You have access to the mind of Christ! Think about that. Your limited understanding can expand to the point where God mingles His thoughts with yours. The gifts of revelation, prophecy, discerning of spirits, and words of knowledge are all accessible to you!
BUT…
Jesus told the disciples, “I have many things to say to you, but you can’t bear them now.” Can't bear it now? Think. What would Jesus love to tell you that He can’t tell you because you simply can’t handle the conversation? The disciples would not remain in this condition for long however, and neither will you if you follow this closely.
Jesus went on to explain how He would get them ready for more, and deeper, understanding. To paraphrase, in John 16 He said, “The Holy Spirit is not only going to reveal to you everything that I am saying, He will reveal your future and things to come. He will teach you from the inside out. He is the spirit of truth.”
The key is this—your mind interacting intentionally with God's Spirit of truth!
- Renew your mind to walk in ALL truth: It is possible to have a day by day walk with the supernatural mind of Christ and this is made possible through the Holy Spirit. Remember, “Man does not live by bread alone but by EVERY word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Deuteronomy 8:3). Don't just feed one or two familiar themes, explore the whole Bible—every word! I want to be able to walk in all truth. Derek Prince once said, “Your relationship with the Word of God reveals your relationship with God.” Sad to say, most of us look at Bible study as if it were boring school work. Truth is, the Word of God is a spiritual book that feeds your revelation capacity. Your soul feeds on whatever stimulates your mind and emotions. Your body feeds on physical food. Your spirit feeds on communion with God and His Word.
- The words of Jesus are powerful: Jesus said, “My words are spirit and they are life” (John 6:63). They contain within them the thought structures of how God thinks. Remember in the movie The Matrix when Neo gets a download from the Matrix into his memory and is instantly transformed into a Kung Fu master? Well, when you plug yourself into the Word of God you literally, intravenously, tap into the mind of God Himself. God begins by the Holy Spirit to renew your thought structures, to breathe into the very membranes of the way that you think. He starts to infuse His truth into you—in the same way the tree feeds the branches that bear fruit. Suddenly your soul and your body and your circumstances start to fall under the authority of the very Word of God.
- Commit scripture to memory and you tap into God’s heart: When you memorize chunks of scripture it’s like taking a cosmic antioxidant into your brain that eats up all the corrosion and junk that you don’t even realize you have accumulated over a lifetime of exposure to demonic, carnal, and soulish thought structures. As the Word of God takes root in your heart, it sets off like a time capsule and it comes back to you in the moment you need it in ways and in layers that you can hardly imagine.
As a final note of encouragement, ponder this: Jesus defeated the devil after 40 days of fasting by quoting just one book of the Bible. He didn’t fly all over the Old Testament scripture. Three times He quoted Deuteronomy in response to Satan. Imagine, one book of the Bible is all you need to defeat the most powerful temptations and attacks of the devil if you have it memorized, internalized, and ready to fire back at the moment of temptation.
Question: What changes can you make today to begin to implement scripture memorization into your daily routine? Tell me about it below!
As One!
Lance
P.S. Would you like to learn a simple technique that helped me memorize whole chunks of the Bible? If you guys are interested, tell me in the comments, and I will explain it on an upcoming broadcast! (This is a cool video app you can get for free if you use Twitter!)
Thank you so much…I love the written articles you send or post, and then sometimes I have time to watch a video. I like it when there is both…but if it’s written, I can print it and read it later. I’m a reader rather than a watcher, but this generation is mostly watchers I guess.
So the way I have memorized a LOT of scripture is to buy books with scriptures grouped into categories (like: Sword of the Spirit by Joy Lamb, or the Prayers that Avail Much series…many others) and I speak the Word aloud – (sometimes REALLY ALOUD – Loudly!) and then I find it has been deposited into my spirit and memory and heart, and it’s there when I need it, and the Holy Spirit pulls it up…it sort of ‘floats up’ and I wield the Sword through my mouth from the rich treasury within me. And THAT’S how I have memorized scripture. (You asked how we did it.) I LOVE to fight with it!
God bless you and thank you for the blessing you are to the Body of Christ.
Yes! I’d love to learn more; always a student!
I am learning to pause on the scriptures that He reveals to me and just wait for Him.
Thank you for the truths you share through your passion and obedience.
Blessings!
Speaking not just reading the Word enforces it for me. The Word is a message, and I need to open it and read it out loud.
I’m interested in learning how to memorize scripture.
Hey Lance,
Pete and I are graduates of CBC and studied under Paul Milligan and Billy Epperhart. As a result – we own 3 businesses now. Well, as you can imagine, we are ultra busy. I would love to know how to memorize chunks of the Bible. I have studied Dr. Caroline Leaf’s method and I’m trying to put that into practice. I just wish I didn’t have so many distractions.
Sincerely,
Ruth Rauch
Yes, I do want to learn how to memorize Scripture. I know the value of it.
That is just awesome. Now I know that if I focus on one book I still have enough to defeat Satan. God bless you, sir.
Show me the simple technique to memorise scriptures
What I found most effective for me in memorizing the word is, doing a whole book: It´s easier to memorize scripture verses in context. The technique I used was speaking the verses with rhythm. Is stays much longer in your brain.
Memorize, internalize, and FIRE BACK. That’s good! An important change that I need to make NOW is- no email, social media or news first thing in the morning! Choose to get into the Word first thing again. Discipline is good and I need to redevelop this. Yes, please share the memorization technique 🙂
Thank you!
Yes! I’d love to learn how to memorize large chunks of scripture. Also can only access email. Thanks.