| As a young Christian we sang Bible songs such as | | | | was the answer. When I sang the memory verse |
| "I am the Resurrection and the Life," "Behold, | | | | to them, they could pick it up and remember it |
| Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock, Knock, | | | | much more quickly. |
| Knock," and "I Know Whom I have Believed." For | | | | This has also been, for me, a means of |
| many of them I didn't even know I was singing | | | | meditating on the Bible. As the song runs over |
| Scripture. But when once I read the verses in the | | | | and over in my mind, so do the words. The Spirit |
| Bible, I found I already knew them. | | | | has thus used this to apply the Bible verse to my |
| This is but one use of Bible Songs - they aid in | | | | life in numerous situations. |
| memorizing Scripture. Music locks the words into a | | | | A good song will, in fact, bring out the meaning of |
| rhythm so that this rhythm dictates the next | | | | a verse. For example, when I was writing a song |
| word. This is why songs on commercials are easy | | | | for 2 Corinthians 5:21, I wanted to correct the |
| for children to remember. I can still sing | | | | misplaced modifier in the KJV translation. It says, |
| commercials I heard 50 years ago! | | | | "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who |
| Of course, Scripture was not written as metric | | | | knew no sin." Obviously, the last phrase refers to |
| rhyming poetry and this makes it more difficult to | | | | Christ, not us. The meaning is clear; the song |
| match the words to a melody. How to do that is | | | | helped to clarify it for instruction. |
| the subject of another article. But when it is done | | | | Bible songs can present the Gospel in a way that |
| well, the words flow with the tune and each note | | | | is not offensive to unbelievers. One year for a |
| demands the correct word. | | | | parent meeting in our Christian school, I taught |
| Bible Songs not only help us memorize verses, | | | | my class the entire Roman's Road of verses and |
| they also help us remember the verses. Many | | | | they sang them as their part of the program. The |
| times when I am speaking, I think of a verse and | | | | plan of salvation was presented to the audience in |
| then recite it accurately. However, mentally I am | | | | a way that was hard for any unsaved relatives |
| actually singing it in my mind quickly. The rhythm | | | | to ignore. |
| of the song helps me retain the Bible verse | | | | Finally, Bible verse songs are a means of retaining |
| words. | | | | Scripture as I get older. It is much more difficult |
| I started writing Bible verses to music when I | | | | for me to memorize Bible verses and remember |
| first taught third grade in a Christian school. Some | | | | them now, than it was when I was younger. But I |
| of the students were very slow at learning their | | | | can still remember a song and thus, music, for |
| memory verse and I wanted to help them. Music | | | | me, helps me learn and retain what I am learning. |