The hardest thing I do is memorize Bible verses. I work on my memory verses for 45 minutes every night before bed. In the morning, my mind is much stronger, and I memorize faster, but if I do my memorizing at night, I think about the verses all night long, and they seem to be much more permanently impressed on my mind. I can talk myself out of memorizing easily because it takes so much mental energy and effort. Sometimes, my head will ache after 45 minutes of intense memorizing, not in a “headache” sort of way, but in a fatigued kind of way.

I persevere in memorizing Bible verses because I believe that the Bible is the Word of God, the Mind of Christ and that the Bible is living and supernatural. I believe that memorizing God’s Word changes me from the inside out. I know that it helps me a great deal to control my thinking.

Memorizing Scripture takes great self-control, and I grow in self-control as I continue to make memorizing the Bible a high priority in my life.

When they get to be my age, 75, many people will struggle with memory or thinking issues. Spending 45 minutes every day memorizing Bible verses is the best exercise we can do for our brain to keep it strong.