MEMORy VERSES: All cHRiStiANS / Lay MONKS
“Your word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
-Psalm 119:11
“Cleachtadh a dhéanann maistreacht.”
“Practice makes mastery.” -Old Gaelic Saying
Memory Verses: All Christians / Lay Monks -- What All Christians Should memorize:
Children from Evangelical Christian Families Often Memorize This Verse Between the Ages of Three and Six.
It Sums Up the message of the Entire Bible in One Verse.
It is Included as Part of the Sunday Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Liturgies.
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The Key Verse of the Bible:
“For God so Loved the World, that He Gave His Only Begotten Son, that Whoever Believes in Him Should not Perish, but Have Everlasting Life.”
-John 3:16
This is the Prayer Specifically Given to Us By Our Lord Jesus For Us to Pray
Pray the Version Your Church Uses We Pray it Every Day
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THE Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen.
-Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4
Memory Verses: All Christians / Lay Monks -- Recommended Memorization
The Ten Commandments
(1.) I am the LORD your God. You shall have no other gods but Me.
(2.) You shall not make for yourself a carved image, to be an idol; you shall not bow down to them, or serve them.
(3.) You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain.
(4.) Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.
(5.) Honor your father and your mother; that your days may be long upon the land.
(6.) You shall not murder.
(7.) You shall not commit adultery.
8.) You shall not steal.
(9.) You shall not bear false witness.
(10.) You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor’s. _______________________
(Memorize the Version Your Church Uses. This is the Version we Memorize )
Memory Verses: All Christians / Lay Monks
The Nicene Creed is a Compilation of Scripture Accepted by the Bishops of the Entire Undivided Christian Church (325 & 381 A.D).
Comprising Essential Teachings of Holy Scripture, Based On The Earlier Rule of Faith of the Apostles.
The Nicene Creed is the Only Creed Accepted by All Three Branches of Christianity:
Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant.
Memorize the Version Your Church Uses We Recommend Praying it Every Day
(You Can Just Read Along And Pray It Every Day Until You Have Memorized It Without Even Trying to —
The same can be done with The Ten Commandments, and any Scripture) _______________________________________________
THE NICENE CREED
I Believe in One God:
The Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages;
God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God; Begotten, not Made, being of One Substance with the Father; by Him all things were made.
Who, for us All, and for our Salvation, came down from Heaven, and was Incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made Man; and was Crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He Suffered and was Buried; and the third day He Rose Again, in accordance with the Scriptures; and Ascended into Heaven, and sits at the Right Hand of the Father.
And He shall Return, with Glory, to Judge the Living and the Dead; His Kingdom shall have No End.
And I Believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who Proceeds from the Father; who with the Father and the Son Together is Worshipped and Glorified; who Spoke by the Prophets.
And I Believe in One Holy Universal and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge One Baptism for the Remission of Sins; and I look for the Resurrection of the dead, and the Life of the World to Come.
Amen.
Recommended for Lay Monks to Also Memorize:
More Information about The Threefold Daily Prayers: Their History and practice by the Old Testament Saints, the Apostles, and the Early Church for its first eight centuries, can be found on our webpage:
The Threefold Daily Prayers
listed in our Prayer Category. They are part of our Daily Prayer, and how we Pray the Hours.
We Pray The Lord’s Prayer at 9am, The 23rd Psalm at Noon, and Psalm 117 at 3pm (Or as Close to These Times as We Can).
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THE 23RD PSALM
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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PSALM 117
O praise the LORD, all ye nations; praise Him, all ye people.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD endureth forever.
Praise ye the LORD!
These are the Bible Verses that Form the Basis of the Celtic Cross Rule of the Knights of Prayer Lay Monastic Order ™
Recommended for Memorization (Not Required)
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“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” -James 4:8
“We will devote ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” -Acts 6:4
“Evening, and Morning, and at Noon: I will Pray, and Call Out Loud, and He Shall Hear My Voice.” -Psalm 55:17
“Rejoice Always. Pray Without Ceasing. In Everything Give Thanks. For This is the Will of God in Christ Jesus Concerning you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“The LORD is near to all that call upon Him; to all that call upon Him in truth.” -Psalm 145:18
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Charles Spurgeon Writing About the Bible & Memorization:
“We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service.”
“Be walking Bibles.”
“The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.”
“It is well to have a good memory and that is the best memory which remembers what is best worth remembering.”
“Holy Scripture requires searching — much of it can only be learned by careful study.”
“Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.”
“A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
“The word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it.”
“All human books grow stale after a time – but with the Word of God the desire to study it increases, while the more you know of it the less you think you know.”
“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.”
“The Book grows upon you: as you dive into its depths you have a fuller perception of the infinity which remains to be explored. You are still sighing to enjoy more of that which it is your bliss to taste.”
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1890) English Baptist — “The Prince of Preachers” __________________________________________________
Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Abba Abraham):
”Abba Abraham told this
story about a certain
Scribe, one of Skete’s older
monks,
whose practice was
to observe a permanent fast
from bread.
Instead of weaving baskets
out of reeds, like most
of the monks of Skete,
this man supported himself
by making copies of scrolls
of the Holy Scriptures.
A young monk
visited the old monk,
requesting him to make a copy
of one of the Holy Books.
The elderly Scribe,
who had a spirit strong for
meditation upon the Scriptures,
copied the book for the Brother.
But in copying the scroll,
the old man did not
include any punctuation,
and left out some of the words.
In fact, in certain places
he even omitted whole phrases.
When the Brother saw
that the punctuation was missing,
he decided to take the scroll
back to the old Scribe
to have him punctuate it.
But before he could do this,
the young man noticed the
places where the words had not been
written in at all.
The young monk then went
to the old monk and said,
‘In places on this scroll, some
words, and even some entire
phrases are missing.’
The old Scribe answered:
‘First you must observe and
practice the words
that I have already written.
After you have done this,
then return and I will write down
the rest of them for you.”
-Sayings of the Desert Fathers
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