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.
Suzanne, Arizona
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
-Revelation 21:4
Tesa
Perry, GA
Isaiah 55:10
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, … (cont. w/ v. 11 next time!)
Angela, Amarillo,TX
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God being fully persuaded that God has power to do what He has promised. Romans 4:20-21 NIV
Kristin from Kentucky:
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:7 NIV
Becky, Charlotte, NC
“Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually!”
Psalm 105:4 (ESV)
Judy, Norfolk,Va
guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Ps. 25:5 NIV
Brandy, Kingwood, TX
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8 NIV
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.
Isaiah 53:4-5
Rayna, Olathe, May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Ps. 19:14
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.
Isaiah 46:4, NIV
Courtney, Houma, LA
Patti, Colorado
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteousness, of your salvation all day long, though I know not it’s measure.I will come and proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
Psalm 71:14-16 NIV
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe. Psalm 4:8 NLT
ooh, I love Beth’s verse!!
Julie, Clarks Summit, PA
I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle. Psalm 39:1 KJV
Maribeth, Jackson, MS
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.
Isaiah 53:4-5 NIV
Christy, Pennsylvania
Philippians 2:3-5 (New Living Translation) Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Angela, Mansfield TX
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
Lala Ball Cooper in Ruston, Louisiana, says: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 KJV
Adele, Fresno, CA
“But prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” James 1:22
Sheila, Bethesda, MD. “But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 NIV
Sherry, Oklahoma
“….neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 NIV
♥♥ the Word!!♥♥
Lanie, Perry, GA They are new every morning; Great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22 (cont’d from 4/1/11)
Pam, Arvada CO
John 21:22 ESV
Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you. You follow me.”
KJV Ps 31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Amy 7634, SF Bay Area, CA:
“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
Amy, Castle Rock, Colorado
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.”
Hebrews 13:8 NLT
Arlet, Fircrest Let my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry! Psalm 88:2 NASB
Tanis, British Columbia
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things. Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. Phil 4:8-9 HCSB
“Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
Annalee in Houston
Love each other with genuine affection,
and take delight in honoring each other.
Romans 12:10 NLT
Ashley, Huntsville, AL “The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still.” -Exodus 14:14, NIV
Jackie
Cypress, TX
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Kristen, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Lyndsay, New Castle, IN.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.–I Cor. 13:7
Barbara, Warner Robins, GA
Proverbs 30:5 NCV
Every word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety.
My son John, who is a Marine, left for Afganistan this week. Please remember him and our family during his tour of duty.
Marie Franse, albuquerque, NM: 1 Corinthians 15:58 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.
Julie Berg/Deer Park, TX You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Jehovah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4 New King James Version
Pam~Rome, GA
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)
Megan JOY Burdzy – Calgary, Alberta Canada – “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed…He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in his faith, as he gave glory to God…” – Romans 4:18a, 20 (NKJV, NIV, ESV)
2 Cor. 10:4 NIV
The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have the power to demolish strongholds.
Bonnie, Huntington, WV
NIV Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
sharon, illinois
Isaiah 46:4
I will be your God throughout your lifetime- until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. nlt
Janet, West Linn, OR
“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
Renee, Roanoke, VA: Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 (NIV)
Rhonda, Sulphur, La – “But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” John 4:14 NLT
Debbie. Calgary,Alberta (Vacationing in So.Cal)
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations…He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief but was strengthened in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Romans 4:18,20,21 (NKJV,NIV,ESV)
Warning — this may take me 2 instalments! :0)
From Hazlehurst: “Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.” 1Chronicles 16:11 KJV
Linda, Holts Summit, MO
2 Samuel 22:32 NIV
For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a Rock, except our God?
Maureen, Cambridge, MA:
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
I cried when I read Beth Moore’s blog today about memorizing verses. I’ve been doing this for 6 years and she is soooo very right. It changed me. Her verse will be mine this time:
“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
Julia,Whidbey Island,WA: “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