Bible Memory Verses

In my quest to better redeem the 2-4 hours I have every week walking
from Point A to Point B, I have decided to take a crack at Scripture
memorization. I'm going to work my way through the 108 Bible passages
I wrote devotionals for in my book for urban disciples, "Somewhere in
Between." Some of the passages are long, so I'm pessimistic that I'll
be able to memorize them (save for numbers, my memorization skills are
poor). But memorization for memorization's sake isn't the goal,
anyway, but rather that I'm marinating on God's Word.

The neat thing that I'm hoping for is not only a better understanding
of the Bible but (especially since I'm using the verses I used for my
devotional for urban disciples) that as I am thinking on passages,
I'll see them in play right before my eyes as I survey the various
urban landscapes that make up my walks to and fro.

I'm you're interested in following along, I've pasted below the
Scripture references (and the titles I attached to them in my
devotional). I'm going to try to do two passages a week, so this will
take me a hair longer than a year to get through. May God help us to
understand His Word and to live it out in our cities.

SECTION II: A CITYWIDE LOOK
CHAPTER FOUR: URBAN -- Christian Perception and Biblical Reality
WIDE-OPEN SPACES: WHY AMERICA LOVES ITS SUBURBS Genesis 11:1-9THEY
LOVED GIVING: A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THAT GLORIFIES GOD 1 Chronicles
29:6-9, 20-22
I SAT DOWN AND WEPT: OVERWHELMED BY A CITY'S RUIN Nehemiah 1:4-11
GREAT IN YOUR MIDST: GOD'S BLESSING ON CITIES Isaiah 12:1-6
HOW LOVELY: GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITY OF GOD Isaiah 52:7-10
IS THERE ONE: LOOKING FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IN CITY STREETS Jeremiah 5:1
SAVE THE CITY: A PROPHET'S DESPERATE PLEA Ezekiel 9:8-10
THE MIGHTY CAN FALL: WOE TO THE GREAT CITY Nahum 3:1-7
AN ETERNAL CITY: WHERE ALL OF THIS IS GOING Revelation 21:10-11a, 22-27

CHAPTER FIVE: SIN -- Personal Choices or Evil Systems
FOR ONE RIGHTEOUS: THE LEAVENING EFFECT OF ONE CHRISTIAN Genesis 18:22-33
ABSOLUTELY WRONG: AN ENTIRE CITY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SIN Deuteronomy 13:12-16
YOU ARE THE MAN: CAPABLE OF GRIEVOUS SIN 2 Samuel 11:1-4, 12:7-12
COLLATERAL DAMAGE: THE DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN Lamentations 1:1-2
I DELIGHT IN LOYALTY: OBEDIENCE, NOT SACRIFICE Hosea 6:4-6
WAGING WAR INTERNALLY: FIGHTING OFF THE DESIRE TO SIN Romans 7:21-8:1
FREE TO BE FREE: ENSLAVED TO SIN AND VIOLENCE NO MORE Galatians 5:1
A HIGH CALLING: PURSUING PERSONAL HOLINESS 2 Peter 1:2-8
KEPT: NOT BY PERSONAL CHOICE OR HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, BUT BY GOD'S
MERCY Jude 1:20-25

CHAPTER SIX: RACE -- Old and New Prejudices Playing Out in Cities
ONE UNIVERSAL DEITY: SPIRITUAL CONVERSION, NOT CULTURAL 1 Kings 8:41-43
BROTHERLY HATE: A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CONFLICT badiah 1:10-12
I REFUSE TO GO: SENT TO A HATED PEOPLE Jonah 1:1-3
WE'VE HEARD GOD IS WITH YOU: WELCOMING OUTSIDERS INTO THE BODY Zechariah 8:20-23
FIVE SCANDALOUS WOMEN: ETHNIC SKELETONS IN JESUS' CLOSET Matthew 1:1-6
GOING OUT OF THE WAY TO REACH ONE: BREAKING OUT OF RACIAL MYOPIA Mark 7:24-30
RACIAL JUXTAPOSITION: A RESPECTED JEWISH LEADER AND A HATED SAMARITAN
OUTCAST John 3:1-2, 4:3-7
AN EARLY RACIAL DILEMMA: DO YOU HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO BE CHRISTIAN Acts 15:1-11
YOU ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHER: GOD'S MULTI-ETHNIC DWELLING PLACE
Ephesians 2:18-21

