I don’t know about you, but I find it really easy to be negative. I have a bad habit of tearing myself down and pointing out the mistakes and omissions in my days. The Father of Lies sits on my shoulder and hisses poison into my soul if I let him, But I’ve never really known how to counteract that. Most books and advice I find is just “Don’t do that.” If only it were that simple in a world where perfection is the goal and anything less is deemed completely unsatisfactory.
Recently I read – I wish I could remember where – that Jesus answered Satan’s lies with Scripture, and that the way to counteract these lies in my own mind, my own heart, was to replace them with truth, with scripture.
Memorizing verses was never my strong point back in Sunday School, and I hardly feel up to the task now. Most days I feel a little brain damaged as I try to search for words to communicate in basic conversations and with my children. (Put… that thing…. over… in that place!)
A few months ago, I started collecting verses that encouraged me. I need encouragement and comfort most in my life right now, so that is what you will find in most of these verses. I use the app Remember Me (iPhone/iPad, Android) to track my verses and to quiz myself and practice them. It has some simple memory games that help me and make it a little more interesting.
You can find the most updated list of my memory verses on the Memory Work page.