OK, my fellow Scripture-memory Siestas! It’s the 15th and you know what that means! It’s time to sign in (name and location) and record our second Scriptures. Remember, this process is a vital part of the accountability that leads to victory so I hope so much to see several thousand Scriptures come in over the next 36 hours. For those of you who are new to our accountability group, we welcome you! Jump in here with us and get some Scripture as your life-elixir. Here’s a little extra motivation! AN EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS COMMENT left on the mini-tutorial in reference to our first memory verse:
“Last night I had THE WORST anxiety attack that I have EVER had in my life. My sweet husband prayed over me and as I climbed in under the covers just quivering with fear, my verse that I am memorizing just came to me and I started to say it over and over out loud and such a peace and calm washed over me. Never has an anxiety attack stopped dead in its tracks as this one did-I am just in awe that in this short time I am already learning my scripture and realizing just how powerful this thing it! This works! Satan has NO authority over MY MIND to cause that kind of fear! I will wield my sword his way!”
Doesn’t our sister’s testimony get your blood pumping? No, we don’t all have a husband who will pray over us at times of mental torment but, Girlfriend, every single one of us can do exactly what our Siesta did! Wield that Holy Thing!!
Now for a few reminders:
1. Choose a Scripture you yourself really need. If you don’t have one picked out and you feel like you could really use the one I’m memorizing, please feel free to join me and don’t feel lame. That’s what mentors in Christ are for.
2. Limit your comment to your Scripture (entirely written out even if you’re joining me with mine) and your name and city. Remember to add your translation abbreviation because many of your sisters may want to look up your verse and won’t know where to find it otherwise. I know it’s hard not to leave further comments but it’s so much cooler to read one Scripture after another as we go through the post. You did such a great job following this instruction last time. Truly it was one of the most powerful things I’ve ever seen on the blog.
3. Add your verse to your spiral index cards as your second Scripture then begin the same process of memorization/meditation that you did with the first one. Once you get a bit of a handle on the second one, you will then begin doing them BOTH over and over in succession. Don’t get intimidated by this! You can do it. In fact, you’re going to thrive on it! To me, this is when it really starts getting fun and POWERFUL. I love the process of saying a number of Scriptures in a row. You’ll find that the victory is not only won in the spiritual war around us. It’s also won in that very personal war raging within us. Even if you read your two Scriptures over and over and don’t memorize them word for word, remember the primary goal is still accomplished: You are getting the Truth in your brain and holding your thoughts captive to Christ!
A quick word of caution: I am a little concerned for some of you who chose long passages the first time around. You really might consider repeating a portion of it as your second set so you can retain what you’re memorizing. In fact, if you chose a chapter, I’d suggest doing it in as many as four or five segments. I just don’t want you to get discouraged and drop out. Unless you’re pretty experienced at memorization, it’s probably best to stick to shorter segments and see it all the way through to our goal: 24 verses in 12 months!
OK, here’s my 2nd Scripture. Like last time, it’s a verse I really love but have never put to memory. It won’t take you long to figure out what the theme of the Scripture is! And, yes, it’s one I really need for a challenge I’m going through personally. I love it in the NIV:
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Here are a few ways I will (“E”) EXAMINE it:
1. It’s 2nd person. (In other words, me saying it to you about God. As I pray it, on the other hand, I’ll say it like this, “You (God) are able to make all grace abound to me…”)
2. The theme is grace and the Scripture expresses that beautiful theme by repeating two key words: “all” (4X) and “abound” (2X). I can already tell that I’ll be emphasizing the word “ALL” as I repeat it aloud because clearly that was Paul’s inspired intention.
3. I notice that the word “every” is used at the very end of the verse instead of “all.” A little twist that I’ll want to keep in mind.
These are little clues that will help me memorize. I hope they help you see the process of “Examine” in our RENEW acrostic at work!
Incidentally, some of you who gave us the privilege to pray for you yesterday about financial needs might take a look at the verses that appear soon after the one I’ve chosen. If God has not led you otherwise, perhaps you might consider memorizing 2 Corinthians 9:10 or 11. When we have a pure and needy heart before God, these kinds of Scriptures are perfectly appropriate to pray, memorize and believe our faithful Father for. Philippians 4:19 is another terrific Scripture for this occasion.
