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.
Linda, Johnstown, PA.
Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
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 rescue you.
“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
Betty, Soddy Daisy, TN
“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)
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
Praise “Unto Him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.” Jude 24 KJ
Cathy, Walton, IN
“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
Crystal, Columbia The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 NLT
Shaminder
Toronto,ON
Remember this! He led His people out singing for joy; His chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!
He made them a gift of the country they entered, helped them seize the wealth of the nations So they could do everything He told them-could follow His instructions to the letter. Hallelujah!
Psalm 105:43-45
MSG
Melissa, Thompsons Station, TN.
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12
HCSB
Cara, Highlands Ranch: Colossians 4:5-6 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. NIV
Tess
Cartersville, GA
John 11:40 NIV
“Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God’.”
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Psalm 62:7-8 NIV
My salvation and my honor depend on God. He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, O people, pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.
Rhonda, Tampa
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalms 9:10 NIV
Erika, St. Maries: “Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself. Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.” Romans 8:33-34 NLT (for the month of April)
Thanks for the encouragement Beth. I was really struggling today, thinking if I should just stop and lay the verses cards down because this month has been crazy. Instead, I’ve decided to pick them back up and keep pressin’ on.
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.”
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
Lahna, Burkburnett: Psalm 50:15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. NKJS
LaShay from Saltillo, MS – “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25: 4,5 (NIV)
Julie – Wentzville, MO
“You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy.”
Psalm 63:5 NLT
LOOK TO THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH; SEEK HIS FACE ALWAYS.
1 CHRONICLES 16:11 NIV
Dawn, London, UK
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 NIV
Kristina, Frisco TX. ~~
“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” Galatians 5:22
Billie, Kailua-Kona
“Thank you! Everything in me says “Thank you!” Angels listen as I sing my thanks.”
Psalm 138:1 (The Message)
Pat S. Lago Vista, TX
“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
Jean Schlosser, Rubicon, WI Psalm 40:8 NIV
I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is
within my heart.
Hadn’t a clue about Verse #8 until I read yours. I believe I will join you Beth.
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!
I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the week.
Ezekiel 34:16 NIV
Glenna, Cumberland House, SK – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” Colossians 3:17
Shelley, Haslet, TX
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God. Matthew 5:3 NIV
Martha / Albertville,AL /
3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Psalm 3:3-4 (King James Version)
Carisa, Hillsboro, KS:
But as for me, I will always have hope. I will priase you more and more. Psalm 71:14 NIV
Andrea, Louisville
“You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.”
Isaiah 26:3
Melissa, Houston, TX – “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)
Jana, San Angelo, TX. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 English Standard Version
James 1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved. (NRSV)
Corinne in Chehalis, Washington
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus
Kristi, mobile Alabama
Kristen, 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
So needed this word!!
Erica, Amman, Jordan
“The mystery is that people who have never heard of God and those who have heard of Him all their lives (what I’ve been calling outsiders and insiders) stand on the same ground before God. They get the same offer, same help, same promises in Christ Jesus. The Message is welcoming and accessible to everyone, across the board.”
-Ephesians 3:6
” I bless you every time I take a breath;
My arms wave like banners of praise to you. ”
Psalm 63:4
Holly
Geita, Tanzania
Darcy, Houston “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” Psalm 20:7 NIV
natalie-tennessee
“let no corrupt talk come out of your mouths, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” ephesians 4:29 (esv)
Pam – Hamilton, OH
For the Lord Himself shall descend ferom heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. I Thes. 4:16 (KJV)
Marrissa, Orlando
Romans 8:28
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.
NIV
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. – Proverbs 15:1 NIV
“Do everything without complaining or arguing”
Philippians 2:14 NIV
Sarah Jenkins
Bancroft, Ontario
Canada
Elaine Kiley~Marietta,GA
NIV Is. 25:1
“O Lord, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God! You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.”
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho:
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5
Karie, Phoenix
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Valerie, Louisville KY
Is.30:15 NIV. This is what the sovereign lord, the holy one of Israel says, in repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.
Kara C Aurora, Il
Isaiah 53:5-6 (NIV) But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Brandy, San Angelo, TX Philippians 4:8 “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” New Living Translation