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.
Laura, Clay Center, KS
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11, ESV
Leslie, Missoula, MT , No weapon forged against you will prevail. Isaiah 54:17 NIV
Becky, Fort Collins, CO
“Thy steadfast love, O Lord, exends to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.” Psalms 36:5
Karen, Richmond, 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
Becky, Groesbeck, Tx: ” Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God.” Psalm 34:10 (MSG)
Anne Marie, Woburn, MA:
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32 (NLT)
Allison, Huntsville, TX ~ NIV, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20b
Kara, Ponca City, Ok:
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be fillef will all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:14, 19 (NKJV)
Julia, Schaumburg, IL
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
– Romans 8:1 NIV
Vanessa, Florence, SC:
“My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”
Psalm 84:2 (NIV)
Baileigh, Spartanburg, SC. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV
Tamela from Piedmont, SC: Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV)
Lori, Knoxville, Iowa, John 10:17-18, ESV
“For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
Debbie
Cameron,Mo
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4 KJV
Toni – Benton, AR: “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him becuae he cares for you.” I Peter 5:6-7 NIV
Jennifer, Montgomery, PA: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother, to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse. Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We always thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints. Colossians 1:1-4 NIV
from Houston “For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” Romans 8:24-25 NIV
Barb Schwarz, Madison, WI
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Heb.4:16 KJV
Michelle, New Richmond
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” Eph 1:17 NIV
Fonda Kaye, Biloxi
Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 NIV
Genevieve, Orange, Tx . I like this one too. I think I am getting my posts confused. I posted my verse a few days early but I like this one too.
“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
Stephanie, Sparta, TN
“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.”
Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
Dayna~Ontario,Calif.
Therefore the Lord will wait that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those you wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 NKJ
Debbie, Lorenzo, Tx. What has been will be again. What has been done will be dome again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV
Psalm 18:16 NIV
He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
He drew me out of deep waters.
Sheila, Austin, TX
Vicki
Chehalis, WA
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. Col. 3:18 NIV (2011)
Jennifer, Marietta, GA “Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.”
Jeremiah 33:3 NLT
Michelle Calgary (Airdrie) Alberta CanadaPsalm 71:20 says, “Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up.”
Barbara, Knoxville
guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:5 NIV
Phyllis, Salisbury
“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
Annette, Minneapolis
“Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth I desire besides you.” Psalm 73:25 ESV
Leah, Atlanta. “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 on Him!” Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
Paige, Flatwoods. 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 NLT
But you are 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. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10 NIV
Ellen M.
Camden, DE
Lisa – Medicine Hat, Canada. “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.
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” Isa. 48:17, NIV
Michelle, Double Oak, TX
Toronto, ON ={D
Psalm 68:7-10 (NKJV)
O God, when you went out before your people,
When You marched through the wilderness,
The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God; the God of Israel.
You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
Your congregation dwelt in it;
You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
Kristina, Huntsville, AL: “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7
Cindy, Montgomery, Al: “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
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.
Kathy, Lake Jackson, Texas
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.'”
Matthew 22:37-39 NIV
Megan, Greenwood, IN: “I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2 NIV
Mary Arnold, Durham NC: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 Dear Lord, heal my mother of cancer!
Tina, Cincinnati, OH – 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
Susan-San Angelo,TX
Come near to God, and God will come near to you.
James 4:8
Lisa, Baton Rouge – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.
” The steadfast mind You will keep in perfect peace, because He trusts in You.”
Isaiah 26:3
NASB
Jayne
Fiasco, TX
Julie, Broken Arrow, OK
Ps. 19:14 NIV
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.