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My Memory Moleskin for Philippeans

Come join me in memorizing the book of Philippians! We’ll spend the next 16 weeks memorizing the book and then take some time to make sure it’s really cemented into our brains.
At the end of last year, I learned about a group planning to Partner to Remember and jointly memorize the book of Philippians. I wanted to join them so much, but felt I needed to help a family member memorize a different book of Scripture so I did not join the group. Time has passed and due to many things, including some Reality Checks the past couple of weeks, I’ve decided to go ahead and memorize Philippians now. I’d love to have some accountability partners join in with me!
I’m going to start next week! The first full week in July. You memorize for 6 days of each week. You can decide if you want Saturday or Sunday to be your off day. My off day will be Saturday so I will start memorizing next Sunday, July 3rd. We’ll memorize for 16 weeks, ending on October 22nd. I’m excited about this.
You do not need to make a moleskin style memorizing tool, but they are pretty neat! You can download the pdf for the moleskin here. Read the article at that link, it was written for the original project. If you want the original moleskin you can get a set of three by clicking on the image from Amazon:

If you wish to pick them up locally, Barnes and Nobel may have them in their store. You can also look for the new Eco System Journals, which are getting good reviews.
One area that I have not done as well with, in the past, is long term retention. I found this article at Fighter Verses and think it is worth reading. Read it here. I’m particularly interested in you reading from the bottom of page 4 to page 9 on that pdf. It’s the section called “Daily Procedures.”
Finally, there are some additional resources that may be of interest to you on the right hand side of this page under the heading Resource Library.
Timmy Brister, who originated this idea and did the pdf, has some tips and pointers and there are more in the comments on this article.
For those who use Twitter, we’ll use the hashtag: #P2Rx2
For those with Iphones or Itouch check out the P2R app by Chris Roberts. I just discovered it and have not even downloaded it yet! Looks like a great tool!

The inside of the Memory Moleskin

I hope you’ll join me in this memory adventure! Please leave a comment here or email me to let me know that I have an accountability partner!

3 Responses

  1. I’m excited that at least five people are joining me in memorizing this book! Thank you for coming along side and giving me accountability!

  2. I’m plugging along, though not completely on target. Verses 1- 7 are down pretty good. I think that I need to get back to working this method and not trying to wing it on my own. I’ll try to catch up. How are you doing?

  3. I am at the beginning of Chapter 2. I was making solid progress and then got very distracted and with lots of late nights, I was not getting memory time. Maybe you’ve caught up with me now? That would be nice! I really need accountability and I do, very much, want to memorize this book!