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.
Wendy – Houston TX
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. (The Message)
Michele, Cumming, GA
“So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6 NIV
Amanda–Cartersville, Ga
Psalm 37:23-24 (Today’s New International Version, ©2005)
“The LORD makes firm the steps of those who delight in him;though they stumble,they will not fall,for the LORD upholds them with his hand.”
Be still and know that I am God. Revelation 46:10
Mollie- Friendswood, TX
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Ashley Taylor
Lawrenceville, GA
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NIV
Melody, Cleburne, TX
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:17,18 NASB
2 Corinthians 4:15 (NIV2)
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
Heather J.
Macclenny, FL
Tammy, Merryville, La
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.” James 4:8 KJV
Kathy @ Wilmington NC
Psalm 19:13 (NIV)
“Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.”
“Do everything without complaining or arguing.” Phil 2:14
Gail, Ellensburg, WA
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!
Carol, Phoenix, AZ:
“When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life — a life that goes on and on and on, world without end.”
Romans 5:20b-21, The Message
I am so late in posting this!!!! please include me!!!
Linda/Augusta
Isaiah 30:15 – In quietness and confidence (spending time alone with me) and confident trust (relying on My sufficiency) is your strength.
The Lord is my Rock and my Fortresss and my Deliverer,my God, my Strength in whom I will Trust, My Shield, and the horn of my Salvation, and my High Tower. Psalm 18:2
corpus christi,Texas
Gayle, Salinas
All scripture is God breathed and us useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. II Timothy 3:16,17
Becky
Choctaw, OK
“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” (NKJV)
Colossians 2:9
Melissa L. ~ Delaware, OH
“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 too love this and have not committed it to memory. So glad you brought it to my attention Beth!
In the beginning was the word and the word was God, and the word was God.
NIV
Mary Beth – Abilene TX
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-control; set you hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Janel, Valrico FL – “Wise words are more valuable than much gold and many rubies.” Proverbs 20:15 NLT
Matthew 5:3 – Message – “you’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.”
Deut. 32: 3-4 (HCSB)
For I will proclaim the Lord’s name. Declare the greatness of our God. The Rock–His work is perfect; all His ways are entirely just. A faithful God, without prejudice, He is righteous and true.
Psalm 143:10
“Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God:
thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
KJV
The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 12:1-2 & 15:1, 6
Erin Tyler
Carrie, Princeton, MN:
“Each time He said, ‘My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.'”
2 Corinthians 12:9a NLT
Leanne, Abbotsford BC, Canada
He determines the course of world events; he removes kings and sets others on the throne. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. Dan. 2:21 NLT
Amy H. Oklahoma City, OK
2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT
Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
Carla F., Houston, Tx.
Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Ps. 119:165 (NIV)
Debbie, Houston “casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 NAS
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love.
Ephesians 5:1-2a
Heather
Mosinee, WI
Romans 8:1-3a The Message
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son.
“I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hindered. And when you run, you will not stumble.” Proverbs 4:11 & 12
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 ESV
Auburndale, FL
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Proverbs 10:19 NIV
Colleen, O’Fallon, IL. Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Kari, Gatesville Luke 18:1, 6-8 (NIV)
1) Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 6) And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7) And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8) I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearer.
Eph. 4:29
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18 ESV
Susan, Chesapeake, VA: “…and provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for he display of his splendor.” -Isaiah 61:3
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 NIV
Diane H.
Dallas, Texas
Sandi
Duluth, MN
Psalm 73:23-24 (TNIV)
Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Katie in rural Oklahoma:
“It if is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 NIV 1984
Kelly, Huntsville
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ” Philippians 3:20 (NIV)
Deanna, Maytown AL
Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18 ESV
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, ESV
Deborah, Pinewood, TN
Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“ Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
“My greace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Jan, Olney Texas 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
The time has slipped by me. My verse for April 15th.
Isaiah 57:1 (NIV)
“The rigteous perish and no one takes it to heart, the devout are taken away and no one understands taht the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.”
2 samuel 22:36, ESV- Lyndsey in LA