Hey, Scripture Memory Buddies!
Every single month my anticipation of our January celebration doubles! Just picture all those hugs and high fives! Has this been a great support group, or what? Although I know I would have still memorized Scripture because my poor obsessive mind spins out of control without it, I cannot imagine that I would have memorized the same amount over the course of this year. Accountability and COMMUNITY are beautiful things. Of all the activities we’ve gotten to do on our LPM blog, honestly, this is one of my favorites. I hope you’re getting plenty of opportunities to put your memory verses to practice. Just in case you haven’t found them all that practical, you ought to try mine from our last segment. It was on the tongue. Let me simply say that, for some unknown reason, my verse came to my mind about 25 times a day.
I’m also excited about the selection God has impressed on my heart for this round.
“I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.” Psalm 57:2 NIV
Here’s what God is using that verse to say to me right now: When I’m in a really hard and hurtful situation, somehow the present difficulty of it overrides my conscious thought that God is going to use it in my life and then through my life. Not one time in my entire tenure on this planet has He ever failed to turn around and use the hardship for good. NOT ONCE. Not when I gave Him enough time and cooperation. Yet, in the midst of it, I often can only hang onto Him for dear life while we ride the wave to shore and then stand there in the aftershock and look like I’ve just been on the spin cycle of a washing machine. Afterward, when He invariably turns it into some kind of maturity, intimacy, insight or ministry, I think, “Why didn’t I just trust Him for that at the time??? Why did I have to take it so personally and injuriously?” I want to learn to CONSISTENTLY claim the victory right there in the worst of the pain or crisis. At the very moment that I’m crying out to God Most High for help, as the psalmist says, I want to proclaim that He’s smack in the middle of fulfilling His purpose for me. Challenging stuff.
But that’s one of the things that keeps us so interested and engaged with Christ. We can never get this thing conquered.
I am so honored to take this journey with you. He is everything, Sweet Thing. He is absolutely EVERYTHING! Savor His Presence today.
OK, let’s hear your first name, city, verse and translation!
I love you,
Beth
I am trying to catch up!
Isaiah 49:15,16 NIV
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
Geri Patterson
Deer Park, TX
John 15:5 NKJV
"I am the vine, you are the branches, He who abides in Me, and I in Him bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing."
Denise
Deming, New Mexcio
Galatians 1:10
"Am I trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Kristine in Flint, TX
I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.
Psalm 57:2 NIV
Lavonda
Atlanta, Ga
Jeremiah 9:23-24
"Thus says the Lord, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not the rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the Lord.
Kelly
Woodway, TX
"If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever." NLT
1 Corinthians 13: 3
Robin
Morehead, Ky
Sorry I am so late! My internet has been out at home.
I'm picking yours Beth, because I so need to remember He has my purpose and my very existance in His very capable hands. 🙂
“I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.” Psalm 57:2 NIV
Jodi Alley
Humble, TX
Psalm 41:1 (KJV)
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble."
Amy G
Addison, TX
Joel 2:13 NKJV
So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.
Litt
Covington LA
Hebrews 12:11-13 NASB
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, yet to those who have beej trained by it, afterwards it yeilds the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Therefore, strengethen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straing paths for your feet so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, rather healed.
Megan, Colorado Springs, CO
Therefore we do not lose heart. 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
Ashley Hale
Uvalde, Texas
Psalm 119:11 NIV
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Sheryl Harris
Fort Smith, AR
Darien, Lenoir, NC
II Corinthians 1:20 NIV
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes," in Christ, and so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.
Jae, Lenoir, NC
II Corinthians 1:20 NIV
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes," in Christ, and so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.
Sherry
Meeker, OK
"You watched me as I was being formed in
utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the
dark of the womb.
Psalm 139:15 (NLT)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Chrsit Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:8-10
NIV
Jillian
Laramie, WY
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
For the word of God is living and
active.
