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52 Weeks (2004-02-17 - 6:38 p.m.) This week, I am going to begin work on John MacArthur�s Scripture Memory System. He has developed a 52-week system to memorize key Bible passages that he has selected. The package includes cds of his teaching, Scripture memory cards, as well as a cd-rom which includes the text of the 52 passages in a desktop format, and a screen saver which also displays the verses. The package is available through MacArthur�s ministry, Grace To You. The first week�s passage is Psalm 103:1-4. �Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies.� I believe that this is a great passage with which to begin a memory program. The reading from My Utmost for His Highest today concerns depression. God�s cure for depression is to �do the next thing.� God will call us to ordinary activity to draw us out of depression. The illustration is Elijah. Elijah had just experienced a great victory over the prophets of Baal, but Jezebel had it out for him. For some reason this frightened Elijah to no end. He ran a day�s journey from Beersheba, into the wilderness, sat down under a broom tree and began to whine. After listening to his whining for a bit, God first caused him to fall asleep. When Elijah awoke, there were some cakes prepared for him. An angel told him to �arise and eat.� That was it. To get him out of his depression, Elijah was to simply �arise and eat.� He didn�t get some huge assignment. That would come later. He was told to do something ordinary. In reading my Daily Bible reading for the day, I come across an extremely valuable verse. Exodus 33:11 says, �So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.� This is so powerful. Would that God would speak to me in this way. 0 comments so farMissed anything? |