My Favorite Bible Verse | 25 Days of Me

Here we are on day 11 of the 25 Days of Me and this one I’ve share before but thought I would tell those who don’t know me or are new around here. We all have a bible verse that we just love. There may be a reason behind it or maybe it just struck a chord with you the first time you heard it. I have one as well and I will share it with you in a moment. First I want to share why it is my favorite.

I have eidetic memory when it comes to things I read. I can tell you word for word the very first book I ever read on my own. However for some reason it doesn’t work with the bible. I have no idea why it doesn’t seem to work for the bible. It certainly would help me if it did. Maybe it is the way it is written.

Anyway, when I was younger we had to memorize a different bible verse each week and each week I failed at it. Again I don’t know why but for an OCD overachiever like me it was like being told you were one second away from the Noble Peace Prize and you didn’t get it. I would go home in tears each Sunday.

Then we came to Acts and I struggled like always at first. The week we had to learn Acts 2:38 something inside me just clicked. I didn’t have to look at that verse but once and I haven’t forgotten it to this day.

And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

It is the only bible verse that I know by heart. I still have lots of trouble memorizing verses but now days I don’t bother doing it too much. In fact, I don’t make my class do that either.  Instead I have them each month tell me what their favorite verse was. It doesn’t matter if they don’t get it perfect, as long as they get the idea of it.

Do you have a favorite Bible verse? Share it with us in the comments below.