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“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) As SMF transitions from our annual travel season to a season of program development, several new projects are on the horizon including memory courses on heaven, contentment, and the book of Psalms. Stay tuned for more information in the coming months! We also invite you to pray about SMF’s upcoming staffing transition. ...

Parents, it can be a struggle getting your children to memorize. You can reward, you can prod, and you can plead with them, but if there is no desire, the moment you stop pushing and prodding, they stop memorizing. It can be terribly frustrating and disheartening. Sometimes, you wonder if you are doing any good at all. You are the ones I want to encourage today. ...

“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul...” – Deuteronomy 11:18a When I was 14, I was memorizing less than a dozen scattered verses a year. A year later, I memorized the entire book of Jonah. What changed? The answer: I was offered a reward. I memorized all 48 verses of Jonah because a ministry offered me a full scholarship to their week-long summer camp if I could memorize and recite the whole book in one sitting. That ministry was Scripture Memory Fellowship. I was so excited that by the time the recitation deadline came, I was ready. That week of camp was one of the highlights of that year, and I continued to memorize for camp for three years after that until I graduated. ...

Contentment is a memory course that takes you through 20 verses on Christian contentment. A devotional for each lesson is provided as well as devotionals for each passage. Answer the study questions on your own or with a friend. ...

I’ve seen many book titles over the years. Some make you stop in your tracks when walking through an airport, while others make you shake your head and walk away. For most people, an eye-catching title is all it takes for a hand to extend and pick up the book. But in the hundreds of books I’ve ...

Do you want to grow in your relationship with Christ? Allow Scripture to guide you toward a more committed life of obedience with SMF’s newest resource! 14:6 - The Life provides a systematic overview of what it means to follow Christ by emphasizing key spiritual disciplines. Over the course of 28 weeks, you’ll memorize up to 84 verses that will help you mature as a disciple. With God’s Word hidden in your heart, you will “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:18).  ...

"For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure." (Phil. 2:13) SMF’s annual travel season is well underway. In the last few months, we have attended homeschool conferences and ScriptureFests in Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Florida, and South Carolina. Please pray for us as we prepare for our next event in California. We’re also gearing up for our annual week of Scripture Memory Camp. ...

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Prov. 22:6)  Earnest Christian parents are eager to begin discipling their children. However, we tend to have a romanticized or idealized image of it all. The reality proves different. Children are easily distracted and sometimes fight the very instruction they need. What do we do? In this short blog, we’ll answer four critical questions about the why and how of working with your youngest memorizer.   ...

In 2022, I set a goal to memorize 365 verses in 365 days. My reason was simple: If Scripture memorization was as important as I was making it out to be, should I not give it the daily attention it deserves? At the very least, shouldn't I give it the same attention as other tasks I believe to be less important?    As N.A. Woychuk once said, "God specifically commands us to memorize His word so that we can have it in our hearts. This is His will and plan for us. We cannot escape it. We dare not say to Him, ‘I don’t have time,’ or ‘I just cannot memorize.’ The second reason why we must memorize Scripture is because we cannot really ‘live’ without it.” ...

Life is filled with memories. Some we forget, some we don't. One memory I'll never forget is from when I was just three years old. I remember listening from the backseat of the car as my mom would play Scripture songs on the CD player.   Each verse I heard was essential in developing a new love for God's Word. I soon realized that although these songs were great pastimes, the verses attached to them couldn't afford to remain as such. They needed to be more than a distant memory in my life.    For this positive outcome, I had to exercise intentionality and consistency. I had to set my mind on memorization—not just observation. As with most things in life that we retain, my Scripture memory journey began with an intentional desire to remember.  ...