I’m not a very good memorizer of scripture, and I hear others are not so good as well. One successful technique for memorization I learned involves writing out a verse you want to memorize and taping it to your bathroom mirror. Then every morning when you get ready for the day you see the verse and run through it a few times. Before long, you know the verse by heart.

Of course, you have to remember where you keep the tape.

Paul wrote a mirror-worthy encouragement in the closing of his first letter to the Corinthian church:

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.

Paul’s words sound especially important today. Those who follow Jesus can feel assailed on every side. Remember to take courage and buck up under the onslaught. Refuse to give in to the pressure to abandon your faith. Then face whatever you face with love.

Balance a clear-headed commitment to truth with a generous, loving nature of grace.

Good words to tape on your mirror.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

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