Monday Memorization Challenge

Mondays are such a drag most of the time, if not all the time. So what can I do to try to make that better? The best thing I can think of is time with the LORD. He is the only one that can put peace into my heart and calm my stress. Stress is a big thing for me, because if I get too stressed out I end up with heart palpitations. Not fun! So I have decided to do some scripture memorization every Monday! Monday Memorization.

For a really long time now, like a year, I have been trying to memorize all of Galatians, in the ESV. It all started when my pastor from Okinawa, Mark Oshman (check out his sermons on itunes), challenged the congregation with a list of things. One of them being to memorize one of Paul's epistles. I chose Galatians. I would get going on a good routine and then I would get caught up in the business of life and then forget about it. Only to try and start again later and have to start from the beginning because I'm rusty. So here I go again. Starting roughly from the beginning. I have Chapter 1 pretty much down, I tend to leave out a line sometimes, but other than that I'm doing pretty good. Now I need to get chapter 2 down just as well so I can continue on to chapter 3 and finally get past that. I have never gone past chapter 3... it like an evil hump I can't get over.

Now here is the challenge. Just to memorize a verse a week, if you would like to join me in memorizing one of Paul's epistles let me know so we can encourage one another in completing it!

Here is a verse that is a good one to start with if you are new to memorizing scripture...  (which was also one of Mark Oshman's challenges)

"All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Here is the full list of challenges:

1. Meditate on and memorize 2 Tim 3:16-17
2. Begin reading the Bible one chapter per day
3. Commit to reading through the New Testament in the next 6 months
4. Commit to memorizing a chapter in the New Testament
5. Commit to reading the whole Bible in a year
6. Partner with someone and memorize an Epistle
7. Partner with someone and read through Systematic Theology
8. Do an in depth study on one of the books of the Bible.
9. Begin learning a biblical language
10. Enroll in Bible College or Seminary

here is another translation of 2 Tim 3:16-17
"All scripture is God-Breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."