There's a special lady who has taught our family a lot of creative ways to remember scripture. She is my "mother-in-love", Robbie Sikes. Many have attended her classes, workshops, and seminars over the years entitled KNOW YOUR BIBLE. Her way of teaching is for the learner who learns by the concept of "a picture is worth a thousand words". To be in her classes is to understand about "droodling" and "memory hooks".
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Since our memory verse this month encourages us to teach God's commands to our children, let me give you a way to teach your children how to memorize the TEN COMMANDMENTS. First, it starts with a silly story you must learn - as told by Mama Sikes.
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There are ten items that you will see as you go about your day:
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- ALARM CLOCK-- It’s morning; I hear my ONE alarm clock buzz; I turn it off
- TWO LEGGED PANTS - I slip into my TWO legged pants
- THREE LEGGED STOOL - I sit on my THREE legged stool to put on my shoes and socks.
- FOUR LEGGED TABLE - I eat breakfast at my FOUR legged table.
- NEWSPAPER - I have FIVE minutes to read my morning newspaper.
- SIX CYLINDER CAR - I go out to start up my SIX cylinder car.
- POLICEMAN - As I’m traveling to town, there’s a policeman in the middle of the road holding up his hand for me to stop—his body forms a SEVEN.
- REVOLVING DOORS - I stop at a downtown building and go in through the revolving doors which make a figure EIGHT.
- MAIL BOX - I go to the mailbox, which is in the shape of a NINE - like those along the road.
- POST OFFICE WINDOW - I go to the post office window with TEN bars to speak to the person on the other side.
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So, what were the 10 items in order?
- ALARM CLOCK
- TWO LEGGED PANTS
- THREE LEGGED STOOL
- FOUR LEGGED TABLE
- FIVE MINUTES TO READ THE NEWSPAPER
- SIX CYLINDER CAR
- SEVEN SHAPED POLICEMAN
- EIGHT SHAPED REVOLVING DOORS
- NINE SHAPED POST OFFICE BOX
- TEN BARS AT WINDOW
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So, now join me in using the story line above to remember the TEN COMMANDMENTS Mama Sikes' style:
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- It’s morning; I hear my ONE alarm clock go off (it’s a cute little circular shaped alarm clock); As, I turn it off, the circular shape reminds me of a Zero—which reminds me that as I begin this new day “I shall have (Zero) NO OTHER GODS before ME (I will have only the one true God – the great I AM).”
- I slip into my TWO legged pants—and find little idols in my pockets—whoa—“I shall not make, bow down to, or worship any idol—only God—NO IDOLS”
- I sit on my THREE legged stool to put on my shoes and socks. OUCH! #@!# “I shall not misuse the name of the Lord my God.” DON’T CURSE!
- I eat breakfast at my FOUR legged table and see the communion set on the table…”Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” That reminds me to REMEMBER THE LORD’S DAY!
- I read the morning newspaper for FIVE minutes. The headlines say that today is a new national holiday—Father and Mother’s Day. It reminds me: “HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER, so that you may live long…
- I go out to start up my SIX cylinder car but it keeps dying, it will not stay started—I keep killing the car. “I SHALL NOT MURDER.”
- As I’m traveling to town, there’s a policeman in the middle of the road holding up his hand for someone to stop—his body forms a SEVEN. Oh, he’s trying to stop that couple from leaving their own husband and wife and running off with each other: “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.”
- I stop at a downtown Post Office building and go in through the revolving doors--which make a figure EIGHT. A robber has just robbed the Post Office building and he doesn’t seem to know how to get out of the revolving doors. He has on one of those eye masks that look like a figure eight. “DO NOT STEAL.”
- I go to the mailbox, which is in the shape of a NINE - like those along the road. I have one letter today. I open it and read it—it’s full of a lot of lies about a neighbor of mine—I know this is not true! “DO NOT LIE.”
- I go to the Post Office window with TEN bars—I see the person in front of me deposit thousands of dollars. It’s hard not to be jealous. “DO NOT COVET.”
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"Love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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These commandments that I give you today
are to be upon your hearts.
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Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home
and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down
and when you get up."
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