Don't Memorize the Bible. Do THIS instead (w/ Keith Ferrin)

So many thought-provoking ideas in this interview! What was your favorite? Please share in the comments below and be sure to check out Keith's website here: www.keithferrin.com/

I've been a Christian for 60 years and I don't recall ever hearing a sermon on the value of making a habit of internalizing or memorizing scripture. Now I'm feeling led to internalize scripture and I admit that I'm feeling terrified. Here I am learning and hearing wonderful YT videos gathering information and becoming more comfortable with starting to look at the Bible and God's word from a new perspective. Praying about NIV or NLT and starting with reading Philippians for 30 days. Thank you for this podcast. Love and blessings to all ❤✝

I'm so excited to read the Bible stories as stories instead of verses!

He spoke my language when he described it as INTERNALIZATION. MY HEART CONNECTED. THANK YOU❤

Just “Hang out with Jesus!”—-it doesn’t get any better than that.

This is so so very good! Many people teach on memorizing with grocery lists and mnemonic devices but not understanding or contextual meaning. Like a child learning multiplication tables without understanding that 4 x 5 ….., means (5+5+5+5= 20) All very random and thoughtless!!! I am very excited to learn of your approach!!!👏🏻

I learned a lot from this method! I have been feeling that my focus on memorization is not quite where it should be but didn’t know how to describe it. I love the thought of internalization as the first goal. Thank you for bringing me back around to the priority.

Love this! Headed to check out Keith Ferri 's resources now (and to reach out for the link he offered your views 😊). I love the challenge to Internalize with our hearts, not just memorize with our minds, "knowing the Word, not just knowing the words". Scripture is "relational not just informational".😊

This was very encouraging! I appreciate how the motive for memory is to internalize. I think that's what we all want, and there are different ways to do so. 😊

I was fortunate to see Keith in person presenting Phillipians, I want to say it was, at our church maybe 20 years ago. I remember being impressed with the sheer content he had memorized, certainly. The way he presented it as a whole letter, and delivered the letter personally to us--that was the real impact. I saw then, maybe for the first time, that Scripture wasn't just something to simply know or quote, but it was meant to be a deep part of our minds and our lives, truly transformative power.

This completely changed the way I look at things. I had been wondering why I'd been feeling... I don't know- unfulfilled?- in my Bible studies. The straightforward way it was explained as a relationship woke me up from a very critical mindset. I was slipping back into old legalistic habits without even knowing it; thank you! I'll probably come back to this video a few times in-order to really let the message sink home, but the core of "internalization", "memorization as a tool", and "watch the movie before studying it", have really rocked the way I was looking at things. I had been wondering why it felt like I knew so much and so little at the same time, and this is why. I've been knowing of God, but failing to take the time to KNOW Him. I've been missing the point of studying Scripture. This video took what the Holy Spirit had been trying to tell me and brought it all together. He used it to teach me something I thought I knew.

I've been a Christian for about 25 years. Lately, I've had this urge to understand God more. I've felt disappointed in myself for not knowing more. I'm thankful for the insight in this video. I think I've been seeking internalizing scripture but didn't know that's what it was until this video. I can't wait to read the Bible and spend meaningful time with God. Thank you ❤!

I love Keith's heart for the word of God and the intention of why we write on our heart. Awesome I feel like I have met my people, believers that love God's word like I do. Thank you Josh!

Word perfect, punctuation perfect? I don’t know that I could ever depart from memorizing this way. However, your guest is right on with the point about internalizing. Is the Word in our hearts and therefore visible through our lives, or is it stuck in our big religious heads? Bible Memory Goal has always featured guests that value heart knowledge—amen! I used to be an academic—I still am in some ways—but the Lord has shown me the importance of meditation and internalization. Blessings Josh, Reverend Darren McClelland ✝️🙏🙂

I am 21 years old and have been a Christian all my life. I decided to read books of the nee testament but I get frustrated when a book I took so much time to study becomes strange after a short while. This year I decided to memorize portions of the bible and this view has really given me momentum for this new challenge. Thanks so much.

I think Keith's approach "internalization" (LOVE that word!!!) is gonna be a game changer for me. I have been wanting to memorizing whole books, but it's just not working like I want. And he's right, I always forget later on. I so want to internalize the stories and not just memorize the words! Thank you so much! Totally gonna check out Keith's courses too!

Wow! Just keep repeating the verse you want to remember over and over in your head. I would have never thought about remembering that way. 😅

I'm now excited to read the Bible. I've been struggling with having a personal relationship with the Lord because I've been taught to just sit quietly with him but my mind is always all over the place. I now see that that's just one aspect of spending time with Him. Thank you.

A lot of work went into memorizing nkjv, but now I like esv. I no longer think that matters I’ll just pick up where I left off with esv. I’m gonna start with Philippians. I memorized John 1-2. Gonna pick up where I left off after Phil. Thanks!

Excellent advice!!!