Comments on: exodus 7 http://souljunk.com/2007/10/09/exodus-7/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Glen Galaxy http://souljunk.com/2007/10/09/exodus-7/#comment-12630 Glen Galaxy Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:44:10 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/10/09/exodus-7/#comment-12630 I love the story of the Chinese house churches. They were constantly getting the few bibles they owned confiscated, so their solution was to all memorize a chapter a day - so that even if all the bibles were taken they could write it all out from memory. I tried memorizing whole books (mostly shorter new testament epistles), and it amazed me how much would jump out at me that I never noticed before. It's so wonderful and crucial to have that appetite for the Word (which is more literally food than we know) stirred up. I remember when days and even weeks would go by when I pretty much ignored the Bible - now if I go 24 hours without really digging in, I feel completely physically anemic. I love being that tangibly dependent on God.. and I know there's an ever-deepening jones available! I love the story of the Chinese house churches. They were constantly getting the few bibles they owned confiscated, so their solution was to all memorize a chapter a day - so that even if all the bibles were taken they could write it all out from memory.

I tried memorizing whole books (mostly shorter new testament epistles), and it amazed me how much would jump out at me that I never noticed before. It’s so wonderful and crucial to have that appetite for the Word (which is more literally food than we know) stirred up. I remember when days and even weeks would go by when I pretty much ignored the Bible - now if I go 24 hours without really digging in, I feel completely physically anemic. I love being that tangibly dependent on God.. and I know there’s an ever-deepening jones available!

]]> By: Ben Vesper http://souljunk.com/2007/10/09/exodus-7/#comment-12610 Ben Vesper Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:30:26 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/10/09/exodus-7/#comment-12610 Ben just told me about your project to sing the whole Bible. I had this great idea to memorize the first 5 verses of each book. Now it seems like kindergarten. But I still want to try it. Man, do I love his word. Ben just told me about your project to sing the whole Bible. I had this great idea to memorize the first 5 verses of each book. Now it seems like kindergarten. But I still want to try it. Man, do I love his word.

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