Hey, Sweet Things! I’m a mighty long way from home in Fresno, California and looking so forward to getting into the Scriptures and into some passionate praise and worship with these West-side women. I love knowing that Priscilla is in Florida this weekend serving at her first simulcast and we are on the opposite side of the continent with our Living Proof Live. You wouldn’t waste a prayer on either one of us.
This will be a record setting post – my shortest ever! Wish so much I could tarry here and visit with you but, Sister Girl, my hands are FULL. Oh, how I pray you are sticking with your Scripture memory. Don’t give up! God will bring a harvest if we persevere and see it all the way through. I love my selection this go round. If you don’t know what you want to memorize for Verse 7, you are welcome to share mine. Here goes!
Beth, Houston. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
I love you like crazy. Stay in the Word!
Traci from Lakewood, WA
Psalm 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Kathy, Akron, Ohio
Psalm 27:13&14
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” (NIV)
Lori, Richmond, VA
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Amy
Snellville, GA
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”
2 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)
Paula ~ Hendersonville, TN ~ He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:27
Hill, Los Angeles
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Isaiah 55:12 NIV
I’m behind in posting, but not in memory verses:
Feb 1: “Look to the Lord & his strength; seek his face always.” Psalm 105:4 NIV
Feb 15: “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 NIV
Mar 1: “Sing songs from your heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God the father in the name of our Master, Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:19 Message
Mar 15: “Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.” 1 Peter 3:4 Message
Apr 1: “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Lisa, Greensburg, Pa.
“I declare my life to You; You set my tears before You, as also in Your promise. My enemies shall be turned back in whatever day I may call upon You; Behold I know You are my God. In God I will praise His word; in the Lord I will praise His word. In God I hope; I will not be afraid…”
Psalm 55(56):9-12 SAAS
Ruth, Shawnee, KS
Hebrews 12:2-3 (New Living Translation) — We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people, then you won’t become weary and give up.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2,3 NASB
Kathy,West Milton
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
I Corinthians 1:25. NIV
the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-
control. Galatians chapter 5 verse 22-23
Monica and daughters Faith and Trinity, Toronto, Canada
CarrieBeth Sherwood
Little Rock, AR
Love us God, with all you’ve got-that’s what we’re depending on.
Psalm 33:22 (The Message)
Colleen – Conroe
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 NASB
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.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Lexington, KY
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NIV
“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 ESV
Dayna~Ontario,Calif.
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
Lamentations 3:22-24 NKJV
Boni, Manassas, VA. Proverbs 1:33 (NIV) “But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God. John 3:21 NIV
Lake Wylie, SC
Mark 10:15 NIV
Truly I tell you, unless you receive the Kingdaom of God live a little child, you will not enter it.
Cara from Edmond, OK.
Those who love your law are completely secure;
nothing causes them to stumble. Psalm 119:165 NET
Dawn Owensboro,Ky
I can do everthing through
him who gives me strength
Philippians 4:13 NIV
Becky, Jacksonville, FL
This is the one I esteem: She who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2
~Grace & Peace, San Diego: “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” – Romans 5:3-5 (ESV)
Laura Greensboro, NC
“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations. You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.”
Isaiah 42:6-7 NLT
Holly Mc, Tyler TX
But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22 KJV
Elizabeth R., Cypress, Texas
Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Psalm 16:5-6 (HCSB)
Carol, Gig Harbor
“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” Romans 12:15 NIV
Diane in MN,
Joshua 1:9
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Holman Christian Standard
Annette, Minneapolis, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 ESV
Cacey, Northville, MI
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 NIV
Brittney, San Angelo “Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. James 1:17 NASB
This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and He know everything. I John 3:19-20 NIV
Daniel 2:20 (Contemporary English Version)
Our God, your name will be praised forever and forever.
You are all-powerful, and you know everything.
Mansfield
…the one who is in you is greater than the one in the world. 1 John 4:4 NIV
Suzanne, Summerfield,Fl.
Beloved, now we are children of God: and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be but we know that when He is revealed we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is. I John 3:2 NKJV
Dawn — Falmouth, KY
Matthew 9:36-38 NLT
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 NIV
Kelly, Lilburn, Georgia
He ordered His angels to guard you wherever you go. If you stumble, they’ll catch you; their job is to keep you from falling. Psalms 91:11-12 (The Message)
Ontario, OH
“What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. ” Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
Beverly
Midlothian VA
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:20,21 ESV
Lindsay, Central, SC:
“Many, O LORD my God,
are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us
no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.”
~Psalm 40:5, NIV 1984 Version.
Misti, Athens, AL
Teach me your way, LORD,
that I may rely on your faithfulness;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Restore to me the joy of your Salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Ps. 51:12
Jennifer, OKC,OK
Toni-Benton,AR: Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 NAS
Emily, Iowa, You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. John 15:16 NIV
Donita- Tucson, AZ
James 3:17-18 ESV
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Edie
Mobile,AL
Love is patient ,love is kind. It does not envy it does not boast, it is not proud.
1Cor 13:4
NIV