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.
Nita, Corinth, TX
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 NIV
Karyn, Elberfeld, IN: But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 (NASB)
Heather
Jonesboro, AR
He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30 NIV
Suzanne T., LaGrange, GA: “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 NIV
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
Psalm 145:8 (NIV)
My daughter Jasmine says: Moreover I will give you what you have not asked for-both riches and honor-so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 1Kings 3:13 (NIV)
Jackie & Jasmine: Newport, TN
El Paso, TX
2 Corinthians 3:5-6 (NIV)
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence come from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant- not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Vickie, Louisville. 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
Jennifer, Boston, MA. “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Barb D. Lakeland, FL 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 had promised. Romans 4:20-21
Stacey, Albuquerque, NM But sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the agressive forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. Romans 5:20 The Message
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.
Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
Valerie, Scott City
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. Psalm 91:3, KJV
Becky ~ Chattanooga, TN
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make known his deeds among the peoples!
Psalm 105:1 ESV
Erin, Kingwood, TX
“From the fullness of HIs grace we have all received one blessing after another.” John 1:16
Cara; Fridley, MN
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2 NLT
Jan, Loveland
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18 NIV
Danna M.
Atlanta,TX.- Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Joanne, Westerville, OH
“Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the
soul and health to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 NKJV
For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:4 NLT
Jen, Auburn Twp, OH: Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and he said: “Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?” 2 Samuel 7:18, NIV.
Melissa in Monett, MO
Verse #8. is: Proverbs 1:5. Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance
Sue, Texarkana. “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
Petra, Ceres, CA
Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV
” 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.”
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22 KJV
NIcole/Dallas/NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeramiah 29:11
Cassie; Fulshear, TX:
“Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10 (Amplified Bible)
Stephanie, Fort Wayne. By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 1 John 3:16 (esv)
Anita, Lawrenceville, “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but
of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:17 ESV
Nicole Q. from Nebraska – “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the deisires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.” Psalm 37:3-5 NIV
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV
Kathy, Bradford
Jesus said, “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciple”
John 15:8 NIV
Nancy
Versailles, Ky
J week!
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” John 6:29 NIV
Sandra from West Asia.
I’m in a pretty dry place, so no verse came to mind. I’m borrowing from entry #1 — Beth from Huntsville, AL. Thanks Beth!
Colossians 3:16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
Olathe, KS
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
James 1:2-3. ESV
Natalie, Houston
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 NIV
Amy, St. Louis. 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.
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
Lara, Aubrey: “Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Avayd Ann, Merriam, KS Ps:25:12 Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should take.
Amarillo, Tx
We demolish arguments and every pretention that
sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we
take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Cor 10:5 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3: 5,6
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. Psalms 118:8 NIV
Janice from Bakersfield, CA
So I say, live by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Galations 5:16 NIV
addie sulphur the righteous man will have many troubles,but the lord delivers them from them all.
psalm 34:19
Mary, Portland–“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Ashley Sullens
Kings Mountain, NC
Exodus 33:14 – NKJV
“And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Faith, Safford, AZ> ” So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.” 1 Peter 1:14 (NLT)
Anita, Lehigh, The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears her’s down. Proverbs 14:1 NIV
Angie and Lily (4 1/2 year old daughter), Goshen, IN, “Those who look to him are radiant, their faces are never covered with shame.” Psalm 34:5, NIV
Erin Foster, Northville, MI
Psalm 62:5
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. NIV.