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.
Nell, Wichita Falls TX
Give ear o Lord to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me. Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; nor are there any works like Your works. All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name. For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
Psalm 86:6-10
Chloe & Abbi, Wichita Falls TX
Give ear o Lord to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me.
Psalm 86:6-7
Dawn, Mt.Olive, NC
“Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord, Renew them in our day in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.”-Habakkuk 3:2 NIV
Valerie, Ashburn. “Blessed are those who morn, for they will find comfort”. Matthew 5 NLT
Kelli, Anchorage
Psalm 63:4-5
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Teresa- Austin, Tx
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
John 11:25 (NIV)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even though they die.
Nancy, West Virginia
Deu. 7:9 NIV “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Lynne, New Milford – “Renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 ESV
Becky Bell
Westerville, OH.
“Even in darkness, light dawns for the upright; for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man… Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will remembered forever.”
Ps. 112:4 & 6 NIV
1 Corinthians 15:58 (New Living Translation)
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
Margaret, Kingsport, TN –
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable – if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise – dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8 HCSB
Lea Star
Lamar, Arkansas
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6 (NKJ)
Shawn from Whitesboro
Exodus 33:15 (NIV)
Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.
Marie, Denver: My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV.
HollyAnn ~ Midland, TX
“For the mountain may by removed and the hills may shake, but my lovingkindness will not be removed from you, and my covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says the Lord who has compassion on you. ~ Isaiah 54:10 NASB
Hannah from Albuquerque, New Mexico
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 NIV
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
Continuing on with the second verse from Jude —
24 “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,
25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.”
Jude 1:24-25 ESV
Billie, Franklin
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9 NIV
Patti Rae, Saskatchewan, Canada
“He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.” Psalm 107:20 NIV
Teresa, Haxtun, CO
1 Corinthians 13:7-8a (NLT) Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Love will last forever.
Lorna Beth
Chicago, IL
Luke 21:4 (NIV 84)
4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
Penne, Spokane, WA
“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Cor. 15:58 NIV
Nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37
Carolyn, Charlotte, NC
Psalm 9:9-10
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Tolu, Boston MA
April 1st: Psalm 63:1
O God you are my God, earnestly I seek you; My soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
April 15th: Colossians 4:5-6 (Thank you Deb K., Sterling Hts)
Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversations be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Diana, Fountain, CO
“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
Joy
Charlotte, NC
“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.”
Hebrews 10:36, NASB
Amber -Vienna, WV
“The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”
Psalm 19:1 NIV
Tammie – Columbia, SC
For You light my lamp;
The LORD my God illumines my darkness.
For by You I can run upon a troop;
And by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psalm 18:28-29
Robyn, San Antonio
“And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.”
Isaiah 30:21 NASB
Kris, Vientiane, Laos
Posting twice because I missed #7-
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV)
Myra, Lisbon, Portugal
Isaiah 26:3-4 (CEV)
“The Lord gives perfect peace to those whose faith is firm. So always trust the Lord because He is forever our Mighty Rock”
Susan, Buena Vista, GA. The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm 23:1. KJV. The NLT says the last part this way…I have all that I need. The Lord has just exploded this verse in my mind the last couple of weeks.
Kristi, Lenoir City, TN
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature
Galatians 5:16 NIV
Tracy Carden, Whitesburg, TN
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” Philippians 1:27a NIV
Emily
Fuquay-Varina, NC
Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” (NAS)
Ann, San Antonio, “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
Debra, Ponte Vedra Beach- But the LORD said to Samuel, ” Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance , but the LORD looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
Heather, lewiston: “not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves but our competence comes groom God.” II Cor. 3:5, NIV
South Bend
“March on my soul, be strong”
Judges 5:21
Emily, Tulsa, Oklahoma:
“You don’t have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me even though he or she dies, will live.” -John 11:25, The Message
Kelly Snodgrass
Rogersville, TN
Hebrews 6.19 NIV
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.
Becky, Jacksonville, FL
“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no human mind has conceived” – the things God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Cor 2:9
Gretchen, Madison, MS
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.” NIV Phil 3:9
Janell, Clovis, “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your unfailing love, O Lord & grant us your salvation. I will listen to what the Lord will say. He promises peace to His people-His saints but let them not return to folly. Surely His salvation is near those who fear Him that His glory may dwell in our land.” Psalm 85:6-9
I John 5:13 (ESV)
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.”
Barbara
Midland,Texas
South Bend
“The Lord says this to you: Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, BUT GOD’S”
II Chronicles 20:15
Amplified
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 1Cor,1:30 NIV
Julie, Minnesapolis,MN
Katie, Dallas, TX
Since I just finished your study of David I am feeling the need to memorize the 23rd Psalm in the NIV. Will that fit in my spiral?
I hope I’m not too late!!
Erin, Arab
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
I Corinthains 3:5-8