In the Bible, the word for "Remember” is used 352 times in the scriptures. When its variants are counted, that number jumps to more than 550. In John 16, Jesus promised his apprentices that the Holy Spirit would remind them of his words. But to do that, we have to have Jesus’ words in our memories!

God’s part is to bring the right Scripture to our minds at the right time, but our part is to build an inner library of key passages for the Holy Spirit to access day and night.

All of us are prone to spiritual amnesia — to forget what we need to hear again and again. Memorization and repetition trains the mind to focus and anchors the soul. We hear over and over “I love you. You are mine.” We need this like we need air to breathe and food to eat.

God has spoken his Word of life to us. That’s His part. Our part is to remember.

Teacher: Caleb Sprinkle

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