Memorizing Scripture Week 2

Opening Act: Soaking Up Jesus

Each table has two sponges, a plate and a cup of water.  Talk about the qualities of a hard, dry sponge. Have various volunteers read verses on being hard-hearted. (Matt 13:14-15, Eph 4:18 and Gen 6:5) Put the sponge scrubber side up and poor a little bit of water on it…most of the time it runs off.

How can we soften our hearts? (Scripture, Service, Prayer…)

Turn the sponge over to the soft side and poor water on – now what? Keep pouring water and what eventually happens? (It spreads out onto the plate because the sponge is so full.)  Now put the dry sponge on top of the wet sponge and what happens? How can we be like the wet sponge? DRIP JESUS on people!!

Memorizing Discussion: - Some more why’s

Each table has a card with a verse to look up and share as a group.

Ps 119:11, Josh 1:8, Deut 11:18, Col 3:16, Prov 6:21-22, Ps 37:30-31, Luke 8:15 and Ps 119:105

Have people share at their tables what scriptures they worked on memorizing.

Ask anyone to share a different technique they used.

Memory Stations

Have Memorizy Stations set up around the room for people to go to.

Scripture Hopscotch – toss bean bag and jump to square, saying the words from a Bible verse as you jump.

Pie Tins and clothes pins - each clothes pin is numbered and goes with a word. Roll dice to see which word to take off and recite the verse with that verse covered up.

Have a pile of legos and labels. Pick first verse to work on as family and put a word each lego.

Notecards –write first letter of each word from a verse and decorate for mirrors.

Pray It – Adults take their verse and write it into a prayer.