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.
Angie, Cincinnati~ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 NIV
charlotte carty
lexington, ky
Romans 10:13 (NIV)
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Kim, Loveland
The ways of right living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. Proverbs 4:18 message
Hebrews 12:1 (Amplified Bible)
Connie
Austin, TX
Hebrews 12:1 Amplified bible
1THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us
Kari in Benton
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
James 1:26 NIV
Kaye of Hamburg, Arkansas- “The mind of sinful man is death, but the life controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6
Regan, Conroe. “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV.
Karen, Baldwin City, KS
Fear not for I am with you. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. Isa. 41:10 Living Bible
Joy, Clarksville
God who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list? Walk straight, act right, tell the truth.
Psalm 15: 1-2
Message
Hebrews 11:10,11 (NIV)
For he (Abraham) was looking foward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
By faith, Abraham, even though he was past age-and Sarah herself was barren- was enabled to become a father because he considered Him faithful who had made the promise.
Kathy
Chattanooga, TN
John 11:25:26 NIV
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Melissa, Lino Lakes ~ “If you need wisdom – if you want to know what God wants you to do – ask him, and he will gladly tel you. He will not resent your asking. But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. ” James 1:5-6 NLT
Cyndy Columbia, SD
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14 NIV
Celeste, Thompson’s Station, TN:
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.
Psalm 62:5 (NLT)
Karen, Birmingham: “Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.” 2Corinthians 5:17 CEV
Fresno, CA
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. (Phil. 2:13 NLT)
Sandy, Cedarburg, WI Wait for the Lord be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14
Kathy, Austin
Joel 2:25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten”
Gina, Ridgeland, MS
“He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Psalm 121:3,4
Still working on ‘Stepping Up’ and this Psalm!
Sorry for late post…my sister’s surgery and tornado warnings slowed me down!
That is from ESV!
Melissa, Blairsville.
“…for I am the Lord, who heals you.” Exodus 15:26 (NIV)
Jennifer in New Orleans, “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
Judy in Newburgh,
“Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 NLT
Shannon, Birmingham, AL
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we can not see…And it is impossible to please God with out faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.
Hebrews 11:1, 6 NLT
Traci, Vadnais Heights, Mn.
Ephesians 4:2 (NLT)
“Always be humble and gentle~
Be patient with each other, making allowances for each others faults because of your love.”
I seem to be having trouble as twice now my verses haven’t been published on the blog. I posted this one on 15 April at 10.28 but can’t find it. Here it is.
Colleen, Cape Town, South Africa.
She who overcomes will be dressed in white. I will never erase her name from the book of life, but I will announce before my Father and His angels that she is mine.
Rev 3:5 NLT & NIV
Waylene Seattle (today)–Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:6,7 KJV
Mary, Houston -“ÿet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him. Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
18 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!
Kay – Deer Park
Romans 12:9 NIV
9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Cheryl from Kemah, TX
Hope in Washington: “He (Jesus) must become more important while I become less important.” John 3:30 NET
Ronda, Kingman, AZ.
“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
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who come to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 NASB
Linde, Dallas
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Diane, Gig Harbor, WA
So we way with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6 (NIV) with Psalm 188:6,7 references
Cindy in Yakima, “Discover with me how He makes everything beautiful, and sets eternity in the hearts of men.”
Ecc. 3:11 Message
Amy, Granby, CT
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24 (New International Version, ©2011)
Barby Tulare ” Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances for this is Gods will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thess. 5: 16-18 NLT
Robin, Tracy CA
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. Isaiah 64:4 NIV
Julie, Sheffield, UK I press toward the goal of the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Philippians 3:14 NKJV
Laurie, Granby, CT, Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge, into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth. Psalm 31:4-5 (NIV)
Psalm 46:2 New International Reader’s Bible
The earth may fall apart. The mountains may fall into the middle of the sea. But we will not be afraid.
Kelli
Colorado
Teresa, Orange City
For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin…Romans 6:6 NKJV
Stephanie – Tampa, FL
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Col 3:12 NIV
Tami, DS, LA
1 Cor 13:3 NIV
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Linda & girls, Pauls Valley, OK: Matt 28:6 “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” NIV
Tangila, Pearland
But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. Psalm 5:11 (NKJV)
AnnJanel, Jacareí (Brazil)
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Debbie, Hattiesburg, MS:
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
1 Corinthians 6:12 (NKJV)
7 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
8 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.”
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward a man according to his conduct,
according to what his deeds deserve.”
Jer 17:7-10 (NIV)
Christelle, Delafield, WI,
“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.”
Ps. 62:5 (NIV)
Mildred, Fayetteville, AR
So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
Gal. 6:9 NLT