Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.

Proverbs 22

Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
    apply your heart to what I teach,

for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips. v17-18

I ask daily that the Lord write a message on my heart.  Solomon's words here in Proverbs reinforce the role of memorization - because it is "pleasing [to the Lord] when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips."

My Prayer: Lord, Your Word - the Bible - is Truth, Wisdom, and Life...and so much more.  I cannot live without it.  However, I say this yet there are days when I ignore You.  How foolish and sinful!  I thank You that You love me anyway but I ask You Lord Jesus to please forgive me!  Help me come to You daily and help me grow in my faith so that I can have Your words on my heart and ready on my lips.

...man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deu 8:3