Remember, people had clearly memorized scripture in the Old and New Testament times and were even commanded to meditate on it day and night, well before there were smart phones or computers or apps. I use this as a backdrop for looking at the various Bible memory apps available in 2023, to encourage you that you can use one app, or another, or even go tech free, and as long as God is in it, you can still memorize Bible verses. You see, it is by God’s revelation of His word to us, and by the enabling of the Holy Spirit that we are even able to memorize Scripture verses and recall it, understand it, and quote it appropriately. But he only did this in one of his temptations, whereas Jesus responded to all the temptations with scripture quotations.īible teacher Keith Ferrin talks frequently about the need to “not just know the words, but know the Word.” There are also occasions where Jesus makes statements (to the Pharisees) which begin with the phrase “Have you never read…” (Matthew 21:16, 42, Mark 2:25), implying that the Pharisees either hadn’t read the scriptures or (more likely) didn’t understand what they’d read.Įven Satan, when he was tempting Jesus, quoted some scripture to Jesus in Matthew 4:6. Jesus went on to say that they had been looking to the scriptures for life but overlooking the fact that this life was found in Him, as the scripture bore witness too. Jesus mentioned this particularly in John 5:37-40 where he indicated that the Pharisees didn’t understand the scriptures, for if they had understood them, they would have seen them as pointing to Him. Most often, this group was the Pharisees, but at times the scribes and the Sadducees also tried to oppose Jesus on the grounds of the text of scripture, or their ‘understanding’ of it. You see, in the New Testament, there were people who knew the scriptures incredibly well, and yet they refused to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. Memorizing Scripture ≠ Understanding Scripture …but it must be done with the intent of the author, that is at the direction of the Holy Spirit. I share this as a pre-cursor to investigating the best Bible memory apps since it can become easy to think that our Bible memory is something separate and distinct from our walk with God, and that we are able in ourselves to grow closer to God or become ‘self-directing’ by memorizing key Bible verses and quoting the Bible as we think we should.ĭon’t get me wrong, the Bible is God’s Word, and it should be quoted… …it is our reliance on God which enables us to grow more in Him by His Word and through our relationship with Him.…as it’s Author, He is the one who can shed light on it’s meaning and help us to recall it in times of need (John 16:12-15).I want to start with a brief encouragement. If you’re short on time, you can see the top memory apps here. What are the best Bible memory apps that you can use on your computer or mobile device to help you track and review the Scripture you’re working to memorize? And is this the best way to memorize Scripture?
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