ABOUT FIGHTER VERSES

In a third-grade classroom in 1976, God put it in the heart of teacher Linda McIntire to arm her students with God’s Word by encouraging them to memorize 120 passages of Scripture. She called them the “Fighter Verses.” Linda shared the list with her sister, Sally Michael who, along with her husband David, continued to add verses to the list and memorized them with their own two daughters. They hoped their girls would commit them to memory by the time they reached adulthood. Word got out and before long, David and Sally, co-founders of Truth78, were printing the verses on cards to share with others, eager to encourage the habit of Bible memory.

 

Ten years later, the Michaels expanded their vision for Fighter Verses, working with their pastor, John Piper, to launch a church-wide Bible memory challenge. In January 1997, Piper challenged his congregation to commit to regular Bible memory with the Fighter Verses. 

 

Following that successful launch, in partnership with Children Desiring God (now Truth78), the verses were expanded and organized into a five-year Bible memory program. Each week for the past 25 years, individuals, families, and church members have been memorizing a verse or passage that equips Christians to fight the fight of faith.

 

We praise God for His grace and the love for His Word that is visible in believers around the world who have joyfully committed themselves to memorizing the Fighter Verses. The experiences shared as the people of God learn these verses bears witness to the fact that the Word of God is mighty and that God is able to accomplish more than we could ever ask or imagine. May the Lord bless you, as we have been blessed, as you endeavor to hide the Word of God in your heart.