As a recap and summary of what BibleMemory.ORG is all about…

For years and years I have felt a strong desire to give a gift back to the Lord for Who He is and what He means to me and all He’s done, something above and beyond  the norm, as important as those daily gifts of obedience and worship and fellowship and meditation are.  Something in addition  to those.  A grand, overarching love gift and thank-You gift back to Him.  And as noted on the About page and repeated in this blog’s very first post, one day IT HIT ME.  Like a bolt of lightning from a stormy sky, it hit me EXACTLY what I could do. Indeed, what I MUST do.  And that is, for the first time in known human history, to MEMORIZE the ENTIRE BIBLE and then recite His OWN WORD AND WORDS BACK TO HIM!  [I am of course referring to non-deitic  human history, since the Lord Jesus Himself not only KNEW the entire Bible by heart, not only KNEW the Word, but WAS the Word, was the very personification of the Bible.  Whenever  I use the term “human history” it excludes the Lord Jesus since He is in a class of His own, a class of one, since no other human before or after can even come close to comparing to Him even just on a human level, even just in his humanity.]

That’s quite the gift, to be sure.  It will – and indeed already has begun to – require a full-time, day-in-and-day-out, multi-year commitment but (a) is still  not even one-infinitieth  of what He truly DESERVES but (b) is the closest to that I could think of, the best I can do, so I decided right then and there to dedicate the rest of my life to this and the ministries which I’m sure will flow forth from this historic endeavor, this history-making undertaking.

Even apart from the spiritual/religious aspect involving the Bible, just from a human, intellectual standpoint I already know that there’ll be a huge amount of media interest in this and that their presence will be extensive on the day or more likely week that I actually and literally RECITE the ENTIRE BIBLE back to Him [Lord-willing… and I’m sure He is!  How could He NOT be?  Like I mention on the home page, just think about how pleased, how flattered YOU would be if you gave a heartfelt love letter to the person you were dating and then on your next date that person RECITED IT BACK TO YOU BY HEART, FROM MEMORY!  (Okay, some people might be frightened  by that but you get the point.  I.e., because most of us wouldn’t write a love letter in the first place if we had just started  dating, if we didn’t already have a good idea of their character and suitability, I would definitely be flattered and view that as a huge positive/plus!)].  I mean, for any  mere mortal (let alone such a flawed  one as I) to be able to memorize much less recite at one time anything  so voluminous as the ENTIRE BIBLE would have to attract a ton of attention – religious, media, academic/intellectual, and otherwise.

So what I currently envision is making a whole week (month?) of it (since the Bible could never be recited in just one day) and use that event to focus the world’s attention on the Bible – its literal, functional, actual power, regardless of the vessel – and our precious Savior.  I am highly confident that such will be sustained far beyond that event/week/month via the resultant ministries (discussed here) but even if it weren’t, just being used to direct the world’s focus on the Lord of the Word and the Word of the Lord even for a minute  would single-handedly make my entire life very worthwhile.

Of course, none of this will happen if the Lord doesn’t lead enough like-minded Bible-loving believers to serve as His hand and fingers by getting behind this and supporting it in whatever ways they’re able as listed in the Side Panel at the top-right of this page.  Because if I can’t devote FULL-TIME to finishing that ginormous task (there’s a reason it’ll be the first time in human history) it wouldn’t happen.  (I could probably finish the whole New Testament on a part-time basis but He deserves so I am dead-set on ALL of His Word, BOTH halves, so I need to start doing so full-time.)  And that’s also why it’s so important that Lord-led believers also spread the word and “share” this and the other posts with everyone they know, by word-of-mouth and/or on their social media platforms, to “follow” this blog and subscribe to the Bible Memory YouTube Channel, and to sponsor this whole thing via the Donate button above or below and to check that little box on the PayPal page and become a Monthly  Partner in this endeavor, even if just for ten bucks a month (just 33 cents  a day).

I already KNOW that the Bible is so powerful that being ingested (memorized) even by just one  person – no matter how  flawed – will absolutely shake the world to its core and produce some downright amazing, jaw-dropping things and I can hardly wait to see exactly what He has in store but it’s exciting beyond description even in foresight… methinks the world is about to get a real eye-opener, and I can’t thank you enough for being a big part of that!

So that’s the vision in a few paragraphs.  There’s so much more to say and share but I’ll do so via future posts.  For now, I just want to end this one by testifying to the fact that the Bible has not only saved me – in every way a person could possibly be saved:  spiritual, physical, emotional, relational – but has put me squarely on the proverbial “cloud nine” each and every day.  Just under the umbrella of the Holy Trinity, the Bible has become my all-in-all in this life, because it’s the bridge that joins me  to the Holy Trinity.  Day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute.  One of the taglines or mottos of this Blog is “HAPPINESS GUARANTEED.”  Because, to borrow a phrase from Ephesians 3:20, I’m exceeding abundantly beyond  certain that anyone  who regularly  ”follows” this blog and these posts – who “reads ’em and heeds  ’em” – will absolutely see a tangible and wonderful and constant increase in their sense of happiness and joy and peace and love in their day-to-day life.  And believe me when I say that such won’t be because of me but in spite  of me.  Not because of me but wholly, fully, and solely because of the BIBLE.  Its power.  Its work.  Its utter endurance (1 Peter 1:23,25; Psalm 19:9; Matthew 5:18; John 10:35).  Its “tried and true” nature (Proverbs 30:5).  Its tangible  effect on anyone it indwells – and the stronger the indwelling (Colossians 3:16), the stronger the effect and effects.

Which brings me to my final point.  There’s no question that to MAXIMIZE those effects and benefits and rewards, a person will need to INGEST the Bible, to MEMORIZE it themselves, to literally place it INSIDE themselves – their mind and therefore body and life.  But the Bible is SO powerful that just as in nature a virus spreads from person to person, so also the effect and effects of the Bible can be realized just by PROXIMITY.  Not to the same  EXTENT as if ingested by that person, but for those who don’t think they have the time or inclination (yet!) to memorize the Bible on a regular, systematic basis themselves, I’m thrilled to tell you that just being close (via regular exposure to these posts) to someone who DOES will still have a major effect and benefit in your life.  It’s my honor to have you here and to SHOW you what I mean as the coming months and years unfold.
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