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.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 NIV
Atlanta
Jane,
Cuba, Missouri
Ps 103:5 NIV
who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Debbie Pinckney, MI
But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. Romans 8:25 NLT
Dianne
Richland, MS
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm 23:4-5 KJV
Valerie, Portland, OR
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
Dallas, “For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.” NIV
Susan, Meredith, NH: “The Lord earnestly waits (expecting, longing, and looking) to be gracious to you….to have mercy on you and show lovingkindness to you…Blessed are all those who earnestly wait for Him, who expect and long for Him (for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless unbroken companionship.”–Is. 30:18, Amplified version
(Even though this is late I can’t drop out!) James 3:13 (Phillips) Is there some wise and understanding man among you? Then let his life be a shining example of the humility that is born of true wisdom.
Deborah, Philadelphia, PA
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11, NIV
Lorraine, Ada,Michigan “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 74:26,NIV
Alicia, Gulfport
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ISA 40:29 NIV
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
John 17:17 NIV
“Sanctify them by Your truth, Your Word is truth.”
Kristin
Hamburg, AR
“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 a hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
NIV
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
Sam v.
Woodstock, VT
Carrie Hunter, Hindman, Kentucky
Proverbs 16:3 NIV
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and HE will establish your plans.
Cindy, Summerville, SC
Hebrews 3:13 (NIV)
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Lena, Wilmore
We live by faith, not by sight. So we make it our goal to please him… II Cor 5:7,9 (NIV)
Susan-Statesville,NC
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
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, and thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
~ Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Tanya, Killen, 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NASB) “but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”
“Yes , my soul, find rest in GOD, my hope comes from Him”
Psalm 61:5 NIV
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God;
may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143: 10
Colleen, Lyndonville NY
In everything we do we try to show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. 2Cor 6:4 NLT
Rebecca
Grand Prairie, TX
“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
“Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.”
Romans 14:13 NIV
Kelei. Iowa Park. “Give thanks to the Lord,for He is good. His love endures forever. Psalms 136:1 NIV
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation– whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life– of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1, NASB
Gigi, Franklin, TN
The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ Deut 1:30-31 The MSG
Donna, St. Louis, MO
“MY flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 ESV
Cindy, DIberville, MS
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Roni, Demopolis, AL
Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is teh first and greatest commandment. Matthew 23: 37-38 NIV
Beth, Buford, GA
Joel 2:13 (NIV)
Rend your heart
and not your garments,
Return to the Lord your God
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
Debbie, RAF Mildenhall: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Cor 5:21, NIV
Evansville, IN
“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” Psalm 5:3
Angie, Benton I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 niv
Elizabeth, OKC
“But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”
Job 23:10 (NIV)
Jennifer, Portsmouth VA: “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” -Philippians 3:20-21 NIV
Rogers, AR Psalm 32:8-9 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.” NIV
Melissa in Greer, SC:
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
Psalm 73:25 NKJV
Emily, GA
My healty may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart, he is mine forever. Ps. 73:26 NLT
Marilyn from Taylor Mill, KY
I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever
Psalms 86:12 NIV
Rebecca Boehm, New Kensington, PA John 6:20 (NIV) But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”
Laura in SD – Genesis 50:20 (NIV)
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Vicki, NC
as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
2 Peter 1:3 NKJV
Leigh, Grayson, GA “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:33 NLT
Susie Webb, Alice Texas. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Abby Webb, Alice Texas. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Lisa, Granville, OH
He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see…” Luke 24:38-39a NIV
Galilee Webb, Alice Texas. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Ruth. Westerville, Ohio
2 Cor. 5:17 NKJV
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.”