SUM 11: Day 9

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Scripture Memory: How? What’s your favorite song? Can you recite all the lyrics? Ready, set, go! I remember my first CD: Celine Dion’s self-titled album. (It’s okay; you can laugh!) Oh, how I loved that CD! Hours upon hours of my middle school years were spent in private concert, belting out Celine’s lyrics at the top of my lungs—in the security of my bedroom, of course. Recently I found my old Dion tunes. I still belted it … word by word, note by note; those songs are no stranger to me. An all-time fave: “Water from the Moon.”

How is it that I so easily remember the words to songs, yet when it comes to knowing God’s Word, I can be so unfamiliar? Are you in the same boat?

Think about how much time you spend listening to music. The hours I spent locked in my bedroom, stereo cranked up, provide all the evidence for how those words are so etched into my heart. I listened over and over and over and over and over again. Our strategy for reading God’s word ought to be the same. It takes exposure, it takes time and it takes devotion to learning and processing. The best way to memorize Scripture is to make it part of our daily lives. Write the verses you’re memorizing on note cards and place them in your car, your wallet, inside your locker door. Use them as bookmarks. Wherever you take your phone or iPod, take a note card filled with Scripture.

Read: Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Pray: Ask God to help you saturate yourself in His Word. Ask Him for the desire to commit His Word to memory.

Do: Start a Scripture Memory journal. For extra inspiration, look up songs that are verses set to music. Shane & Shane has lots to choose from!

SUM: Service and Notes: Day 8

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Psalm 119:11
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Challenge: How will I use my brain this week?


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SUM 11: Day 4

Isaiah 26:4-10 and Deuteronomy 6:4-6

“All night long I search for You; in the morning I earnestly seek for God.” Have you ever been on a Snipe hunt? What a thrilling event! There is nothing like going into the woods at night to catch the elusive Snipe, armed with nothing but a grocery sack and your wits. To catch a Snipe, you have to be quick. You also have to be good at calling one to you, like a turkey hunter would call a turkey. But instead of gobbling, you simply call out “snipe.” Usually the higher-pitched voice you use, the better! Of all the times I’ve ever gone Snipe hunting, I’ve never caught one. I’ve come close a few times, but they always get away. This is probably why you don’t see stuffed Snipes hanging on walls or proudly displayed in homes. They are elusive!

Unlike a Snipe, God is not elusive. When we seek Him, He answers us! Each time I look for God, I find Him. That’s a better percentage than anything else I do in life.

Read: Isaiah 26:4-10. Now read Deuteronomy 6:4-6.

Pray: Thank God for his love and kindness. Thank Him for being closer than any friend. Ask Him to teach you how to seek Him in every area of your life.

Do: Meditate on these passages today as you seek God.