Spending time each day reading the Word is the most effective way to memorize it. First things first, carve out some quality time where you can disconnect from all the distractions. Find a quiet spot where it's just you and the Holy Spirit. You'll be amazed at how much easier it is to focus when you do that.
Once you're settled, try this: Read aloud what you're studying. Saying it out loud a couple of times really helps it stick. Then, grab a pen and paper and write it down. That'll help you get even more familiar with the passage.
Finally, meditate on what you've read. Meditation is such an important habit for every Christian. Really let the words sink in.
It's so important to keep God's Word in your heart and learn from it. There's always a verse, a chapter, or even a whole book that's going to speak to you right where you are. And remember, memorizing Scripture is doable, as long as you're willing to put in the effort. You got this!
Someone who is already wise will hear and learn still more; someone who already understands will gain the ability to counsel well;
The mind of a person with discernment gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
For wisdom is a shelter, and money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom keeps the one who has it alive.
“I will instruct and teach you in this way that you are to go; I will give you counsel; my eyes will be watching you.”
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
Give to a wise man, and he grows still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will learn still more.
For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that with the encouragement of the Tanakh we might patiently hold on to our hope.
let the Word of the Messiah, in all its richness, live in you, as you teach and counsel each other in all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude to God in your hearts.
Do all you can to present yourself to God as someone worthy of his approval, as a worker with no need to be ashamed, because he deals straightforwardly with the Word of the Truth.
Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life — live wisely, not unwisely.Use your time well, for these are evil days.
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.
For God’s “nonsense” is wiser than humanity’s “wisdom.” And God’s “weakness” is stronger than humanity’s “strength.”
Can no one be taught anything? Can no one understand the message? Must one teach barely weaned toddlers, babies just taken from the breast,
Keep doing what you have learned and received from me, what you have heard and seen me doing; then the God who gives shalom will be with you.
The mind of a person with discernment seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
For although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the very first principles of God’s Word all over again! You need milk, not solid food!Anyone who has to drink milk is still a baby, without experience in applying the Word about righteousness.But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by continuous exercise to distinguish good from evil.
In addition, my son, take heed: one can write many books — there’s no end to it; and one can study so much that it wearies the flesh.
And to human beings he said, ‘Look, fear of Adonai is wisdom! Shunning evil is understanding!’”
Train a child in the way he [should] go; and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.
And keep growing in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah. To him be the glory, both now and forever! Amen.
so that you may live lives worthy of the Lord and entirely pleasing to him, being fruitful in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God.
How much better than gold it is to gain wisdom! Yes, rather than money, choose to gain understanding.
Haven’t you known, haven’t you heard that the everlasting God, Adonai, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not grow tired or weary? His understanding cannot be fathomed.He invigorates the exhausted, he gives strength to the powerless.A voice cries out: “Clear a road through the desert for Adonai! Level a highway in the ‘Aravah for our God!Young men may grow tired and weary, even the fittest may stumble and fall;but those who hope in Adonai will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as with eagles’ wings; when they are running they won’t grow weary, when they are walking they won’t get tired.
“So, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on bedrock.The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the winds blew and beat against that house, but it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on rock.
Concerning people, I said to myself, “God is testing them, so that they will see that by themselves they are just animals.After all, the same things that happen to people happen to animals, the very same thing — just as the one dies, so does the other. Yes, their breath is the same; so that humans are no better than animals; since nothing matters, anyway.
It rises at one side of the sky, circles around to the other side, and nothing escapes its heat.The Torah of Adonai is perfect, restoring the inner person. The instruction of Adonai is sure, making wise the thoughtless.
You will have to suffer only a little while; after that, God, who is full of grace, the one who called you to his eternal glory in union with the Messiah, will himself restore, establish and strengthen you and make you firm.
Make me know your ways, Adonai, teach me your paths.Guide me in your truth, and teach me; for you are the God who saves me, my hope is in you all day long.
So, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey now when I am away from you: keep working out your deliverance with fear and trembling,for God is the one working among you both the willing and the working for what pleases him.
learn to do good! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend orphans, plead for the widow.
The mouth of the righteous articulates wisdom, his tongue speaks justice.The Torah of his God is in his heart; his footsteps do not falter.
Well, whatever you do, whether it’s eating or drinking or anything else, do it all so as to bring glory to God.
Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh,Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, for an angel of Adonai came down from heaven, rolled away the stone and sat on it.and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age.”
Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called in accordance with his purpose;
the God of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the glorious Father, to give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you will have full knowledge of him.
But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure, then peaceful, kind, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Be diligent about this work, throw yourself into it, so that your progress may be clear to everyone.
Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah; I will observe it with all my heart.
A wise-hearted person is said to have discernment, and sweetness of speech adds to learning.
so that you will not become sluggish, but will be imitators of those who by their trust and patience are receiving what has been promised.
A person may have gold and a wealth of pearls, but lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
Now I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and well able to counsel each other.
Now we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit of God, so that we might understand the things God has so freely given us.
Since it is through the Spirit that we have Life, let it also be through the Spirit that we order our lives day by day.
and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.
Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.For wisdom is better than pearls; nothing you want can compare with her.
As for you, the Messianic anointing you received from the Father remains in you, so that you have no need for anyone to teach you. On the contrary, as his Messianic anointing continues to teach you about all things, and is true, not a counterfeit, so, just as he taught you, remain united with him.
The eyes of those seeing will not be closed, the ears of those hearing will pay close attention.The minds of the impetuous will learn to weigh carefully, the tongues of the stutterers will speak readily and clearly.
Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you.
yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure —then you will understand the fear of Adonai and find knowledge of God.
Oh, Timothy! Keep safe what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from the ungodly babblings and the argumentative opposition of what is falsely called “knowledge.”For many who promise this “knowledge” have missed the mark, as far as the faith is concerned. Grace be with you.
In conclusion, brothers, focus your thoughts on what is true, noble, righteous, pure, lovable or admirable, on some virtue or on something praiseworthy.
A son who heeds his father’s discipline is wise, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
For ever since the creation of the universe his invisible qualities — both his eternal power and his divine nature — have been clearly seen, because they can be understood from what he has made. Therefore, they have no excuse;
The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame on his mother.
So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don’t give up, we will in due time reap the harvest.
Also keep your servant from presumptuous sins, so that they won’t control me. Then I will be blameless and free of great offense.
So trust comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through a word proclaimed about the Messiah.
Let no one fool himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise (by this world’s standards), let him become “foolish,” so that he may become really wise.For the wisdom of this world is nonsense, as far as God is concerned; inasmuch as the Tanakh says, “He traps the wise in their own cleverness,”
and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources.
For the leader. By David the servant of Adonai, who addressed the words of this song to Adonai on the day when Adonai delivered him from the power of all his enemies, including from the power of Sha’ul.
He answered, “You are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself.”
No one will be able to withstand you as long as you live. Just as I was with Moshe, so I will be with you. I will neither fail you nor abandon you.
then, if my people, who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.
and the passage of the Tanakh was fulfilled which says, “Avraham had faith in God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness.” He was even called God’s friend.
For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.
But he answered, “The Tanakh says, ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai’”
“I am giving you a new command: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other.
By David, when he pretended to be insane before Avimelekh, who then drove him away; so he left:
In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.