November 6: "F" Bible Verse

"For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life." 

John 3:16

October 30: "E" Verse

"Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right."

Proverbs 20: 11

October 23: "D" Verse

"...do to others as you would have them do to you."  Matthew 7:12

Another one from Steve Green's Hide 'Em In Your Heart  series.  We play these in the van and the kids are great at singing (and saying) the verses!

October 16: "C" Verse

"Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right."  Ephesians 6:1

I love that Tysen sings this song along with the Steve Green Hide 'Em In Your Heart song of this verse! :)

October 9: "B" Verse

"Be still and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10

The boys really knew this one already since they sing the song in Children's Worship every week.  I love Bible verses set to music...it makes it so much easier to learn and remember!  We've been listening to a lot of our Seeds Family Worship CDs (thanks Aunt Jane!) as well as Steve Green's Hide 'Em In Your Heart discs.

I'm amazed at how easily the kids remember the verses!  Granted, they only have two to remember right now, so we'll see how it continues.  I wish we'd started this long ago.

October 2: "A" Verse

For some time, I've been feeling led to be more intentional about memorizing Bible verses and getting the kids involved.  I decided that each Sunday we were going to introduce a new Bible verse, using the alphabet as a guide.  While researching online, I found a few lists others have used, so starting with those and changing some to ones that are near and dear to my heart, I came up with our list. 

Why do this?

"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."  Deuteronomy 6:5-7

So today after lunch I introduced our "A" verse:  "A friend loves at all times..." Proverbs 17:17

I wondered how difficult it was going to be for the boys to remember a verse, but I shouldn't have worried.  Monday afternoon, Tysen looks up from his trains and says, "Hey Mom, 'A friend loves at all times...' and then he smiled and went back to his playing.  WOW!  He was the one reluctant to say it after lunch on Sunday, but he got it!  Why have I waited so long to introduce this?!?

I'm trying to get them to remember where the verse is found in the Bible, but that's proved to be a bit trickier.  Koen always says "17:17" after the verse, omitting "Proverbs" and Ty just forgets it completely.  We'll talk about it each week, but I can't promise they'll remember it.