These are the First 3 Bible Books You Should Memorize

After internalizing (my word for "memorizing") more than 12 books of the Bible, I definitely have 3 I recommend starting with (and some I don't).

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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Why I Started Doing This
3:28 - Reason 1
5:06 - Reason 2
7:04 - Reason 3
7:38 - Book 1 - Why Philippians
8:20 - Book 2 - Why Ephesians
10:44 - Book 3 - Why 2 Timothy
12:05 - A Deeper Dive

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[wendytucker]

I love Ephesians but I'd love to read and remember the Book of Habakkuk. Only three short chapters and so much in the prophet's life is what we are experiencing today. 🙏

[dtd]

I just memorized my first book. I went with James. After watching your video I think I’ll move to 2 Timothy! I’m excited!!

[redrider]

I chose Ephesians. I like the tip to break it up 1-3 then 4-6

[suzettevanvuuren]

We homeschool, and as part of penmanship and accurate copying, I use Psalms for our 8year old. We start out with making tracing pages of the Psalm - she traces and reads the Spalm comletely during the day. After 2 - 3 weeks she has to copy 4 lines in the morning as wll as reading it out loud. Thus far she has learned Psalms 1, 2 and 8 - AND she has started to recognise phrases when used elsewhere in the Bible. She loves to quote what she has learned.

[lilamckay]

Thank you. This is a great time to internalize the Word of God in my life. I will start with Ephesians. We hear from this book often in the Temple of Deliverance Life Changing Ministry in our church family. Our Bible Institute requires us to know chapter 4:11-13. I will enjoy internalizinfg this book.

[fatimamusa]

Thank you Keith Ferrin, you lit my heart, so I would do this and teach my Bible club kids this style.🎉

[edwardkoch]

Great content! Thank you for sharing these videos. I'm excited to begin in Philippians! Praise God!

[KaciHiggins]

Thanks for your recommendations! I started internalizing Ephesians last week. This will be my first whole book. In the past I have memorized single verses and one Psalm. Thanks again!

[WhichWaytoHeaven]

Keith - I'm glad to see that your memory verse quotes aren't all from your new favorite translation (which showed on the screen) 😆and that leads me to my question: how does one manage when one has already memorized in a different translation several of the verses from a book one is internalizing in a new translation??.... suggestions?

[redimpala]

I think I'll start with Psalms. Go big or go home! ;-)

You're right about knowing the various verses you mentioned. From the three you suggested I'd probably go with Ephesians. Sometimes I have a bit of an identity crisis, as far as who I am in Christ, so this might be just the book to help remind me internalize those truths. Thanks for the suggestions.

[DIYGene]

This is very exciting. Thanks so much.

[BigDaddyUker]

I just started back today memorizing Matthew 5. I think I will continue that, however, I am going to, in parallel, grab one of these books and see if I can drag my brother along. Also going to buy your two courses. Thinking about adding the book library as well. Good stuff.

[Suncoastrealestatemedia]

I think I’m going to start with Philippians.

[rrbb]

At first, I was thinking Ephesians… but after reading another viewers comment, I’m thinking probably Habakkuk.

[SEL]

I remember memorizing Philippians and Colossians in college. In hindsight, I strangely found that memorizing verbatim every verse in a book was not actually as helpful as I thought it would be for meditating on and internalizing its content. I think the idea of memorizing an outline of a book's major topics/themes is more helpful because it forces you to think more about the flow of thought, rather than fixating on getting each verse down verbatim, like it was a script to recite. I say this, not to exclude memorizing verses entirely because that certainly has its benefits.

[tammywinters]

I think Philippians first. I found you on YouVersion this past Saturday and have watched your 3 video series on memorization. It was great! The looked up your website and YouTube. Excited to start internalizing!

[donivers]

Please add me to your prays circle as iam fighting cancer need all your prays

[dianeandmark]

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