One of the things that happens to many people as they get older is that they become increasingly more senile, which is defined as the loss of mental faculties. The loss of mental faculties! That sounds terrible!

One of the things that also happens with age is the loss of muscle strength, but you can reverse that with exercise. Another loss is balance, but you can also change that by jumping rope. So what can I do to reverse becoming increasingly more senile? Memorize Bible verses, lots of them. And besides keeping your mind strong, you also grow in wisdom as the Word of God fills your mind and heart.

I spend 30 minutes every day memorizing new Bible versesand reviewing ones that I have already memorized. I also spend time meditating on those passages of the Bible that I have memorized well.

Psalms 1:2-3
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.

Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.

Very few people will systematically do this discipline because it is too hard, it takes too much self-control, as they would say, “I just can’t do it!” If you get into some kind of accountability group where you would mutually encourage each other to memorize the Bible, you will not only keep your mind sharp, and grow in the wisdom of God, but you will also grow spiritually and become more and more like Jesus Christ in character, guaranteed.