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 cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 (NIV)
Megan- Knoxville, TN
2 Thess. 2:15 and 16
NIV
So then brothers, stand firm and hold on to the teachings passed on to you whether by word of mouth or by letter.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself or God our father who loved us and by his grace give us eternal encouragement and good hope.
Lisa
Moyock, NC
Hebrew 6:19 (niv)
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Janine
Mpls. MN
Isaiah 40:30-31 (HCSB)
Youths may faint and grow weary, and young men stumble and fall,
but those who trust 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 faint.
And in French:
Esaie 40:30-31 (Louis Segond)
Les adolescents se fatiguent et se lassent,
Et les jeunes hommes chancellent;
Mais ceux qui se confient en l'Eternel renouvellent leur force.
Ils prennent le vol comme les aigles;
Ils courent, et ne se lassent point,
Ils marchent, et ne se fatiguent point.
Jan
Bemus Point, NY
1 Corinthians 13:3 NLT
"If I gave everything 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."
Robin
Morehead, Ky.
Galatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something
when he is nothing, he deceives
himself. NIV
Lea
Arkansas
Therefore, If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Jeannie
(I'm catching up on my posting not on my memorizing)
Psalms 100:5
NIV
For the Lord is good. His loving kindness everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations.
Misty
Norman, OK
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
Missie
Houston, TX
Psalm 147:7-9
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
Pam
Columbia, SC
Psalm 147:7-9
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
Pam
Columbia, SC
Romans 8:38, NIV
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,"
Amy, St. Louis, MO
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! I Cor. 10:12 NIV
Stacey M.
Portland, Tx
Psalm 50:15(NLT)
Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.
Donna
Ponder, TX
Heb 4:16 NIV
"Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."
Anita
Austin, TX
Heb 4:16 NIV
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we mwy receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Anita
Austin, TX
1 Peter 2:20-25
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Katy Lin
Oskaloosa, IA
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." – Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Traca Miller
Stephenville, Texas
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11 (NIV)
Amber
Houston, TX
Psalm 14:3 KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Ashley Smith
Crestview, FL
I don't think i posted this verse….
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Christy, Greenville, TX
Rkelly
Houston, Texas
Colossians 1:9b-10
We have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His Will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
I Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Deena Jefferson
Springboro, OH
 16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:16-18
Tina Lyn, Odessa, TX
Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Chère, California
The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him!
Exodus 15:2
NIV
Karen
Madison,AL
James 2:20-26
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
In the same way was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. (NIV)
Rhonda
Anderson, IN
Psalm 25:5
…guide me in your truth and teach me,for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Vicki
Loveland, CO
John 14:6 (NIV)
"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"
Christy T.
Los Angeles, CA
Andrea
Alexandria, Louisiana
G O D F I R S T
God
1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. (NIV)
O
Ps 34:8-9 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. (KJV)
Delight
Ps 119:24 Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors. (NIV)
Faith
Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (NIV)
In step with the Spirit
Gal 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (NIV)
Right
Prov 8:6-9 Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge. (NIV)
Selfish
Proverbs 18:1 He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom. (Darby)
The battle
Eph 6:10-12 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (NIV)
" My foot is slipping, Your loyal love, O Lord, supports me, When worries threaten to overwhelm me your soothing touch makes me happy."
Psalm 94: 18-19 (NIV)
RaeLeen
Greenwood
This is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
1John 1:10, (NIV)
Nancy D. Moberly, MO
Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Carrie
Cary, NC
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.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Jeanne Byers
Easley, SC
"Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field." NIV
Kathy French
Austin
Reporting in late:
Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
~Stacy
Washington state
Malachi 3:18 NIV
And you will see again the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
Lisa
Kirkland, WA
Erika Chapman
Florence, SC 29501
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
Psalm 119:36
NIV
Romans 8:26
In the smae way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
Jennifer Engstrom
Round ROck, Texas
Psalms 31:15
My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Lori
Bangor, Maine
Psalm 122:5-6 (HCSB)
The Lord protects you; the Lord is a shelter right by your side. The sun will not strike you by day, or the moon by night.
I've been out of the country since the first of August … here is my Memory Scripture 15 🙂
Proverbs 3:5 [NIV]
Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding.
Trechell
Spring, TX
Sandra – Burnaby BC Canada
Psalm 62:6 ESV
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
Mark 4:27 (NIV)
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
~Lynnette in Houston
I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.
Psalm 57:2NIV
Jody, Colfax, NC
NKJV Psalms 27:13
I would have lost heart,unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the Lord,be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart. Wait,I say, on the LORD!
CC
Grand Prairie, TX
"I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth."
Psalm 121:1-2
Matia
Fort Worth, TX
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God in Him, I will trust. Psalm 91:1-2
Ephesians 5:20 (New International Version)
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ivy from NC
"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear." Eph 4:29
Becky – Indianapolis