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  MEMORIZING THE SCRIPTURES HELPS US TO OVERCOME
  by James Jennings
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the strength found in having the Word of
God abiding in believers, enabling them to overcome the evil one. It
draws inspiration from the story of Darlene Rose, a missionary who,
despite being captured and having her Bible taken away during World War
II, found strength in the verses she had memorized as a child and young
person.

Topics: "Strength in Scripture", "Overcoming Adversity"
Scripture References: 1 John 2:14, Psalm 119:11, Joshua 1:8, Hebrews 4:12, Matthew 4:4

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This sermon emphasizes the strength found in having the Word of God
abiding in believers, enabling them to overcome the evil one. It draws
inspiration from the story of Darlene Rose, a missionary who, despite
being captured and having her Bible taken away during World War II,
found strength in the verses she had memorized as a child and young
person.

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CONTENT
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You know, John, he says, I write to you, young men, because you're
strong. What made them strong? And the Word of God abides in you. What'd
that lead to? And you have overcome the evil one.

You rip out, the Word of God abides in you. They ain't strong, and they
don't overcome the evil one. Darlene Rose, she was a missionary who was
captured by the Japanese in World War II.

She spent four years in a prison camp. They took her Bible away. As a
child and a young person, I had a driving compulsion to memorize the
written Word.

In the cell, I was grateful now for those days of vacation Bible school
when I had memorized many single verses, complete chapters, and psalms,
as well as whole books of the Bible.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/ihgzIEsfo2I.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/james-jennings/memorizing-the-scriptures-helps-us-to-overcome/
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