State, here we come!

This is a group of 4th - 8th graders who have just spent many months memorizing the Word of God. The 4th -6th graders had to memorize 25 passages, all the books of the bible, and 10 key passages. They have to be able to recite the passages from memory, find the books of the bible in 10 seconds and tell the book before and the book after, as well as when the key passages are called, 10 seconds to find that and flip to the exact location. My Zech, out of 24 calls, all a variety of the above, made 2 errors and is going to state! I'm so proud of him. Their t-shirt says on the back - bibles $75, shirt $100, state trip $500, Hiding God's Word in their heart - priceless.

The group in the orange are the youth bible drillers 7th-8th grade. They got a late start, but start they did and they memorized all the books of the bible, key passages, bible answers verses, and doctrinal passages. All in all it was 24 passages in all. They have 8 seconds to find any of the calls. They also have to find any random passage called and put their fingers on it and step across the line in 8 seconds. They have all done this before except for two of them in the picture, Sarah and Austin. Sarah did not make it past the church drill, but she worked hard and I am so proud of her. I know I couldn't have done it and she was only 12 points away from getting it done.

So to all of the bible drillers, who have worked so very hard to go to state, I applaud you. You truly have done a priceless thing by mastering the Word of God and hiding it in your heart! My prayer now is that you apply it to your life!