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.
Jennifer, Conyers,GA
1 Corinthians 3:7-8 (NLT)
Its. not important who does the planting or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. and both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
Laura, Littleton CO
“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.”
John 16:12
Maria from Louisville:
“For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
~Romans 8:3-4 NASB
Dianne, Fairifeld, CA – “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23 (NASB)
Susan, Ellensburg. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 New King James
Carla Lee
Corryton,Tn.
1Timothy 6:20-21 NIV
Guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called “knowledge”, whaich some have professed and in doing so have wandered from the faith.
Beth – Columbus, Ohio
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meeknes, and patience, bearing with one another and, if you has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmoney” – Colossians 3:12-14
**just started up a sports ministry at our church and these are our verses!
Diane, West Melbourne And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV
Kelli, Indianapolis
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Daniel 4:37 NIV
Paula
Houston, TX
But you were a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:10 (NIV)
Kim, Dickinson, ND
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself’. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. Matt. 22:37-40 NIV
Peggy – San Antonio
“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, Trussville, Alabama
“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
Dianne
Henryetta OK
“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
Brenda
Chicago, IL
1 Chronicles 28:9a NIV
“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought.”
Kelli – Kalispell, MT
“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.” Isaiah 58:8-9 NIV
Cast all your care upon him; for he cares for you.
1Peter 5:7 NIV
Deneen, Pittsburgh “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4 NIV
Donnicia /Raleigh, NC
Psalm 5:3 (New International Version, ©2011)
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly
Jane, Houston TX
I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneths me.
Phil 4:13
So appropriate as I ride my bike in the MS150 this weekend from Houston to Austin. Prayers are so welcome!
Maria Whitmire, SC
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
Jenn
Allison Park, PA
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Lindsay, Salisbury, NC:
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 1 Peter 4:12 NIV
Emmy Rome, GA
“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
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” ~Colossian 3:23-24 (NIV)
Mollie, formerly Tokyo–now Atlanta;
Isaiah 54:10-11 NIV
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear but even then my faithful lovefor you will remain. My covenant of blessing wll never be broken, says the LORD who has mercy on you.
Your precepts, Lord, are right, rejoicing the heart;
Your commandment, Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:8
Shalene, Clovis, CA Psalm 27:14 NKJV Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord
I’m so glad I remembered to post this, today! I was so excited to be at LPL on the 1st that I forgot to post! 🙁 But I’m back on track! Love you all!
Kim, Lovettsville VA
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.
Is 26:3 NIV
Debbie in Alexandria, VA
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hand on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22: 39, 40 (NIV)
Peggy, Crowley Lake, CA
Your precepts, Lord, are right, rejoicing the heart;
Your commandment, Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:8
Karen, Russellville, AR
I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Isaiah 45:3 (NIV 2010)
Karen—Sacramento, CA
“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)
Julie, Goodyear. “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
Laura, Nebraska
Proverbs 31:13-14 NKJV
She seeks wool and flax,
And willingly works with her hands. She is like the merchant ships,
She brings her food from afar.
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. II Peter 1:3 (NIV)
Marilyn, Fort Pierce, FL, I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them, I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16
Nicole, Ocean Springs, MS – “I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope.” ~Psalm 130:5 (NASB)
Kim, Wylie TX- In remembrance of a dear friend I lost this week:
Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to be sad, as other people are. They don’t have any hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
NIV
Julie, Texarkana- “Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strenghtened in his faith and gave glory to God.” Romans 4:20
Melanie in Amherst, MA
“By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.”
Hebrews 11:31 NASB
Peggy, Mexico-MN(too)
The Message
Matthew 11:29
“Walk with Me, work with Me, watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of Grace.”
Kels, Redding
“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
For though I am absent from you in body,
I am present with you in spirit
and delight to see how orderly you are
and how firm your faith in Christ is.
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,
continue to live in him,
rooted and built up in him,
strengthened in the faith as you were taught,
and overflowing with thankfulness.
See to it that no one takes you captive
through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
and you have been given fullness in Christ,
who is the head over every power and authority.
Colossians 2:5-10 NIV (1985)
Paula, Las Vegas (soon to be Muncie, IN). “Bad news won’t bother the; they have decided to trust the Lord.” Psalm 112:7 CEV
Annie (Fez, Morocco)
I am doing the second half of chapter 13 this time.
I Corinthians 13:8-13 NIV (1984)
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Kristi Scottsdale, AZ
Isaiah 52:10 NLT
“The Lord has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.”
Sherry in Marietta, GA
Isaiah 43:19 NIV
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
Romans 3:24
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
NKJV
Knoxville, TN
katie g
Found it yesterday…yes, His compassion! “racham” I love the meaning! I’m praying for you this weekend:)
“You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.”
Psalm 40:11 NASB