Bible Memory University 102, the second video in the Bible Memory University series, reviews some of the many benefits of Scripture memory. The barriers to Bible memory are then explored, along with strategies to overcome those barriers. The final topic discussed is a discussion of the types of Bible memory available to us. Please be sure to also watch the first video in this series, Bible Memory University 101. You can leave your comments below on any additional benefits or barriers you wish to add. Thanks!

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00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - Bible memory, a shopping spree for the mind
02:40 - Benefits: Bible memory allows us to know God better
04:50 - Benefits: Scripture memory increases our faith and trust in the Lord
05:27 - Benefits: Bible memory helps us to follow the example of Jesus
06:18 - Benefits: The memorized word prepares us to face temptation
07:54 - Benefits: The memorized word gives us victory over evil thoughts
10:27 - Benefits: Memorizing the word will help keep you from error
11:35 - Benefits: Memorizing the word allows us to meditate on Scripture day and night-
12:31 - Benefits: The memorized word provides fuel for meditation
13:19 - Benefits: The memorized word gives us wisdom
14:17 - Benefits: The memorized word gives us guidance in every area of life
15:15 - Benefits: Memorizing the Bible gives us great peace and victory over worry
15:59 - Benefits: Memorized Scripture helps us to encourage people we love in their time of trial
17:21 - Benefits: The memorized word helps us to witness and defend the faith
18:13 - Benefits: The memorized word helps us through stressful times and times of affliction
19:12 - Benefits: The memorized word helps us in raising our children
19:52 - Benefits: The memorized word can never be taken away from us
21:50 - Benefits: The memorized word will help us to endure persecution
23:42 - An Illustration: The Oregon Trail and Bible memory
25:51 - Barriers to Scripture memory
26:32 - Barriers: We don't believe we have a good enough memory to memorize the Bible
28:42 - Barriers: We don't think we have enough time to memorize
30:05 - Barriers: Because we have so many Bibles, we think we don't need to memorize Scripture
31:19 - Barriers: We have not been instructed on how to memorize the Bible
31:51 - Barriers: We may think that Bible memory work just takes too much effort
32:50 - Barriers: We don't memorize because we don't make Scripture memory a priority
33:35 - Barriers: We may quit because we take on more than we can continue with
34:04 - Barriers: We may think that memorizing the Bible will be boring
35:10 - Barriers: Memorizing may give us flashbacks to hard school days
35:39 - Barriers: We may think that memorizing Bible verses is just for kids
37:02 - Barriers: The final reason; barrier summary
38:11 - Types of Bible memory
38:50 - Verse memorization
44:24 - Extended passage memorization