If it weren’t Scripture memory day, I wouldn’t have posted this fast after yesterday’s entry for anything on earth. If you didn’t get a chance to read Melissa’s post “Oh, Yes, Jesus Loves Me,” enter your memory verse here but be sure and go back and read the previous one. It was true ministry in every sense of the word. Thank you, Lis.
OK, Scripture Memory Team! Well, as it turns out for all of us, we really did need these verses this year, didn’t we? I’ve had a season I wasn’t expecting, packed with many challenges, concerns, and fears but, praise His glorious Name, it’s also been packed with a whole lot of Jesus. And that’s what I want, Girlfriend. More than anything on earth. Perhaps you’ll be able to tell from my selection this time that I am, once again, working on something in particular. I’m not just looking to memorize, Sister. I’m looking to change. Scripture memory alone will just make you arrogant. Lapping up those Scriptures like they are the only spring in your desert will make you different.
I’m doing two in tandem:
“I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.” Psalm 17:3b NIV
“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3 NIV
I love you. Stay with it, Siestas!
Mark 11:24
NIV
Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
Misty
Norman, OK
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
Isaiah 7:9b NIV
Missie
Houston, TX
Psalm 147:4-6
The LORD determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Pam
Columbia, SC
Kasey Ewing, Bossier City, LA
Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.
""Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
James 5:16 (NIV)
Sue
Troy, MI
Psalm 42:5, NASB
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.
Katie Taylor,
Russellville, AL
Psalm 119:9-12 KJV
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Ashley Smith
Crestview, FL
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is whithout clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well: keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is notaccompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that – and shudder.
James 2:14-19 (NIV)
Rhonda
Anderson, IN
"I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know his love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV
Kathy
Austin, TX
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Deena Jefferson
Springboro, OH
Ugh.
I don't know how I got so far behind.
Reporting in with verse 14 (though clearly the rest of you are on verse 16!) Looks like I'll be busy memorizing THREE verses this month! 🙂
Romans 2:4b, ESV:
God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.
Stacy
Washington state
Jeremiah 24:6-7
NIV
My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land, I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
Lisa
Kirkland, WA
How did I get this far behind? Good grief!
Romans 8: 24-25
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what He already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Jennifer Engstrom
Round Rock, Texas
Psalms 31:14
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, "You are my God."
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Lori
Bangor, Maine
Psalm 122:3-4 (HCSB)
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders. Deuteronomy 33:12NIV
Jody, Colfax, NC
Proverbs 20:25 NIV
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.
We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (that's me!!) Romans 8:28
Leah
Charlotte, NC
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
Dana
Boerne, TX
The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that cannot help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this idol that I'm holding in my hand a lie?"
Isaiah 44:20
Ina
Lancaster, Pa
Blessed is the (wo)man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1-2 NIV
Trisha
Odessa, TX
"I have resolved that my mouth will not sin." Psalm 17:3b NIV
"Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips." Psalm 141:3 NIV
Angie
Anna, TX
"I have resolved that my mouth will not sin." Psalm 17:3b NIV
"Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips." Psalm 141:3 NIV
Mandy
Waco, TX
Romans 14:13 NIV
Therefore let us stop passing judgement on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.
Jana
Wilmington, OH
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
Psalm 19:13 (NIV)
Lisa
Cartersville, GA
"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast."
Psalm 139:9-10 (NIV)
Pam, Greensboro, NC
Pat in Bigfork, MT said:
Psalm 106:1
Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.
Pat in Bigfork, MT said:
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
Philippians 2:15
"So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe…"
It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
Isaiah 50:9
Lavonda
Marietta, Ga
Philippians 1:14 NASB
and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my inprisonment, have far more courage to speak the wordof God without fear.
Becky
Indianapolis, IN
"Pay attention to what I say; listen closely to My words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart."
Proverbs 4:20-21 NIV
Beverly
Brenham, TX
The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.
Zeph 3:17
Libby
Dallas, TX
Ps. 73:26 NIV
My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Soozi, Houston, TX
"I would have lost heart unless I had believed that i would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."
Psalm 27:13
mk
seattle
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 61:2
KJV
Fran Dockins
Corryton, TN
Trudi Tedrick
Lynchburg, OH
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Psalm 17:3b
"I have resolved that my mouth will not sin"
Beth Herring
Oak Grove, La
Psalm 119:97
NIV
Oh how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Susan in OKC
Romans 6:1-13 (part 6) NIV
For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Bridgette Jencks
Panama City, FL
Psalm 19:14 KJV
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Sharon McLaughlin
Panama City Beach, FL
He says "Don't be afraid, because I have saved you. I have called you by name, and you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you cross rivers, you will not drown. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned nor will the flames hurt you."
Isaiah 43:1b-2
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."
Psalm 37:4
Allison
Montgomery, AL
comment 1459 is mine… sorry forgot to add my name…
Kristin
Montgomery, AL
Janice H.
Summerville, SC
"Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load." Galatians 6:4-5 (NIV)
Isaiah 44:3 (NIV)
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.â€
Amanda May
Olympia, WA
Good grief! Looks like I didn't report in for this one either!
Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Keri
Houston, Tx
Forget the former things, do not dwell in the past. See , I am doing a new thing Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?
Isaiah 43:18-19
Wendy-Rome, GA
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NIV
Do you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
Anne
Lorton, VA
Ezek 36:27
I will put my Spirit with in you and cause you to walk in my statutes and youwill keep my judgements and do them.
Tiffany Dallas, TX