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gregorydc:
Here is another question from me. I have noticed most everyone on here seems to be well versed in scripture and seem to have many memorized. How do you do it? I have a terrible scripture memory (as in quoting verse and chapter)  I can remember what it says when people as me a question but for quoting verse and chapter I am horrible. How do you any of you remember verse and chapter?
completely baffled,
Greg

newgene87:
I'll give a crack at this. Where I am in my journey - I can match "almost" anything with the "Book" first. I give all that honor and glory to God for giving me the desire a LONG time ago for simply reading. Once you read and get a feel where you are in the text - its the Spirit of truth that exercises your memory. First step is being able to find which book it's in. Everything else comes from Repitition in Reading. Just get a feel of the text - you'll learn writers of the Scriptures have their distinct way of writing, so you should be able to find the book first (meaning: paul has his own feel, john is very particular; the gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke are tricky tho.) I say, it comes with reading faithfully and being aware of where you are while reading. Hope that helps. I'm grateful my mind works like a search engine and God breathes in the particular book and I narrow down the chapter and verse just by "muscle memory" of reading so much. Asking God for the desire and will to know and do is Prominant tho

Eugene

Gina:
Hey Greg,

Most times I google what I remember a verse to say and I'll get links to sites like bible-gateway and bible.cc.  Then I'll just pick the verse(s) I was aiming for.

Reading Ray's articles has helped me  since he:

(1) makes sense,

(2) is a joy to read,

(3) actually (unlike most teachers) uses lots and lots and LOTS of scriptural backup.  (I'm not that well-versed.)

I know that some (not me) were already well-versed in the scripture before they found Ray because they came out of the Worldwide Church of God and Mormonism and/or they just really liked studying the scriptures.  But most importantly, God gave them the ability to memorize scripture.   

I'm pretty sure we're all using programs like e-sword, and sites like bible-gateway. 

So there ya go.  :)

Gina:
And this will assist you:  http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/board,14.0.html

lilitalienboi16:
I use biblegateway.com and just search words. I know the gist of a scripture im looking for and can type in key words to get the whole thing to come up and then copy+paste it. Works like a charm, no memorization needed ;)

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