The Beginning–Memorizing Genesis 1:3-4

The Beginning--Memorizing Genesis 1:3-4

Ronda

19 Apr, 2023

Bible Verses: Genesis 1:3-4 (ESV-English Standard Version)

An important part of keeping God’s word in your heart and having it available for when you need to quote it to fight against the devil’s temptations is to memorize scripture. There are many ways to do this including singing verses, using pneumonic devices, and old-fashioned look and don’t look as you try to say the verse. Here is a technique that I learned from memverse.com. Try it out and see if it works for you. The goal for The Beginning series is to memorize Genesis 1:1-2:3. This passage tells the story of creation. At two verses a week, it should take 17 weeks to memorize this passage, but you can work faster if you wish.

Step 1: First read or sing or chant the verses several times.

(Verse 3) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
(Verse 4)  And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 

Step 2: Now try saying the verses with words missing.

(Verse 3) And ___________ said, “Let there be ___________,” and there was ___________.

(Verse 4) And ___________ saw that the ___________ was good. And ___________ separated the light from the darkness. 

Step 3: Try saying the verses with more words missing.

(Verse 3) And ___________ said, “Let ___________ be ___________,” and ___________ was ___________.

(Verse 4) And ___________ saw that the ___________ was good. And ___________ ___________ the ___________ from the ___________. 

Step 4: Try saying the verses with even more words missing.

(Verse 3) ___________ ___________ ___________, “Let ___________ be ___________,” ___________ ___________ was ___________.

(Verse 4) And ___________ ___________ that the ___________ was ___________. And ___________ ___________ the ___________ ___________ the ___________. 

Step 5: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 3) ___________ ___________ ___________, “___________ ___________ ___________ ___________,” ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

(Verse 4) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________. 

Final Step: Try saying the verses without blanks: Genesis 1:3-4.