Hit Him With Your Sword

I was just hanging with Alex and we were talking about the importance of memorizing scripture... My dad is big on this and I am beginning to see why. Alex and myself were talking about victories that we both have experienced by quoting scripture in the face of temptation... It is a brilliant strategy... I learned it from Jesus (Matthew 4). But, I want to share with you a quote in its entirety that should encourage you to memorize scripture...

"The Devil is real and he hates you with a vengeance. He prowls around like a roaring lion eating Christians. You know what he feeds off of? FAITH. The Devil has one appetite; Faith. He eats faith so that you can't have it. He claws at your faith. That's the only thing he cares to destroy. He cares not one lick about whether you're healthy or not. In fact if he can get your faith by making you healthy, he will make you healthy. If he can get your faith by making you sick, he will make you sick. 

How do you fight the Devil? There is one offensive weapon and it is the Word of God and when you jew him with it he flees. You should have short ones and long ones. Long swords and short daggers. Those are short verses and long verses. Whole chapters and little tiny phrases. This should all be stored up. So I add to meditate, Memorize! O' memorize the bible! I have never met a weak Christian that memorizes the scriptures." - John Piper at When I Don't Desire God conference