This will be short and sweet, but the topic is heavy on my heart, so I feel I must share it.

I don’t know about you, but I have trouble remembering Bible verses, but some I can recall were learned by singing Scripture songs, especially in a church in the 80s.

Scripture songs are musical settings from King James Bible verses, designed for memorization, worship and meditation.

For some discouraging reason their popularity seems to have faded in many churches and have been replaced with more contemporary popular songs. Why? Because of what they do for you, they should be more popular than ever since today many people admit they are too busy and distracted from taking the time to read their Bible. All they have to do is turn on the news to see reasons why we need to be strengthened with wisdom- filled uplifting Scriptures. And if you are able to sing some encouraging Scriptures, you have stored them in your memory to sing them anywhere, anytime.

Topics of some Scripture songs are as follows: Protection and Trust: Psalm 9 and Psalm 23. Also Proverbs 3:5-7 and Joshua 4:0.

Praise and Worship: Psalm 00 and 34 and 04:3.

Comfort and Faith: Psalm 30, Isaiah 4:0. Philippians 4:8 and Romans 8:3839. Children and Memory: Ezekiel 36:26, Ephesians 6:, and Samuel 2:24.

These songs often use the exact phrasing of the King James Bible to assist verbatim memorization, making them popular for family, devotion, and Sunday School.

If your church is considered a ‘Bible believing church,’ but Scripture songs are not regularly sung, then you might request the song leader to add them so more people can begin remembering words from the Bible.

Using Google (or such), you can look up Scripture Songs, and they are available to listen to on videos.

These kinds of songbooks are available for $0 or less online. Two are entitled SONGS FROM SCRIPTURE and SCRIPTURES TO SING and are available online.

It is my prayer that you continue to be uplifted, encouraged, and inspired by this column. Have a blessed week.