1 Peter 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. I recommend that you focus on these two verses every day for a week before going on to the next two. My goal is that you will memorize all of 1 Peter 1:3-12. There are 10 verses, which would take you about five weeks at the rate that I am suggesting. Some people can memorize more rapidly, and that is great, but as I have grown older, I have difficulties with memorization, so I have set a slower pace so that those of you who have memory issues like I do will not feel discouraged.

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

(Verse 3)  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
(Verse 4)  to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

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

(Verse 3)  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord ___________ Christ! According to his great ___________, he has caused us to be born again to a living ___________ through the resurrection of ___________ Christ from the dead,
(Verse 4)  to an inheritance that is ___________, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for ___________,

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

(Verse 3)  ___________ be the ___________ and Father of our Lord ___________ ___________! According to his great ___________, he has caused us to be born ___________ to a living ___________ through the resurrection of ___________ ___________ from the ___________,
(Verse 4)  to an inheritance that is ___________, undefiled, and ___________, kept in heaven for ___________,

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

(Verse 3)  ___________ be the ___________ and ___________ of our ___________ ___________ ___________! According to his ___________ ___________, he has caused us to be ___________ ___________ to a living ___________ through the ___________ of ___________ ___________ from the ___________,
(Verse 4)  to an ___________ that is ___________, ___________, and ___________, kept in ___________ for ___________,

Step 5: Try saying the verses with only blanks.

(Verse 3)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________! ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________,
(Verse 4)  ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________, ___________, ___________ ___________, ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________,

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