tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post6846542164765639041..comments2023-05-20T03:10:38.385-05:00Comments on Grace Unmeasured: Memorizing the Bible with Your KidsDaniel Patzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357439519814391357noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-62761782775465109142009-04-07T21:41:00.000-05:002009-04-07T21:41:00.000-05:00Elijah is so cute! That's funny he didn't want to ...Elijah is so cute! That's funny he didn't want to be thrown on the couch that time. I love listening to him try to say "forever." I can't believe how well he said the whole chapter though. That method must be good. I can't wait to use it on my kids when i get some. :)april mohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15508442187982096355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-7637332032019193182009-04-07T18:41:00.000-05:002009-04-07T18:41:00.000-05:00Great post. Thanks for the very practical advice....Great post. Thanks for the very practical advice.Jared Kennedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-80545321148166258512009-04-07T18:39:00.000-05:002009-04-07T18:39:00.000-05:00I am listening to Elijah again, it blessing my sou...I am listening to Elijah again, it blessing my soul, my eyes get moist, I am blessed to have my grandchildren memorizing. This is the first passage I memorized in daily vacation bible school.<BR/>God is so good! I pray he will use Elijah to do great things for his glory. Love Nonie xojoan patzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656879723916005690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-77409538528097684262009-04-03T23:42:00.000-05:002009-04-03T23:42:00.000-05:00Love it, love it! What a sweet voice -- brings te...Love it, love it! What a sweet voice -- brings tears to my eyes. <BR/><BR/>I had heard somewhere along the way that Jewish children learn 5 Psalms by the time they are five. I don't know if it's true, do you? It did spark me to diligently work with my kids on memorizing. By diligently I just mean consistently, really. They are amazing memorizers! My ten year old has memorized Psalm 1, 19, 23, 32, and 100, as well as John 1:1-18, Eph. 4:28-32, and Philippians 2: 2-8 (section about Christ' humility). My five-year-old is close behind, hearing all the memorizing going on with older brother. She has memorized Psalm 1, 23, 100, and the John 1 section (most of it). The two-year-old can complete the last word of the first four lines of Psalm 23. <BR/><BR/>To encourage others to do this, let me just say how very simple it is. Before we starting "working" on memorizing a passage (and I highly prefer passages to verses), I read the scripture almost daily for a month or so. The memorizing happens quite naturally after that much repetition. <BR/><BR/>My next project will be to record Daddy reading the scriptures. Then they can listen during their quiet play time. How easy is that?<BR/><BR/>It's so wonderful to know that they will remember these words of life forever (hopefully!). Review is the key, though. Memorizing something once is not enough. It must be pulled back out and polished regularly. In this way it will stick in their long-term memory.<BR/><BR/>And another big plus (as was already mentioned) is that I am edified exceedingly by my own memorization and meditation on the scriptures. Yeah, God!<BR/>For His glory,<BR/>Mama-educator of ThreeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-18224143896322956022009-04-03T19:28:00.000-05:002009-04-03T19:28:00.000-05:00I love hearing Elijah's sweet voice. :)I love hearing Elijah's sweet voice. :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138599512440470090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-66982825507043816012009-04-03T14:28:00.000-05:002009-04-03T14:28:00.000-05:00also a big thanks for this...i am sure it will get...also a big thanks for this...i am sure it will get some circulation among those of us who need what you bring to the table here.<BR/>BTW, with my two girls, as I walk them to school and rehearse PS 23, when we come to "forever" at the end...we say, "forever, and ever, and ever and ever and ever & eva & eva & eva...(Bostonian style) until we get to school!<BR/>this is great. thanks<BR/>dannyDaddy, Manf and Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513854666165365036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504245319390649888.post-5291311396781757012009-04-03T14:02:00.000-05:002009-04-03T14:02:00.000-05:00thanks for sharing this--I have wanted to start me...thanks for sharing this--I have wanted to start memorizing passages like that with my kids, but we are so "bogged down" with AWANA verses--and I don't mean for that to sound bad. I love your ideas and methods and hope to try them, maybe this summer, when AWANA is on break! Thanks!Matt & Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559905139241223459noreply@blogger.com