Hey, Darling Things! I am on my way to our Little Rock Living Proof Live with much joy, anxiousness, and anticipation and pure-dee desperation for Jesus to show up. He’s all we’ve got to offer. And, gloriously, He’s all we need.
Don’t even think of dropping out of our Scripture Memory Team! If you let the Word dwell in you richly, I promise you that, when this calendar year closes, you will have experienced a completely different 12 months than you would have if you’d let your own opinions, agendas, quandaries, fears, feelings, insecurities, and bondage dwell in you richly. God’s Word WORKS. He sends it forth with accomplishing power. Don’t just memorize the words. BELIEVE THEM. Take them all the way to your heart and apply them to your real, live experience.
My verse this time around is one I’ve loved for a long time, especially as it’s worded in the NIV, but I’ve never committed it to memory. You’re welcome to join me if you don’t have another one planned. Here goes:
Beth, Houston. “Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
I love you guys. Stay with it, Sisters! Jesus is so worthy.
Kim, Mabank
“You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.” Deuteronomy 13:4 (NASB)
Glenda, Knoxville: Psalm 16:5-6, ESV
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Bethany, Modesto CA
Do not grumble against one another brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Eph. 3:20,21
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we could ever 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! NIV
Karen, Wildwood, MO
“For you make me glad by your deeds O Lord, I sing for joy at the works of your hands.”
Psalm 92:4 NIV
Robyn~ Dallas, Texas
Psalm 119:133 NIV
“Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.”
Hannah Knoxville, TN. “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Heidi in Whitefish, MT
“…because I know whom I believe,
and am convinced that He is able to guard
what I have entrusted to Him for that day.”
2 Timothy 1:12b NIV
What a beautiful scripture. God gave me that last week during a very anxious time! God bless you.
Jeri B., Battlefield, MO
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love, break up your untilled ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like rain. Hosea 10:12 HCSB
I John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. NIV
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;
Psalm 103: 2-3 NASB
Margot, Round Rock, TX
“… March on, my soul; be strong!” Judges5:21 (NIV)
Lisa, West Des Moines, IA “A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted.” Proverbs 12:16 (NLT)
Megan Grants Pass
And He put a new song in my mouth, a song of priasie to our God; Many will see and fear, And will trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:3 (NASB)
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.”
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Jill
Laramie, WY
Carrie, Chicago
Philippians 4:13 ESV
I can do all things through him who strengthens me
April, Blacksburg, VA:
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Adrienne – Jasper, TN
“They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.” Psalm 145:7 NIV
Lexington, KY
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (NIV)
I love this verse, Dianne. It spoke to my heart…thanks!
Amy – Custer, South Dakota
“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will carry you and I will rescue you.”
Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
This is my verse too!
“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.” ~ Romans 15:13 NIV ♥
Elissa in CT
Wendy, Elm City, Psalm 61:2&3 (NIV)
From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
April, Hume
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Deborah, New Brunswick, Canada
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Teri, Kalamazoo, Michigan
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4 NKJV
Krista, Morgantown, WV
“You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.”
1 Peter 4:2, NLT
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Peggy Corpus Christi TX And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV
Kim, Atlanta
“I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.”
Linda, Dallas, TX:
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. -Hebrews 12:11 NLT
Linda,Bartelso,IL- Be alert, stand firm in the faith,be brave and strong. Your every action must be done with love. ICor 16:13+14 HCSB
Amy – Gallipolis, OH – Habakkuk 2:3 NIV
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
SSMT Scripture # 8
Gay Beck, Plain City, OH
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Cindy- Sheridan, WY
Life up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26 NIV
Kellie Norris, mobile, Alabama
Isaiah 51:16 NLT/NIV
I have put my words in your mouth and Hidden you safely in my hand. I who set the heavens in place; who laid the foundations of the Earth.
Stacyjo – Spokane, WA
Romans 6:14 NIV
For sin shall not be your master, for you are not under law, but under grace.
Heather, Oklahoma
NIV Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
Adrienne
Clarksville, TN
“But be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.”
1 Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
Valerie
Sparks, Nevada
Lead me by Your truth and teach me, for You are the God Who saves me. All day long I put my hope in You.
Psalm 25:5 NLT
Holly, Glendale, AZ:
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:4-5 NIV
Romans 8:34 NIV – Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died – more than that, who was raised to life – is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Laura, Waynesboro, VA
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Ashley, Southern Illinois
Jeremiah 32:17
“Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who has made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.” ESV
Sarah, Wichita Falls, TX
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 1 Timothy 6:7-8 NIV
Shara, Somerset, CA Ephesians 3:14-16 NASB
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man.
Karlys, La Place, LA
Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
1 Corinthians 13:8 NASB
Twyla from Greenville,
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” NIV Acts 4:12
Mariposa Albuquerque NM
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 NIV