeks 🙂 I’m so thankful for her faithfulness
K B Good amen I sincerely love being convicted because this teaching is in love. I genuinely can’t get enough and have purchased all of her books!! I’m memorising Colossians because I was studying it anyway when I saw the Justin Peters interview so such a joy to hear her testimony on that. I’ve wasted 20 years in the Charismatic Movement and finally getting the teaching that I desperately needed.
@@JulietManx praise God that you are in the Word and he is leading us as we soak in it, and lean into Him. I'm starting to hide God's Word in my heart before it's taken away. Love from a sister in Australia
Hail. I have read the entire Bible a few times but now I want to memorize it. This is good news. I hope to memorise the entire 66 books of the pure king James Bible by the age of 45. So far, I have memorised Psalms 91 and know many individual verses by heart. Revelation 11:10, Isaiah 14:8, Galatians 4:8-11, Ezekiel 8:16 all condemn Christmas, Easter, sunday, and every heathen feast. Eternity is in the new earth, not heaven. In the new earth, we worship God in his new moons and his sabbaths. The king James Bible is the King Jesus Bible and the sword that gave the mortal wound to one head of the beast. Enjoy the feast of tabernacles in September.
What version did King James use before the 1611 translation? What language was it translated from? Do words change meaning as time passes? Have dead sea scrolls been found since the 1611 version?
I love how she leads by example to let the Word dwell richly within her. It encourages me and others to do the same!! Also, describing in detail How she memorizes and retains it helps make it more doable.
This morning I decided I was going to start memorizing the Bible. I opened up to Matthew and felt defeated immediately. Begats? Seriously? Yikes! Then, hearing Susan say she memorized John first just encouraged me so much! I’ll start somewhere else first. No need to set myself up to fail, right?
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Hello Susan. How easy is it to start scripture memorising when you are in your midfifties. How do you 'flush' your mind to get rid of trash and clutter and get it tuned to the word?
@@mathapelokgaswanyane1531 I know Susan won't be able to answer right now, so I'll chime in and say that age makes no difference. Seriously! As long as you have a desire, patience and a bit of prayer, you can make Scripture memory a valuable part of your life.
I am motivated!! I just decided to start bible book memorization today with the book of John😊...and after hesitating i decided to use KJV....thanks Susan and Josh!
😀 currently I’ve done memorising Colossians in Chinese (my mother tongue) . Next is Ephesian in English ~ 💪🏻 It’s hard to find serious memoriser, keep it going !
Thank you so much for this interview with Susan. I haven't memorized any verses since grade school, but God has recently revealed to me that I need to be in His word and make it a part of me.
My wife Remembered both books of Peter while in Iraq and many of the teachings of Christ in Syria before moving to America. I have remembered book of 1st Peter KJV.
Thank you! I currently am working on remembering the Parables of Christ in his native tongue and the Lords Prayer I have remembered in Aramaic. As well as Psalms and Proverbs in Hebrew. I would like to Learn all of the Parables of Jesus. My next book in its completeness, I’m not sure as for now, but we will see! I would like to remember as many verses of Psalms and Proverbs as possible starting with Psalm 23 especially in Hebrew.
@@BibleMemoryGoal I wanted to mention, what helps me best to remember is being outside. My wife and I have a long trail that goes dor miles cutting through our land. No one is ever on it, so we decided to make a garden as a trail off for passer bys needing a break. My wife loves going out there for gardening and I have made some nice benches and leveled the ground. We go there to sit, pray, and learn. Its very easy for me to remember outside. But its very hard inside, although i do fine with language app playing in my car, im still far better outside talking to myself lol listen read speak repeat.
The thing I remember the most at this season in my life is about being unequally yoked 😔 my husband does not know what he believes in and I have to try my best to live out the word but also speak truth and it seems nothing I do or say...... Or don't say does any good ...... Pray for me and my husband, that he may come to God my name is Victoria and his is Brandon 🙏🥰😊
That is seriously amazing! I have much respect. Praise to our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of the living God proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures, His blood, the Word and the Holy Ghost to sustain us
My small group studied Ecclesiastes this past spring. We studied Isaiah last summer/fall and that was a bit scary since there were so many parallels lol.
