WHAT???? The 20th verse???? You know what that means, don’t you? Those of you who have clocked in every single time so far have accumulated enough verses to qualify for the celebration! However! If you’ve gotten this far, you surely want to see it all the way to 24 and not just for the celebration but for the fortification and fruit of 2 dozen Scriptures in your darling head. Scripture memory has meant so much to me this year. Except for a full-on-crisis season of time when I promise you I would have lost my ever-loving mind without it, I have never sensed more of a harvest deep in my soul from the process. I so hope you can also testify that your year would have been altogether different without it.
I will get right to it because I am expecting a ton of family over to celebrate Amanda’s 32nd birthday and I have a Texas-size pot of chicken and dumplings to cook! Here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 1 Peter 3:15-16 The NET Bible
Let’s hear it, Siestas! Hey, don’t be alarmed if it takes me a good while to moderate all the verses or even if it sits on zero for a little while. I’ll bring them in every couple of hours so I can still get the most out of a Saturday off. I hope you have some Sabbath time this weekend, too!
Talk to you very soon.
You’re a big deal around here.
Maria, Whitmire, SC
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Luke 21:36 (KJV)
“ For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” – II Timothy 1:7
Sarah, Dallas (sorry I’m so late this time!!)
Linda, Johnstown, PA.
Isaiah 57:15 (TLB)
The high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: I live in that high and holy place where those with contrite, humble spirits dwell; and I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts.
Jana, Port Byron, IL
John 1:7 “He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through Him.”
Stacia Keizer, OR
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
II Cor 5:17 NLT
Lamentations 3:22,23 niv
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.
Paula from Atlanta, Texas
“So, I say, live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” NKJV
Lorie Columbia, SC
The LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.
Prov. 3:26 NLT
Jennifer from Wilmington, DE
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. – James 1:5 (NIV)
Sara, College Station TX:
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Psalm 103:14 (NKJ version)
“For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.”
Dawn, Clever, MO
Ephesians 3:16 (NIV) “I pray that out His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
Deena, Corona,CA
“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14 NIV
Jan
Bemus Point, NY
Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
And in French:
Philippiens 1:6 (BFC)
Je suis certain de ceci : Dieu, qui a commencé cette œuvre bonne parmi vous, la continuera jusqu’à son achèvement au jour de la venue de Jésus-Christ.
Billie, Greenville, KY “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. NIV
Jan from Clarkston, MI
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV)
And so we know and rely on the love God as for us. 1 John 4:16
I Peter 3:15 – 16 But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.
The NET Bible
Marta
Southlake, Tx
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks
New American Standard
Marion, Royse City, TX
Luke 22:42 (NIV)
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
From Hazlehurst: Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. James 4:10 KJV
Melissa, Sulphur, LA
Deuteronomy 20:4(NIV)
“For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”
Julia, Wellington, AL
“For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.”
Hebrews 13:14 NLT
Sarah, Chocowinity, NC
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Sorry it’s late, but I’m still in!
I can do ALL THINGS through Him who strengthens me.
Phil. 4:13
I already know this one, but I need to say it over and over and over again since I started some serious tail-kickin’ boot camp at our local rec center …
O:)
Melissa
“And if you leave God’s paths and go astray, you will hear a voice behind you say, “No, this is the way; walk here”. Isaiah 30:21 (The Book)
Lynn
Rochelle, GA
Kathy H. College Station TX…”God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to His eyes.” 2 Samuel 22:25 Msg
Cheryl, Chadbourn. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Isaiah 30:15 “God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves; your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me.” Message version
Ruthann – Odessa, TX
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:11-12
Cameron – Richmond, VA
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
Psalm 71:14 NIV
Isaiah 40:29-31 (NIV)
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:29-31 (NIV)
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Jean – franklinton, NC
Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
~ Psalm 103:2, NL
Katie (Firestone, CO)
“Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Ps. 51:12 (NIV)
Had a baby on the 13th, so just now getting to this 🙂
sheila from OK
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
2 Sameul 22:25
MSG
Nancy, Sanger, TX
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 NLT
Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he does for me. Psalm 103:2 NLT
I sought the Lord and He answered me,
he delivered me from my fears.
Those who look at him are radiant;
Their faces are never covered with shame.
Psalm 34: 4-5
Isaiah 12:3, NKJV
Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Peggy, Indianapolis
Romans 6:23 NIV
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Kate from Cheney, WA
O Lord be gracious to us; we long for You. Be our Strength every morning, our Salvation in times of distress.
Isaiah 33:2, NIV 1984
Lori, Pelham, NH “For they speak against Thee wickedly, and Thine enemies take Thy name in vain.” Psalm 139:20 KJV
Katie, Houston. “You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.” – I Peter 3:4 NLT
Pat S.
Lago Vista, TX
But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 1 Peter 3:15-16 The NET Bible
Kay, Houston:
Thanks be to God for his indescribale gift!
~ 2 Corinthians 9:15 NIV
Timing FAIL. AGAIN. =(
Alison, Norman.
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. I Peter 4:8 NLT
Ellen
Colorado Springs
Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)
My help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:2
The entire psalm has been my life saver numerous times!
Janice, Tulsa. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31