Art: Help for Memorizing Scripture

Here is a very simple art project that will also help you with your Bible memorization. So easy, anyone can do it. Very inexpensive. Easy to carry around with you in your purse, too. No need to be an “artist” (although I believe everyone is an artist in their own way—that will have to be another post 🙂 ).

Supplies:

one 50 piece ringed and ruled index card notebook (see photo below)
markers of your choice (I used mostly permanent markers which means I can only use one side of the cards. If you use highlight markers or children’s washable markers you will be able to make 100 memory cards instead of only 50)
the scripture verses you want to memorize

Start with this:

Decorate the cover however you wish. Here’s mine done very simply:

Write out your verses, one or two per card. For longer passages, including entire chapters (like an entire Psalm), write out two to three verses per index card and keep them in sequential order. If you have sloppy handwriting, are more of a perfectionist or are more beauty-conscious than me, you may want to print out your verse on a piece of paper and then glue it on the card. That is a lot of extra work though. The printer ink may also bleed when you try to color it.

These are so easy to make. You can write them out ahead of time and then color them in when you are watching a youtube video on the computer or watching a little television or while you are in a doctor’s waiting room, or while you are waiting for dinner to finish cooking or just about whenever you like!

After you get some of them finished, remember to review them often. An easy way to remember to do this is to carry this little notebook with you in your purse.

Here are several samples of my finished cards:

Inspiration for this project was found here: http://godblessyourart.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-memorize-scripture-with-art.html

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Comments

Art: Help for Memorizing Scripture — 5 Comments

Karen Rainwater on January 21, 2014 at 11:23 am said:

This is a great idea! I think it might help to jump start the memorization process if we focus on the card while we color it. 🙂

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- Cheryl Cope on January 21, 2014 at 12:44 pm said:
  
  Exactly! You start memorizing while you write out the verse and while you color it in!
  
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Amy Hagerup on January 21, 2014 at 5:58 pm said:

HI Cheryl, I love the art ideas for scripture memory. I am currently memorizing I Peter. I have each chapter written out on full sheets of paper and that is how I review it. I take them everywhere I go and review before I go to sleep at night. It’s such a great way to become a Biblical thinker. Blessings, Amy

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- Cheryl Cope on January 21, 2014 at 6:18 pm said:
  
  That sounds like a good idea as well. I just wanted mine to be more “artsy”. The colors actually help me remember better.
  
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Kathy Bornarth on January 27, 2014 at 12:52 pm said:

I love this idea Cheryl and thank you for the samples from your own book. I have to admit I have a hard time with memorization, so I’ll give this a try and see how I do. I’ll let you know.

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