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.
Shelly, Orange,Tx
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV
Joy, Altadena, CA
Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing and with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:11-13 NLT
Briten – Providence, RI – And if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. Romans 8:17 NASB
Kim in MT: Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:3 NIV
Christine Lissoy, Irvine CA: “He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” (NIV) Eph. 3:20
Cassie McLelland, Mansfield TX: “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
Cindy, Laguna Niguel. “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
Cathy, Mason, OH
1 Peter 5:8
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Susie, Columbus, Ohio 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
Brenda, Derby, KS
II Cor 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Troy, Ohio although this week I am in Fez with my daughter Annie on her birthday!
Isaiah 53:4-5 NIV
Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds
we are healed.
Jennifer, Madison,OH
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
Still working on Psalm 139 in the TNIV
15b-18, 23-24
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in Your
book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the
grains of sand-when I awake, I am still with You.
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Audrey, Ohio 🙂
Jennifer – DE – Deuteronomy 30:11 (NIV)
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
Gena, Houston – So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help. – Isaiah 30:18
Psalm 119:15-16 NLT
I will study your commandments
and reflect on your ways.
I will delight in your decrees
and not forget your Word.
Aimee, north aurora, il
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
Hope, Northport, AL
“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
Sheila, Sevierville.
Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Isaiah 46:9- ‘Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me.”
Keri, Washington GA
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God delivers him out of them all.” Psalm 34: 19
Patti, Colorado Springs
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Rev 12:11 (NIV)
Lee Ann, Brentwood, TN – The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you, he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deut. 31:8 NIV
Katie, Gig Harbor WA
blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength until each one appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 84:5-7 ESV
Cathy from Brighton, Colorado:
Dt 31:6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the One who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. NASB
Praise Him!!
“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
Lindsay, Wenatchee, WA
My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.
2 Cor. 12:9, ESV
Heidi, Litchfield Park, AZ, Isaiah 30:18, NIV “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!”
Colossians 4:2 Amplified
Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer (life) being (both) alert and intent in (your praying) with thanksgiving.
Ann from Indiana
Teri ~ Corpus Christi, TX
“You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.” (Matthew 5:4 -MSG)
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted. (Matthew 5:4 -NIV)
1 chronicles 16:11 niv
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always
lois, crystal springs, ms
Shirleen, Greenville, SC…..He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:6 (NIV)
Karen Orem, UT
Psalm 143:8 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk,for I give myself to you.
Lynn, Bossier City. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Matthew 28:9 NIV
He is risen!!!! Happy Easter season Siestas!!!
Kinney, Oxford, MS
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gibes. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.” John 14:27 HCSB
Jennifer, Ocala, Fl
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Honolulu, HI
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” NKJV
rachel, frankfort, il
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV
“Dont worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.”
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Jennifer 🙂
Enterprise Al
Kim, Lawrence, KS “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Prov. 15:1 NIV
Tami, Michigan
“How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103 NIV
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
“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.
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS. “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 the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 NIV
Jacqueline
Akron, OH
“To obey is better than sacrifice…”
1 Samuel 15:22
Shelli, Houston: “Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, and everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.” ~ Proverbs 3:6 (MSG)
Gina; Houston
Proverbs 16:3 “Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established.”
Amen…do it Lord!
Paula, Friendswood TX,
Psalm 138:1-3 (New Living Translation)
I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart;
I will sing your praises before the gods.
I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.
I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;
for your promises are backed
by all the honor of your name.
As soon as I pray, you answer me;
you encourage me by giving me strength.
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
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.
Elaine, New Orleans, LA
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
Bobbie/College Station
Proverbs 3:3 NIV
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.”