Sermon on the Mount …on the farm {a video} {link-up}

{Consider pausing the music by clicking the slider directly under the header? And if reading in a reader or via email – click here to go for a walk in the woods on the farm… }

Martyn Lloyd-Jones on

"Why Memorize the Sermon on the Mount?"

"He came — I say  – and lived and died and rose again and sent the Holy Spirit in order that you and I might live the Sermon on the Mount…

If only all of us were living the Sermon on the Mount, men would know that there is dynamic in the Christian gospel;

They would know that this is a live thing;

They would not go looking for anything else.

We are all meant to exemplify everything that is contained here in these Beatitudes…

This is not merely a description of the Hudson Taylors or George Mullers or the Whitefields or Wesleys of this world —

it is a description of every Christian.

We are all of us meant to conform to its pattern and to rise to its standard." ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Memorize the Mount with us?

How to Memorize the Mount:

— committing His Words to heart & heart to Him

1. Download & Print the Sermon on the Mount Memory Cards:

Click here to print cards: Just 2-3 Verses a Week

2. Print and either have comb bound (cards are formatted to give space for comb binding), for ease of flipping cards, propping at the sink, etc.

3. Alternatively, cut and paste into a booklet like a pocket Moleskine

4. Tick off  little square boxes for each day of memory heart commitment

5. Find a partner to recite to — have them sign each week on the allotted line

(only *two to three short * verses a week – the verses are in the ESV version & take a bit to load. Thank you for grace!)

The link for the Memorize the Mount Booklet Cover can be downloaded right here.

{You can join us in community on facebook for encouragement — and I'll be posting audio updates and encouragements throughout the year on the Facebook page and here on the blog with link-ups so you can share your own memorization– consider joining us?}

Share your Memorizing of the Mount?

Over the weekend, link up right here to your audio, video or other creative recitation of your Memorization of the Mount.

Let's encourage each other! We'd love to catch a glimpse of your world and you mounting the Mount! (And too, go share your memorizing link also with the wonderful Katie at "Do Not Depart")

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