I'm using a dictionary if I find a word I don't understand, and it's makes the word of God more clearer. Because I was born with a different language, different from the Bible, words that I don't use in my daily life
@@BibleMemoryGoal i do use different Bible translations, but my main language is in Spanish, I'm currently reading the Amp Bible which is in English, but if I don't know the word in English I use a Spanish Bible for that word. I write down the words I don't know in English and I translated the words in Spanish using a Spanish bible
I am hoping to start memorising books soon with my family, and this channel will be so useful, many thanks. Just wondering... if you have covered anywhere how someone who wishes to review old books that they have memorised do it? I know that Andy Davis reviews the completed book for 100 days and 'kisses book good bye'. This sounds reasonable as well, but wondering how others do it. Many thanks and God bless
I’m glad your family is going to memorize together! How cool. As far as review is concerned, have you seen this video I published about reviewing? I think you will find it helpful. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H4CR5x2eY2s.html
I used to memorize Scripture in Sunday School or VBS as a kid and teen. Later I memorized together verses, and once I started sharing the gospel in my mid 20s I started memorizing helpful verses. I had no idea people memorized the Bible. I'm not sure how memorizing a lot of some parts of the Bible is useful but many are doing it. It took 35 yrs to memorize the NT? That's a very long time. The OT would take much longer. Also she said if you don't keep reviewing what you memorize you forget it. I was thinking thru how the best way to decide what to memorize is 🤔 and for me I've concluded its anything related to the Gospel, for use in witnessing, and verses that focus on holy living, encourage, point to Heaven and Promises. That might be more than I can memorize, but I can certainly try. I'm getting a Bible so I can highlight those verses and see what's doable. One of the reasons I won't be able to memorize the entire NT is I have an incurable cancer and unless there's a cure, my life expectancy seems to be 1 year to 15 years but only God knows. I pray for a cure cuz I would love to live longer here to reach the lost, to spend time with those I know, and to enjoy creation and of course joys such as delicious food. If you feel prayerful. Please add me to your list.
This is so inspriring whats more so is jusy her Love for the Lord. I pray God that i too will be able ro memorise yhe svriptures but Gof keep me from idolatry as in not just to be able ro say thay i can do it but truly because of love and wantimg to be nearer and nearer to God.
I got turned on to scripture memory by a young lady Bible teacher. Memorized 23 verses, then a few more. Now working on Colossians. This group of ladies we attended Susan Heck conference/ weekend. Susan a very solid Bible teacher. Loving scripture memory!!!!!
I've been dying to find her channel! So glad I ran across this. Me and my Bible Mentor are memorizing scripture together. The weekly accountability thing is super helpful!
Don’t the other nobles leave out the name Jesus and change sentences the KIng James is the original and its to help our understanding I believe the Lord will give us understanding in KJ if ask
Wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a question about a book that Mrs. Heck recommended. She mentioned Harmony of the Gospels. I went straight to Amazon to look for it but it seems that there are several books with a similar name. Wondering if she could give the exact book name and author. I have several of her other books including the one on scripture memory And almost all of her Bible study books (With the Master). Very excited to start memorizing the book of Ephesians!
We don't have a printer that works and I wonder if it would be great to write out the chapter on a lined piece of paper and write them down verse by verse and do it that name
Perhaps for kids they can work on a couple psalms or maybe 1 John 1? They don’t have to be memorizing a whole book and it’s good to start with shorter texts so they can get a quick win!
Wow. That's amazing. Thanks for providing this! I love getting to help people memorize scripture with songs, but longer passages can be challenging to turn into meaningful songs!
Was listening to Christian radio and I heard a lady talking about this subject. I believe it is the answer to my question of how to hide God's word in my heart. And that is my "why." I want to hide God's word in my heart that I might not sin against Him. Also more and more these days it seems that the prospect of going to prison for your faith has increased and will continue to do so. I keep thinking of the pastor in turkey stuck in jail for years and how if that were me and if I was not allowed to have a Bible I would want to have it in my memory for comfort, encouragement, and to keep from going crazy. I have struggled in the past with spiritual warfare and I know that the Sword of the Spirit is God's word. I need God's truth on hand. I am loving this helpful channel. Thank you.
