**January 20-21, 2012**
Hear bells and whistles and lots of music, maybe even a few beginning bars of the Hallelujah chorus: YOU MADE IT EXACTLY HALFWAY!!!! You are officially over the hump after you get this entry behind you.
Way to go, Sisters. Way to go! It’s a pretty good feeling, isn’t it? Don’t think for a second that the enemy didn’t try to steal away your focus and commitment. If you made it this far, you fought with him and won. This is a big victory. Celebrate it with your very faithful God.
I want to brag on you for being so fastidious about limiting your comments to the memory verses. Even when I’ve taunted you with extra conversation, you’ve held steadfastly to the rule. You are the best group ever. To look down the comment stream and see nothing but verses is immensely powerful. My faith explodes in my chest every single time. The sight of it and the effect it was having on my own personal life led me to invite anybody on Twitter who could use a fresh brainwashing to come and peruse it. I pray that numbers were blessed and that some took the challenge and decided to start memorizing Scripture.
All that said, this time, since we’re at the halfway point, I’m going to open your comments up to one extra line for the sake of personal testimony. After you’ve documented all your usual information (First name, city, verse, and translation), finish this sentence: Memorizing God’s Word this year has…
Get as specific as you can!
So you’ll have an example to go by, here’s my entry this time around with the completion of the added sentence:
Beth, Houston. “Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (The NET Bible) Memorizing God’s Word this year has caused me to have a redirected mind in a situation that could have bred fear and discontentment.
Get the idea? OK, now it’s your turn.
P.S. Here’s some really great news! Android and Blackberry SSMT apps are up, running and available. AND, plans toward our January celebration are already in full swing! We can hardly wait to host you here, Sisters.
I love you like crazy.
Beth
Amy, Colorado Springs, CO:
“And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” – I John 2:17, ESV
Jan, Clarkston MI
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16
(I’ve been “sharing” on a mission week and VBS, thus why I’m SOOO late to post.)
Kristy, Houston:
Psalm 103:4 ESV
who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the will of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.
Ephesians 1:11-12
Holman
Rissa, Boaz:”He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress I will never be shaken.” Psalm 62:2 (NIV) (My daughter Anna favorite verse. I memorize it in honor of her dedication to FCA and the work she has done this summer serving our LORD! I LOVE YOU ANNA)
Amy W., Columbia, SC – “pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV)
Palsm 119:11 (ESV) “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Dana
Boerne, TX
“Do not judge lest you be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1-2 NAS
Courney, Chicora. “Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed teaching the message of truth accurately.” 2 Timothy the NET Bible Memorizing God’s word this year has brought me closer to God, & strengthened my inner man.
Courtney, Chicora. “Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.” 2 Timothy 2:15 the NET Bible. Memorizing God’s word this year has brought me closer to God and strengthened my inner man!
Psalm 91:4. NIV
Kelly Jo
Albany, Kentucky
I know theses are late. Memory work is my thing and I love to memorize but for some odd reason Im having the hardest time picking out verses. However I am hanging in there like a hair in a biscuit!!
Tina H-town
For there is one God and one mediator, between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men, the testimony given in its proper time.
1 Timothy 2: 5&6
Kathryn, Austin, TX
“Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Proverbs 13:10, NIV
Memorizing scripture this year has affected my prayer life as I have tried lately to find scriptures that I can pray for myself or others.
Richmond, VA
…Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:24 KJV
Jerri Carl
Princeton TX
Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
NIV
Mackenzie
Tulare, Ca
“Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deut. 6:5
Memorizing God’s Word this year has helped me know how to grow better in Him and what he desires for me.
Leslie, Tyler, TX:
“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you, He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.”
Psalm 55:22 (NASB)
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.”
Proverbs 3:3 (NIV)
Jami
Shelby, NC
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119: 105
Memorizing scriptures has helped me make the deliberate effort i need to make to focus on His truth and keep it close in my heart and mind when so many lies are thrown my way.
His word is life to me.
Beth, Johnstown, OH
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
I Peter 5:7 NIV
Philippians 4:4 NIV
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Deirdre Russell
Atlanta, GA
“Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who accept advice” Proverbs 13:10 NIV
Memorizing God’s word this year has allowed me to witness silently to my office through art (I make a drawing on each of my cards and they are all posted at my cubicle).
Lori, Owasso OK
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” Psalm 84:11 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Rebecca, College Station, TX
Think about the things that are good and worthy of praise. Think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected.
Philippians 4:8 (NCV)
Casey-Henrietta, TX
So Faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. Romans 10:17
VBS verse!!
June, Coarsegold, CA: “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do someting brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (The Message)
Michelle, Ontario, Canada
Look to the Lord and His Strength, seek his face always.
Psalm 105:4 NIV
Kendra, Middle East
‘My command is this: love each other as I have loved you.’ John 15:12 NIV
Memorizing God’s Word this year has been my lifeline!
Verse for July 1st (will be on vacation)
Colossians 3:17
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, di it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
Brandy
Lynchburg, VA
Proverbs 19:21 (ESV)
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
Memorizing God’s Word this year has nourished my soul.
from Houston
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
-Romans 12:12 [NIV]
Memorizing scripture this year has help me be victorious in the face of serious testing this year. The enemy almost convinced me to stop posting, hence late post, but im the midst of this trial, I’ve found myself repeating the scriptures I’ve memorized! Victory!
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:4
Yvonne, Riverside/Fairfield, CA
Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. ~Jonah 2:8 (NIV)~
Memorizing God’s Word this year has…helped me to refocus. This has probably been the toughest year of my life, so far, and I have taken my eyes off the Lord and focused on the hardships. To be honest if it weren’t for memorizing these scriptures, I don’t know if I’d even have opened my Bible. There were times when I didn’t want to, but I made a commitment when I started this and I am determined to keep it. I am praising the Lord for it right now, because when it is time to choose a verse God defiantly gives them to me, and while memorizing them He works on my heart in drawing me back to Him. I am beginning to fix my eyes on Him once again! Still struggling, but I am a fighter and I wont give up and I know He isn’t going to give up on me!
I can’t thank you enough for this opportunity Beth Moore!! I love you dearly!!
Diann, Woodburn, IN
“Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.” Psalm 119:111-112 (NIV)
God’s Word has been my strength and joy as I battle ovarian cancer! Thank you for your constant encouragement!
Melissa, Rancho Cordova, CA
“Then the Lord answered me and said, ‘Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.'”
Memorizing scripture has helped me to refocus and develop the disicpline of meditating. I have done this in previous years but had seriously slacked off! Memorization and meditation is probably one of the most helpful spiritual disciplines that I have seen a tangible difference in my thought life and my heart.
Tammy Elrod, Mechanicsville,VA
Jesus answered, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except thru me.
John 14:6 NIV
James 1:2-3 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my borthers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Rachel
Tucson, AZ
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Sydney
Tucson, AZ
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.
NIV
Michele, Edmond, Ok.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14
Memorizing God’s word this year has been a change God chose for the masses not the one. Thank you Jessica and Arielle
Reneé from Missouri City, TX
Wait for the Lord
Be strong and let your heart take courage
Yes, wait for the Lord
Psalm 27:24 NAS
Beth, Marion, NC
“MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD,NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;
FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES,
AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.” Hebrews 12:5,6 New American Standard-Memorizing has helped me keep from saying unnecessay things.
Cindy, Rochester, MN – And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8 AMP
“I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well.” – Psalm 139:14 NIV
Amy, Lakeland, FLorida “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 NIV
Roxy, Columbia, Md. “And the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Gal. 5:22 (NIV)