OK, you sweet things! Get busy! Let me see some Scriptures!
I love you like crazy. May Christ Himself, the Living Logos, empower and inspire you!
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will sore on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Beth
San Francisco, CA
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will sore on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Beth
San Francisco, CA
Psalm 27:1 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation-
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life-
of whom shall I be afraid?
Jacquelynne, Woodstown, NJ
Psalm 27:1 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation-
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life-
of whom shall I be afraid?
Jacquelynne, Woodstown, NJ
The just shall live by faith Gal 3:11
If you do not believe, you surely will not be established. NKJV Is 7:9
Roni Long
Demopolis, AL
Isaiah 65:24 NIV (personalized)
“Barb, before you call< I answer; while you are still speaking I hear."
Mary
Carlisle, England
Proverbs 16:3
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
-NIV
1 Peter 5:6
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
Psalm 51:10 NIV “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Buried with Him…that…even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4
Karen, Walthall, MS: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 KJV
LuAnn – Wisconsin ~
Philippians 3:14 “I press on toward the goal to win a prize for whih God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” NIV
This passage is on my mind because my sister-in-law- is sitting at her mother’s bedside waiting for the Lord to take her heaven.
Tanzy Coweta,Ok.
The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34:10 NKJV
“I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 16:8 NIV
Candace ~ Maryland
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
I am the vine and you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears much fruit. FOR WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
John 15:5
NKJV
Colleen Grand Prairie, TX ‘Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.’ 1Peter 5:7 NIV
Do you know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
I Cor. 9:24 (NIV)
Wendy, Orillia, ON, Canada
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NIV
Knoxville, TN “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid; nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is will you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NKJV
Liz Okemos, MI
Psalms 147:10-11 NIV
“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor in the legs of men; the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put thier HOPE in his unfailing love.”
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
Deborah ~ Alabama
“Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again, Rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7
Debbie-Muskogee
Do you know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. I Cor. 9:24 (NIV)
Marianne – Fort Collins, CO
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19, NLT
Pr. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; on all your ways acknowledge him , and he will make your paths straight.
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgement: blessed are all they that wait for Him.
Stacy, Macclenny.
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:34 NIV
Joshua 1:9
Be strong and courageou, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
II Cor 5:17 – Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. KJV
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Ephesians 1:18 – 19 (Beth Moores Praying God’s Word Scripture-Prayer Resource Cards)
18 I pray that the eyes of my heart may be enlightened in order that I may know the hope to which you have called me, the riches of your glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and your incomparably great power for us who believe.
Debbie Allen in Vevay,Indiana
Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. KJV Proverbs 31:30
“We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; we are persecuted but not abandoned” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NLT)
Colossians 3:23 NET
Whatever you do, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people.
Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
Maria Hammond in Dickinson, North Dakota
“This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:8 NIV
“Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 NIV
Sonia, Brisbane Australia: Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry brought me right into his presence – a private audience!NIV and Message. I love that – imagine a PRIVATE audience with the Lord of the universe!
Romans 15:13
13 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. NIV
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful. (NIV)Hebrews 10:23
Psalm 16:8 nov I have set the Lord continually before me; because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Nikki B. Aurora Il:
Hebrews 11:6 NIV “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
“I love the Lord because he hears my prayers and answers them. Because he bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I breathe.” Psalms 116:1-2 (The Living Bible)
1/16/11
Suzanne
Summerfield,Fl
Jer. 29:ll,l2
ForI know the thought that I think toward you says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me and I will listen to you. NJKV
Alyssa, Fort Worth, Texas – 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sounds mind.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Two are better then one, because they have a good return for their work:
NIV
Debbie, Bluffton SC, Psalm 139 23,24
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
NIV
Colossians 3:12
“Therefore,as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, gentleness and patience.”
(NIV)
Better ine day late than not at all:
Galations 6:9 NLT
So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up for we will reap a harest of blessing at the appropriate time.
Pray for Dana: God knows-Thanks