Sharper than any double-edged
sword,
It penetrates even to dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow;
It judges the thoughts and
attitudes of the heart.
LynnSC
Rock Hill, SC
"I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me."
Ps 57:2
NIV
Judy
Linden,TX
"I cry out to GOD Most High, To GOD, who fulfills His purpose for me!!!"
PS. 57:2
NIV
Jessica Booth
Leavenworth, IN
Psalm 25:4 (NIV)
Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
Vicki
Loveland, CO
I couldn't post on the 1st and then forgot to post, but this is the verse I chose.
James 1:7-8 NIV
That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
Shelley Crouch
Casey, IL
Psalm 1:3 (NIV)
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Shannon
Katy, TX
(So sorry I am late-I was out of the country and away from the internet. I've been working on my verse, I promise!)
I cry out to God, Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 (NIV)
Sarah
St. Peters, MO
Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?
Isaiah 51:10 (NIV)
Patty
Rogers, AR
Phil. 4:13 (NKJ)
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Cheryl
Katy, TX
Martha, Horseshoe Bay, Tx
This should be my fifth scripture if I am posting right —
"I cry out to God Most High, to god who fulfills His purpose for me. Ps 57:2
Martha, Horseshoe Bay, TX I hope my posts are coming through — this should be No. 5
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. Ps 57:2
Judy Peterson from East Chain, MN says;
Psalm 57:2 (NIV)
"I cry out to God most high, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me."
"Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:2-Holman
Kristin M.
Kennesaw, GA
1 John 5:4
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.
Gena
Houston, TX
"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."
Lamentations 3:22-23
Amy
Kearney, NE
2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (NIV)
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given to me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from 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. That is why, for Christ's sake, I will delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Sarah
Parker, CO
Psalm 95:1-3 NIV
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
LT in Apple Valley MN
1 Peter 5:5b (KJV)
Be closthed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Jena
Wildersville, TN
I so need the scripture Beth picked, and since I'm still catching up I'll do verse 1 as well.
Psalm 57:1-2 NIV
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge, I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
Kathy
Arlington, TX
Oh no, Siesta Momma, I dropped the bal1!!! August 1st came and went and I forgot to post my verse! And now I'm getting ready to leave for vacation, so I'm going to post both of my verses right now…hope that's
ok!
Proverb 30:5 (NLT)
'Every word of God proves true.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.'
and Isaiah 43:25 (Message)
'But I, yes I, and the one
who takes care of your sins–that's what I do.
I don't keep a list of your sins.'
Love you, Beth,
Judy in Oswego, NY
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
Lisa in Goldsboro, NC
"Anxiety in a man's heart weights him down, but a good word makes him glad."
Proverbs 12:25
ESV
Kelli – Texas
"The LORD will give strength to His people,
The LORD will bless his people with peace."
Psalm 29:11 NASB
Lisa
Corbin, KY
Lohri Williams
Plant City
Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach & admonish one another with all wisdom & as you sing psalms, hymns & spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Col.3:16 NIV
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Psalm 119:36
NIV
Erika Chapman
Florence, SC
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (NIV)
Leanne S
(PS sorry I'm so very late on this – it's been a hard month for me)
"I cry out to God most high, to God who fulfills his purpose for me." Psalm 57:2 NIV
Natalie
Waco, TX
Hebrews 12:2 NIV
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of he throne of God.
Jennifer
Phoenix, AZ
Philippians 4:7, NKJV
"An the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Becky
Choctaw, OK
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:26-27
Mary Ann
Ringgold Ga.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
Nicole
Winnipeg, MB
NIV
Phil 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.
"For I am convinced that neither life nor death, neither demons nor angels, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus" – Romans8:38-40
For I am convinced that neither life nor death, neither demons nor angels, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus.
– Romans 8:38-40 NIV
Danaly Payne
Lumberton, TX
*sorry for the repeat comment but forgot to include my name on the previous one