She asked about Acts "where is that church now", tell her Acts shows how people became Christians and then the Lord added them to His church. She would have noticed the pattern. And compare with what the practice is today, and there are those who practice exactly as it was in the 1st century, if only she looks around, I believe she'll find brethren who are faithful to the word.
@ 2:30 she said in the book of Acts why don’t we see churches like that today ??? That’s a very good question. Well we are having church just like the book of Acts; watch Pastor Gino Jennings ( RU-vid ) and see for yourself, God bless
Josh, can I check that, is it helpful for one who wants to memory scripture to stick to using one single bible (in print), instead of many bibles (in print) or bible App, because the location of a verse on a page often can help us to memorize it? On this note, does text-only bible perform better than a reference bible?
It *can* be helpful, but many people are able to memorize using different Bibles, both physical and digital. I think Susan has a good point, though, that by copying the pages from the Bible she uses, she is able to reinforce the memory of the verses/chapters with their placement within her Bible.
I would love to remember scripture but I just don’t see it happening. I’m going to try but it seems daunting. I’ve never been able to remember things I read.
It's really up to you, but I think a lot of people benefit from memorizing a select number of popular verses first, then moving to extended memorization.
If you are looking to memorize the chapter and verse, you can use a memory palace using the PAO method. It takes awhile to setup, but is a good system to use.
Thanks, Gregory. I use a variation of the PAO system that allows me to memorize the chapter and verse, just as you're discussing. Have you done this as well?
I’m sorry you don’t feel like you’re getting answers to your questions. Did you not hear how Susan copies the page in her Bible and repeats it to herself? Are you expecting something different?
2.5 Million on the earth who memorized whole Al-QURAN. and their number is constantly rising. How many people memorize whole bible (old testament and new testament)? Can you please advise me anyone?
I appreciate that, and although we could discuss the length of the Quran compared to the Bible (it’s *much* shorter) or the fact that many people are memorizing the Quran in a language they don’t understand, I think it’s more important to say this: Memorization does not equate to spiritual transformation. If you’re using memorization to prove that you or any other group of people are “more spiritual”, you need to re-assess your beliefs.
My friend, you are aware that the Bible is a MASSIVE book right? I would encourage you to just take a quick read yourself. A lot of Muslims make the mistake of thinking the Bible is the same as the Quran. The 2 are very different. If anything, it would be better to say the Bible is similar to the Quran PLUS the books of Hadiths. And as for how many people memorize the Bible, in Christianity we do not put a lot of emphasis on that. In Christianity what matters the most is that people understand what they've read and impliment it in their lives and if someone has the capacity to memorize the entire Bible (which I think is impossible) then they can do so, but it will be worthless if they do not understand what they've read.
I assume you know that the entire Al-Quran has 77,449 words while the entire Bible has 783,137 words? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Should more Christians memorize more of the Bible? Certainly! But with all due respect to you and your faith, for Christians, our salvation is based in Jesus Christ, not upon how much of the Bible we can memorize.
Very interesting. I'm going to do this but have a different set of techniques. I'm memorizing through the 613 mitzvot right now. I'm at 222 with number, chapter and verse. I should be done with this list in about 10-15 days. I'm using a very advanced visual memorization tactic to do it though, but you learn it in a different way. After that I'll go through the book of Genesis, but I want to get the Torah down letter by letter in Hebrew.
@@BibleMemoryGoal probably a modified form of some of the things that you see memory experts talking about on your channel, more akin to Ron White. I am through about 300 of them now but taking my time. If I focused on it I could probably memorize about 50 scriptures a day like this, but the spaced recall to solidify things is what slows it down and normal "human avoidance" as it is a lot of work with the mind. In other words, it is very easy to put a lot of this in your mind quickly using tricks, but keeping it there is a totally different thing. You have probably figured that out on your own.
