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.
Stephanie; Ogden; Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.; Colossians 3:23; NIV
Brenda, Raleigh
As for Me says the Lord this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants says the Lord, from this time and forevermore.
Isaiah 59:21
NKJV
Mary Jane, Troy, KS and Cindy, King City, MO:
“Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” Luke 18:14b NIV
Stephanie, Fruita, CO
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
erie, pa ” Yet, he did not waiver 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.” Rom4:20-21
Mar Jo, The Woodlands, 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
Cindy, Clarksville TN For the LORD gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 NIV
Nancy, Denver
“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.”
I Cor. 15:58 NIV
Alicia in Great Lakes, IL
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
Matthew 5:45 NIV
Alicia of Great Lakes, IL
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
Matthew 5:46 NIV
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
Annette, Toronto ON
John 7:38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. NKJV
Neita,RedOak
psalms 61:3. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
Carla, Coweta. “No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 NLT
“May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV)
Kristin, Clearwater, FL
Gina – Kingwood, TX.
Galatians 5:25 (NASB)
If we live by the spirit, let us also walk by the spirit.
Becky, Springfield
Romans 15:5-6 (New International Version)
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Susan, Chapin, SC
The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The Lord protects the simplehearted;
when I was in great need, he saved me.
Psalm 116:5-6 NIV
Beth, Mt. Holly, NC
“The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6 NIV
Psalm 63:5
You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips (HCSB)
Calgary, Canada
Cheryl in Fairhope -“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.” Ephesians 1:17 (NIV)
Wilmette, IL
Romans 10:13 – For everone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. NLT
Sharoni, Houston. “Be generous with the different things GOD gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be GOD’s words, if help, let it be GOD’s hearty help.” I Peter 4:10, The Message
Isaiah 11:3 ESV
“And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear”
Karen- Cookeville, TN. James 1:6 NKJV
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.
Rhonda, Bolivar MO.
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. James 1:12
Abilene, Tx
Thinking about heaven: I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. Revelation 19:11
Laura ~ Saskatchewan, CAN
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Colossians 3:23&24 (NIV)
debra, sulphur springs; ” Jesus said to him, I am the way the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me.” (v 1 Let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me.)John 14:6/1 NKJV
Elaine, Maryland: From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.
John 1:16 NIV
Sarah, Little Rock
“Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Philippians 4:8 NLT
Jennifer B, Plano, TX
Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
18 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!
From Fontana, CA
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” – Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
Tara, Monett MO
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.~1 Corinthians 16:13 NLT
Vicki–Burton, 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
Kendell, Omaha: “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
~Melanie – Tulsa
Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 Holman CSB
~Raeleen
The Lord God is like the sun that gives us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. Psalm 84:11 NIRV
Lynn, Lubbock. “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 (NIV)
Donna Kirkland, Wa
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
“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.”
Kem, Memphis
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Jana, Port Byron
Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.” NKJ
Margie, Medina, Ohio~
Jeremiah 17:7-8
NIV
“But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
Tisha, Pilot Mtn, NC
“But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge-do not give me over to death.” Psalm 141:8 NIV
Sue, Carmel, Praise the Lord, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Ps 103:1 NLT
Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
“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!”
Amber
Florence, Ky
Kimberly, Circleville OH: Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation — but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:12-13 NIV
Grace, Circleville OH: Jesus wept. John 11:35 NIV
Bev, Ironton OH: Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content… Philippians 4:11 NKJ
NIV 1 John 3:18
Dear Children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
Cathy, Orofino, ID.
And we who with unveiled faces all reflect the LORD’S glory are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory which comes from the LORD who is the SPIRIT. 11Cor.3:18NIV
Came across this verse the other day and need it so. Needing a BIG God, so much bigger than I have known Him to be thus far. My husband is battling an addiction to pornography and it is killing us, killing me. It is debilitating. Need prayer, if anyone reads this and wants to pray for us. I need to believe that at the end of this..
“All flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Isaiah 49:26b (NKJV)
Martha
Asheville, NC
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.” Ps. 96:9
Bridget, Phoenix, AZ
Isaiah 30:15a, 18 NKVJ
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall by your strength.”
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.