SECTION III: A GODWARD LOOK
CHAPTER SEVEN: SHALOM -- The Concept and Practice of God's Will in
Urban Settings
JUBILEE: GOD'S VERSION OF WELFARE Leviticus 25:10-17, 39-41
IF MY PEOPLE: PRAYING FOR HEALING FOR THE LAND 2 Chronicles 7:12-16
RESIDENTIAL TITHE: MOVING INTO THE CITY Nehemiah 11:1-2
WISDOM FOR LIFE: THE LIFESTYLE THAT PLEASES GOD Proverbs 21:1-3
A PROPHETIC WISH: THE CITY AS IT OUGHT TO BE Isaiah 65:17-25
A THREE-GENERATION URBAN COMMITMENT: STAYING LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE
CITY'S SHALOM Jeremiah 29:4-7
MANY TONGUES, ONE BODY: COMMUNITY AS IT OUGHT TO BE Acts 2:1-11, 42-47
SANCTUARY: RENOUNCING PAST SIN FOR FUTURE GODLINESS Titus 2:11-15
LOVE AND OBEDIENCE: THE COMMANDMENT FROM THE BEGINNING 2 John 1:5-6

CHAPTER EIGHT: GOSPEL -- Winning Souls and Feeding Bellies
REVERENCE, NOT USURY: WHY INTEREST IS FORBIDDEN IN THE BIBLE Leviticus 25:35-36
FREELY OPEN YOUR HAND: GENEROSITY TO THE POOR AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP AND
OBEDIENCE Deuteronomy 15:4-11
MAY HE KISS ME: THE BLISS OF DIVINE INTIMACY Song of Solomon 1:2-4, 2:8-13
I HATE YOUR RELIGION: WHAT GOD REALLY DESIRES FROM US Amos 5:21-24
I WILL CALL TO THE CITY: A PUBLIC MESSAGE OF SALVATION AND SOCIAL
CHANGE Micah 6:6-9
AN UNBELIEVABLE PROMISE: THE TEMPLE GREATER THAN THE FORMER Haggai 2:1-9
FEEDING JESUS: CONNECTING WITH THE DIVINE IN OUR SOCIAL MINISTRIES
Matthew 25:31-40
WHATEVER YOU DO: FINDING FULFILLMENT IN THE HERE AND NOW Colossians 3:17, 23-24
PURE RELIGION: WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO GOD James 1:22-27

CHAPTER NINE: JESUS -- Lessons From an Itinerant Urban Preacher
JESUS, STREET PREACHER: OUR SAVIOR'S URBAN ITINERARY Matthew 9:35, 11:1
JARS OF CLAY: INCLUDING FEEBLE MESSENGERS IN A GREAT COMMISSION Mark 3:13-15
I MUST DINE WITH YOU: SUPPING WITH A HATED PUBLIC FIGURE Luke 19:1-10
THE WORD BECAME FLESH: THE GREATEST CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONS TRIP EVER
John 1:1, 14
ONE BODY: MANY PARTS, ONE HEAD 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 26-27
JESUS FOR ALL: A BLESSING THAT REACHES ALL CULTURES Galatians 3:13-14
EMPTIED HIMSELF: AN EXAMPLE OF BEING POURED OUT FOR OTHERS Philippians 2:5-11
EVER VICTORIOUS: HUMILIATING THE ENEMY EVEN WHEN THINGS LOOKED THE
WORST Colossians 2:13-15
HE IS ALL THAT: THE RADIANCE OF HIS GLORY Hebrews 1:3-4

SECTION IV: AN INWARD LOOK
CHAPTER TEN: CALLING -- Discerning and Obeying God's Call to the City
A SPECIAL GIFT: ANOINTED TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL ART Exodus 35:30-36:1
WE SHALL SURELY OVERCOME: HAVING CONFIDENCE IN GOD Numbers 13:25-30
WHEREVER YOU GO: BEING ENCOURAGED BY GOD'S WORD Joshua 1:1-9
NOT AS MAN SEES: DIVINE VERSUS HUMAN CRITERIA
1 Samuel 16:6-13
I SEARCHED FOR A MAN: WILLINGNESS TO STAND IN THE GAP Ezekiel 22:29-31
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT TOWN: NOT DRIVEN BY IMMEDIATE NEED Mark 1:35-38
IF ANYONE COMES TO ME: SEEKING TRUE FOLLOWERS, NOT POPULARITY Luke 14:25-27
IT IS FINISHED: KNOWING YOUR ROLE AND YOUR PLACE John 17:4-5, 19:30
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: WHAT PAUL MEANS WHEN HE SAYS HE'S DONE 2 Timothy
4:6-8, 16-18

