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.
Becca
Salem, OR
James 1:4 (NIV)
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Audrey, Rockwall, TX
Psalm 56:3 NIV
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
Joni, Port Neches, TX. “Search me, O 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.” Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
Angela, Frankfort, KY
I believe I’ll join you Beth – great verse!
“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
Kelly~Hermiston, OR
Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
Jaime, Chesapeake, VA
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5, NKJV
Elizabeth, Atlanta
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
Lauren from Spartanburg, SC. Titus 3:8 NIV
Those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.
Diane, Ocala, FL
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Gal. 5:22 NIV
He is before all things and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the firstborn among the dead, so that in everything he might have supremacy.
Col. 1:17-18 NIV
Cassandra, Crawfordsville, IN “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Romans 12:2 NAS
Pamela Bishop, Ca.
Proverbs 19:11 Good sense makes one slow to anger and it is His glory to overlook an offense. ESV
Diana from Hawkins, TX (currently in Little Rock waiting for LPM Live to start!)
Isaiah 14:3 NKJV
It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve.
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. Isaiah 53:5 NIV
Nancy-Canyon, Tx
Philippians 2:9-11 ESV
Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Berni Sivage, Albuquerque, NM: Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. NIV
Lisa H, NC
“Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41 NASB
Lauren, Malvern, PA.
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10: 41, 42
Karin, Kingsburg, CA; Psalm 18:28 (NIV) “You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.”
Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide even to the end.
Liz Gladstone Oregon
(the best part of this is reading everyone’s verses!)
Isaiah 53:5 (New International Version, ©2011)
5 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.
Michele S., Anderson, SC
“Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.”
Revelation 4:8b NIV
Mary, Seymour “The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, and Hissovereignty rules over all.”
Psalm 118:19 NASB
Donna, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI: “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 had power to do what he has promised.” Romans 4: 20-21 NIV
Linda Lexington, KY
Psalm 63:1-2
You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for You , as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert. I have seen your power and your glory in the place of worship.
Contemporary English Version
Blessed is the man who perserveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12 NIV
Karen-Leonard, TX
1Chron 16:11 NIV
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
Hannah, Perry, MI
But now, by giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God’s side and put your lives together, whole and holy in his presence.
Colossians 1:22, The Message
Diana, North Attleboro, MA
“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
Brie, Hickory. “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 NIV
Paige, Atlanta Prov. 29:17 NLT
Discipline your children and they will give you happiness and peace of mind.
Mary, Columbia, PA
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6 NIV
Aletta- Indianapolis- Isaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or the left, you ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (NIV)
Kit
Central Islip, NY
“But prove yourselvs doers of the Word and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” NASB
Jill, Fort Ashby, WV
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
Karen, Scottsdale
“When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” Proverbs 16:17 NKJV
Nina, Chicago
“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, San Ramon, CA: Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. Galations 6:2-3 (NLT)
Jolie, Cottage Grove,MN
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:12-13 NIV
Gretta from Alabama: “I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him
with my own eyes—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!” Job 19:25-27 (NIV)
Deb, Becker
Oh! Teach us (me) to live well! Teach us (me) to live wisely and well! Ps 90:12 (MSG)
Kim, Monroe NC
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everyting in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NIV
Kelly
Avon Park, FL
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15
Lacey, Leonard TX. “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
Kathy, Broken Arrow, OK
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NASB)
Debbie from Elon
GOD REIGHNS OVER THE NATIONS, GOD SITS ON HIS HOLY THRONE.
Psalm 47:8 NIV
Christina, Longmont CO
Trust God from the bottom of your heart, don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (The Message)
Kendall
Huntsville, AL
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?
Luke 9:25 (NIV)
Joyce, Lebanon, Tennessee
Encourage one another and build each other up.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
Sarah Millers Creek NC
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen in eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV