Bible Memory Plan for Morning & Evening

I like that this contains both morning and evening plans. This is a wonderful way to start the day and the perfect way to end it. The days all have specific ideas "I'm Weary of Worry" , "Change Happens" and the plan is designed to help the reader with the specific idea. The passages are short and take very little time to read but will stick in your thoughts throughout the day. Plan to use it thoughout the entire year. This would make a perfect gift for the person who wants to get closer to their higher power but feels limited in time.

Memorization has never been my strong suit. I play the piano (very well), but if you were to ask me to play something without my sheet music, I’d look like an idiot. History was always my worst academic subject throughout school. Now, thanks to historical novels, I have a better understanding of history. But if you ask me to cite names and dates, you wouldn’t be any more enlightened than you were before.

I well know the value of having Bible verses memorized. It’s something we all should do in order to brandish those verses when we need them. But I’ve found it to be particularly useful as a stay-at-home mother of six, daily helping my kids learn how God wants us to deal with a variety of challenges. For the most part, I need to Google to get chapter and verse, which I’m OK with. However, I still feel my lexicon of memorized verses is not stretched far enough. So when I saw this book offered through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, I thought I’d better try it!

"Bible Memory Plan for Morning and Evening" (Barbour, 2017), by Jean Fischer is a short and sweet daily devotional." Each day begins with a single verse, followed by a short morning reading and prayer, followed by an evening reading and prayer. The morning and evening sections are each headed by a concept outlined in a single short sentence, such as “Find what’s hidden.” or “Throw out the trash!” The reading is then a one-paragraph long devotional, followed by a 1-2 sentence prayer.

Rating: 4 stars

What I liked:

*Let’s start with the most important “like” - what I read was completely Biblically sound as far as I could see. I did not at any point feel that the author was promoting an agenda of her own. Sometimes I did need to re-read the verse to see how the devotional reading lined up with the verse, but while Ms. Fischer’s ideas sometimes go in directions I wouldn’t necessarily expect, I never found anything objectionable.

*I like the verses Ms. Fischer selected, and many are verses that I don’t tend to think of.

*The brevity of each section enables the reader to get through it in 5 minutes or less. I’d suggest that the reader spends a few extra minutes working towards memorizing the verse and preparing his heart that he may honestly offer the prayer to God.

*The end of the book has a scripture index listing the verses in the order that they appear in the Bible, and includes day the verse was featured.

What I didn’t like:

*I was hoping that this devotional would include some pointers on memorization. It doesn’t, unless there are some within the missing graphics of my eARC. However, I’m compelled to admit that I already know a number of memorization strategies, which I should simply employ on my own without external encouragement. My lower rating reflects only this aspect of the book.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a devotional and/or a list of Bible verses to memorize. Disclosure: I have only read about 30% of the devotional at this time. I have enjoyed it and intend to finish reading it.

Bible Memory Plan for Morning and Evening, by Jean Fischer is delightful devotional book with lovely illustrations.

According to the introduction, this book "is a plan to help you grow closer to your heavenly Father through insightful devotional thoughts, prayers, and scriptures. As you begin and end each day with the Lord, you will find yourself more prepared for whatever life brings."

Each daily devotion features the Memory Verse of the Day, Morning devotional text and prayer, and Evening devotional text and prayer. With one devotional per page, this book is a a wonderful way to start setting aside time each morning and evening to spend with God.

Bible Memory Plan for Morning and Evening is geared towards women of all ages, particularly young adults to older generations.

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I've been wanting to get back to memorizing scripture again but it isn't as easy as when it was in Bible drill a few decades ago. This book with a devotion plus scripture memorization is exactly what I needed!