CHAPTER ELEVEN: ROOTS -- Dealing with Success and Failure, Acceptance
and Rejection
AS FOR ME: CHOOSING TO TRUST GOD FOR VICTORY Joshua 24:14-15
I REPENT: LETTING GOD BE GOD WITHOUT DEMANDING AN ANSWER Job 42:1-6
TRUST IN THE LORD: TRADING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE
Proverbs 3:5-8
GLORY IS ON THE WAY: WAITING FOR GOD'S VICTORY Zephaniah 3:14-20
WHO CAN ENDURE: GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON EVILDOERS Malachi 3:1-6
ONE THING: SITTING AT JESUS' FEET Luke 10:38-42
HONEST TO GOD: TRUSTING JESUS WHEN HE MESSES UP John 11:1-4, 40-45
THAT NO ONE SHOULD BOAST BEFORE GOD: CHOOSING THE FOOLISH AND WEAK 1
Corinthians 1:26-2:5
DISTINCTIVES ARE POOP: WHAT WE TRULY OUGHT TO BOAST IN Philippians 3:4b-11

CHAPTER TWELVE: BURNOUT -- Poured Out for Others or Guarded From
Compassion Fatigue
JUST ENOUGH FOR TODAY: GOD'S DAILY PROVISION Exodus 16:12-18
I WILL LEAVE 7000: WE ARE NOT ALONE IN MINISTRY 1 Kings 19:9-18
THOSE WHO ARE WITH US ARE MORE: NEVER OUTNUMBERED IN MINISTRY 2 Kings 6:15-17
THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS: GOD FIGHTING WHEN WE CAN'T 2 Chronicles 20:5-15
HE RESTORES MY SOUL: AN OASIS OF A PSALM Psalm 23:1-6
SOWING IN TEARS, REAPING WITH JOY: FINDING HOPE AMIDST TRAGEDY Psalm 126:1-6
HOW LONG: PERSISTING WITH A SILENT GOD Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1
MIRACULOUS FEEDING: SERVING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES Luke 9:12-17
TRUE PROFIT: THE GAIN IN GODLINESS 1 Timothy 6:3-6, 17-19

SECTION V: AN OUTWARD LOOK
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: BELONGING -- Not Feeling at Home in Old or New Cultures
REJECTED: LEADERSHIP BACKLASH Numbers 13:31-14:4
AN OUTSIDER LEADS: MOBILIZING THE PEOPLE INTO ACTION Ezra 9:5-7, 10:1-5
THUS I WILL GO IN: PETITIONING A PAGAN KING Esther 4:13-17
MY SOUL IS IN DESPAIR: LONELY AND MISSING HOME Psalm 42:1-5, 43:5
DECIDING TO BE FAITHFUL: TRUE TO GOD IN A FALSE PLACE Daniel 1:1-8
A PEOPLE WITH NO NAME: THE FIRST CHRISTIANS Acts 11:19-26
LIMBO: THE FAITHFUL HAD TO WAIT, TOO Hebrews 11:39-40
A FIERY ORDEAL: SUFFERING AND LONELINESS IS THE NORM 1 Peter 4:12-19, 5:8-11
HE KEEPS US: OUR HEAVENLY PROTECTOR 1 John 5:18-21

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ALLIES -- Useful Partners for Urban Ministry
THEN THEY WILL REBUILD: EMPOWERING THE DOWNTRODDEN Isaiah 61:1-11
THE LABORERS ARE FEW: PRAYING IN NEW PARTNERS Matthew 9:35-10:1
I MUST SEE YOU: AFFECTION FOR PARTNERS Acts 20:36-38
CHEERFUL GIVING: GENEROUS PARTNERS 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
UNTIL WE ALL ATTAIN: ACHIEVING FULLNESS TOGETHER Ephesians 4:11-13
OUR JOY AND CROWN: WHEN THOSE WITH WHOM WE SERVE BECOME DEAR 1
Thessalonians 2:17-20
WARNING: BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YOU WORK WITH 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
THE CHURCH PLANTER AND THE EVANGELIST: A WORKING PARTNERSHIP Philemon
1:1-2, 17-18
A PERSONAL LETTER: AFFECTION IN RELATIONSHIPS 3 John 1:13-14

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TRAUMA -- Seeing the Divine in the Wreckage of Life
RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES: THE TRAUMATIC CONSEQUENCES OF RELATIVISM Judges 21:25
CALL ME BITTER: AN IDENTITY OF SORROW Ruth 1:19-21
I'VE POURED OUT MY SOUL: HONEST BEFORE GOD 1 Samuel 1:9-15
A CRY IN THE DARK: HONEST PLEA BEFORE GOD Psalm 88:1-2, 14-18
TOO MUCH HURT: OPPRESSION THAT BRINGS YOU TO TEARS Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
HAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED: A CALAMITY THAT BRINGS US TO OUR
KNEES Joel 1:1-3
THE WHOLE STORY: TAKING THE TIME TO LET THE HURTING SHARE THEIR LIVES
WITH US Mark 5:25-34
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US: LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET GO Romans 8:31-39
IN ALL OUR AFFLICTION: THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT 2 Corinthians 1:3-5