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.
Bonnie, Seattle
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)
Tracy
Charlotte, NC
“Whom I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.”
Psalm 73:25 NASB
Lauren,Kentucky, 2 Timothy 1:7, NLT, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
Lisa, Brazoria, TX
4 Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
5 Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
Psalm 25:4-5 (New Living Translation)
Ruth, Sanger Revelation 17:14 NIV They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of Kings- and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.
Christy M., Athens, Al.: So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7. NLT
Niccol, Wilmette
“Therefore, as it is written:’Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.'”
1 Corinthians 1:31 NIV
Annie L. Bloomington, Indiana
Ephesians 1:17 NIV
“I keep asking that the God of our Jesus Christ, the Glorious father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better”
Melody, Perry MO
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Search me, O God,and know my heart;test me and know my anxious thougths.See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Katie in San Antonio, TX
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” – Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)
Donna Marina, Ca
Jeremiah 15:21
I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.
Brandy, San Antonio “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.” Ezekiel36:26,27 NIV
Anita-Hartsville, Tn – “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
Thanks Beth, I love this scripture!
North Stonington, CT
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14, NIV
What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Psalm 84:5 NLT
Betsy, Rome, GA:
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14, NLT
Whitney Snow; Hamptonville, NC: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Maxie, Montgomery, AL, “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” Isaiah 58:6 (NIV)
Sue, VA
Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Every word of God proves true; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Proverbs 30:5 ESV
Krista
Centennial, CO
Ephesians 5:1-2, TNIV
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Karen
Jefferson City, TN
Delores, Columbia TN
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
Jessica, Winston Salem, NC
“Keep on being brave! It will bring you great rewards. Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what He has promised.” Hebrews 10:35-36 (Contemporary English Version)
Becky- Mechanicsville, VA
“For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” John 3:16-17
Lana, Laurel, Nebraska
“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
Paula, Brownwood, Tx
2 Timothy 3:16-17. NLT
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
Peg, Hillsboro, KS
“From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.” John 1:16 NIV
Anne, Simpsonville, SC; Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised. Romans 4:20-21 NIV
Dwynne, Chapman, KS
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.
Kelsi, Pewaukee, WI:
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.
Romans 15:13, NIV
Tara, Frederick, MD
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:37 NIV
Linda Annville, KY
Put you hope in ADONAI, be strong,
and let your heart take courage?
Yes, put your hope in ADONAI!
Psalm 27:14 Complete Jewish Bible
Allison, Johnson City, TN
“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
Denise, Grovetown She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens. Proverbs 31:15 ESV
Psalm 139.:16 NLT
You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
Melissa Giomi, Concord, CA
Amber, Warsaw, IN
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”
Psalm 143:8 NIV
Kristen, Three Rivers, MI “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
Marcie- Frisco, TX
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Shari, August, GA
“He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.”
Psalm 91:4
Psalm 144:1 (NASB)
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;
Rachel, Orlando. “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV
Cheryl, Austin: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 (ESV)
Shelly, Pgh, PA “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
Valerie, Louisville, KY
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”
Hebrews 12:2-3, NIV
Larissa Simpson, Fort Worth, Tx
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7(NIV)
Cindy,Apex, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:2 NIV
Jenn, Stockton, 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
Ann – Greensboro, GA (soon to be Sardis, AL)
Php 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
Php 2:15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Janet,Longmont,CO
“The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you…”
Dueteronomy 7:7&8a NIV
Julie, Prescott, AZ
“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