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.
Carolynn, Holland, MI “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)
Romans 12:16
“Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.” NKJV
He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with Him. Daniel 2:22 NIV
Lois, Abilene, KS
“The Lord watches over you–the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121:5-8 NIV
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
Prov. 3:6 (NLT)
Lori, Owasso
“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
Posted earlier today but am changing my verse to this one.
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Stacie, Livonia MI
Candie from Gulfport, Ms:
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV
Karen B. Lutz, FL
But as for you brethren, do not grow weary of doing good.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 (NASB)
Leslie, Beijing: “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
Dana from Lexington
“Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.” Colossians 3:13
Jeremiah 10:12 (NIV)
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Susan Soares Nova Odessa, Brazil “Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justie. How blessed are all those who long for Him.” Isaiah 30:18
Lindsey, Lincoln, NE
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. -Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)
“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. NIV
Julie, Goldfield, IA
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be ‘women’ of courage; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV (1984)
Lizzy Gaston, Benbrook Texas,
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
James 4:7 ESV
Erin
Albion, IL
Psalm 62:7
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock my refuge (NIV).
I desire to do Your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. Psalms 40:8 NIV
Bunny from Fithian, IL:
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3 NIV
Powder Springs, Georgia
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unpricipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. NASB
Rachel, Anchorage, Alaska
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
OK so I couldn’t keep up, but I am back on with this. I figure its better to start again than quit altogether.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world (including Erica) that he gave His only begotten Son [so everbody, even Erica, could have hope for something better].
IDK Version from a friend who put this into words that actually mean something to me.
Rene, Royse City, TX
“Remember that the Lord will give a reward to everyone, slave or free, for doing good.”
Ephesians 6:8 NCV
Lisa – Seattle
Galatians 5:22-23 (New Living Translation)
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Christy- Douglasville, Ga
I just started Living Beyond Yourself. Therefore my new verse is…
Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
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.
Toni, Sugar Hill, GA
“Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!” Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
Psalm 20:6
Debbie – Cheyenne, WY – “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
Hebrews 13:8 (NLT)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Forgot reference! Sorry! 2 Peter 3:17,18
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
NASB
Powder Springs, GA
Laura, Bossier City:
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Philippines 4:6 (NIV)
Linda, Longview: “He is the Rock, His works are perfect,
and all His ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4 NIV
Jana (Kalispell, MT)
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders, make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversations always be full of grace, seasoned with salt so that you may know how to answer everyone” Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
Kathy, Shreveport, Louisiana
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Judy~~ Anniston, Al
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Bird – Cypress, TX
Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3, NASB
Kelly, Temple Texas
“Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people.”
– Ephesians 6:7. NIV
Nancy J. Sioux City Iowa
I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
Psalm 120:1 NIV
Leigh – McDonough, GA
As it is written … in the presence of the God in whom he [Abraham] believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. (Romans 4:17, ESV)
Lamentations 3:22-23
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. (NIV)
Jeanene, League City, TX
“Wait for the Lord; be courageous and let your heart be strong. Wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 (Holman CSB)
“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” I Thessalonians 5:16-18
Jenn M from Mass Ephesians 2;10
For we are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do
Ashlie, Yukon, OK
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 NIV
Hilary, West Palm Beach, FL:
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.” -Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NASB)
Karen, Lake Jackson, TX
Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and make you strong.
Ephesians 3:17
Julie
Clanton,AL
Romans 15:13 NIV
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.
Molly, Rochester NY
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the Earth.” Psalm 46:10, NKJV