2. “Habit”- an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary

3. It takes an average of 21 days to develop a HABIT, and an average of 3 days to break one.

4. The Christian life is not just about that one decision in an altar, but the daily decision to live the life that Christ intended for you.

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6. Bible Memorization and Meditation
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7. (Psa 119:97-101) O how love I thy law. it is my meditation all the day
(Psa 119:97-101) O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

8. (Psa 119: ) I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

9. yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The PURPOSE of Bible Memorization and Meditation
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

10. (Psa 119:97) MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

11. (Jer 31:33) But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

12. (Psa 1:1) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
(Psa 1:2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
(Psa 1:3) And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

13. (Jos 1:8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
(Jas 1:25) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

14. (Jas 1:25) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

15. (1Ti 4:13) Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
(1Ti 4:14) Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
(1Ti 4:15) Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16. (Pro 23:7) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

18. yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The PURPOSE of Bible Memorization and Meditation
The PROFIT of Bible Memorization and Meditation
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

19. (Psa 119:98) Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
(Psa 119:99) I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
(Psa 119:100) I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

21. (Psa 119:127) Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
(Psa 119:72) The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
(Psa 19:10) More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

22. (Pro 2:1) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
(Pro 2:2) So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
(Pro 2:3) Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
(Pro 2:4) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
(Pro 2:5) Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

23. yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The PURPOSE of Bible Memorization and Meditation
The PROFIT of Bible Memorization and Meditation
The PURITY that comes with Bible Memorization and Meditation
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

24. (Psa 119:101) I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
(Psa 119:102) I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

25. (Psa 19:11) Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
(Psa 19:12) Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
(Psa 19:13) Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

26. (Psa 119:9) Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way
(Psa 119:9) Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
(Psa 119:11) Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

27. (Pro 4:20-23) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

28. yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The PURPOSE
The PROFIT
The PURITY
The PLEASING that comes with Bible Memorization and Meditation
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

29. (Psa 119:103) How sweet are thy words unto my taste
(Psa 119:103) How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
(Psa 119:104) Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

30. (Php 4:8) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

31. (Psa 37:4) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

32. Excuses I just don’t have a good memory
I don’t have the ability to memorize things
I’m not as smart as other people

33. Who won the 1980 Collage football National championship?
Sports
Who won the 1980 Collage football National championship?

34. Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!
Sports
Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!

35. History
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.

36. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country

37. I feel the need, the need for speed!
Movies
I feel the need, the need for speed!

38. Movies

39. “Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates
“Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”

40. “What were dealing with here is a lack of respect for the law!”

41. Songs
And now I’, glad I didn’t know the way it would end the way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain. But I’d had to miss the dance.

42. Amarillo by morning, up from _____________
Amarillo by morning, up from _____________. Everything that I’ve got is just what I’ve got on. When that sun is high in that _______ sky I’ll be bucking it to the county fair. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I’ll be there.

43. It's _____ round the bend
I hear the train a comin'
It's _____ round the bend
And I ain't seen the _____ since I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on
But that ____ keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone..

44. Now someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you
Now someday you may be lonesome too walking the floor is good for you. Just keep right on walking and it won’t hurt you to cry. Remember that I loved you and I will the day I die. I’m walking the floor over you…

45. Bible
That he would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with mighty by his Spirit in the inner man; That ____ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and ______ in love.”

46. “Ask, and it shall be ____ you, seek, and ye shall ____; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”

47. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and ________ to forgive us our sins, and to ____________ us from all unrighteousness.

48. What do you meditate on?