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.
James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and its itself set on fire by hell.
SORRY LATE!!
Lisa, Bethany, OK
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.
Ephesians 4:12-13 NIV
Denise, Deming, NewMexico
Ephesians 1:13 “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation in whom also having believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.” NKJV
Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Kristi, Pocahontas, AR “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship.” Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Psalm 5:3 (New International Version, ©2011)
3 In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.
Donna, Franklin, TN
Lisa, Little Elm, TX:
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are — yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV
Betty, Houston:
“His divine power has given us all we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.”
2 Peter 1:3 (NIV)
Ashley, Tampa,Fl “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:29 NIV
Cassandra, Mars Hill, NC “With the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.” Romans 10:10 HCSB
Jennifer, Sealy, TX
I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 NIV
Lindsey, San Francisco, CA
Ps. 145:18 (HCSB)
The Lord is near all who call out to Him,
all who call out to Him with integrity
Carolyn, Terrace BC Canada
Philippians 4:4-5 (niv)
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Charne- Standerton, South Africa. Taking yours: “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
Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! (NLT)
For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)
Symmie from Corpus Christi, Texas
New American Standard
Psalm 139:24
And see if there be any hurtful way in me and lead me in the everlasting way.
Nelly Cruz Mission,TX
For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)
Rachel- Memphis, TN
“But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.” Psalm 71:14 NIV
Kayla in Springfield, OR:
Romans 5:19 – “For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.” (ESV)
Karen, Shelby Twp., MI
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.
I Cor. 2:9 (NIV)
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV
Emily D, Portsmouth, England
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10v45 (NIV)
Lauren – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.” Proverbs 3:3-4 (ESV)
Jessica~ Jacksonville, Florida
“It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
1 Corinthians 13: 5 NIV
Lisa, Cumming, GA “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down.” Nehemiah 6:3 NASB
Carol, Terrell, NC:
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
James 3:17
You will show me the path of life,
In your presence is fullness of joy;
At your right hand are pleasures evermore.
Psalm 16:11 NKJV
Leigh, Seneca Falls
Beverly
Midlothian Va
One thing have I asked of the Lord that I will seek after:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, and the inquire at his temple.
Psalm 27:4 ESV
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Cor 15:20-22 NIV
Pam in Texas using The Everyday Bible
The Lord will always lead you. He will satisfy your needs in dry lands and give strength to your bones.
Isaiah 58:11
Terry – Louisa, VA
Luke 18:1 NIV
Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should ALWAYS PRAY and NOT GIVE UP.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” I Cor. 16:13,14, ESV
–Tita in Bear, Delaware
“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
Galatians 6:7 (NIV)
Houston, TX
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe Him. Ephesians 1:19 NLT
Jan: Troy, Alabama “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 NIV
Gina, Atlanta: “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 NIV
He will again have compassion on us;
He will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
nto the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:19 ESV
Faran, Bald Knob, AR
Colossians 3:1-3 (NIV)
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things above, not on eartly things.
For you died, and your life is now hidden wtih Christ in God.
Jill – Noblesville: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Jamee, Fort Wayne, IN
Psalm 63:3 NIV
“Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”
Molly, Gainesville, GA
Psalm 63:4
“So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.” NASB
Cheryl, Madisonville, 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
Nikol, Birmingham, AL: “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” 1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV)
Katie, Owensboro, KY
I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies, I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Romans 9:25-26, The Message
Brigette Brock
Morehead, KY
Let us therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Dorinda, O’Fallon- Psalm 63:5- My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Nancy, St. Petersburg FL
“With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.”
Psalm 18:29 NIV
Erin
Austin, TX
Turn my eyes from worthless things;
preserve my life according to Your Word.
– Psalm 119:37 (NIV)