**January 20-21, 2012**
Hear bells and whistles and lots of music, maybe even a few beginning bars of the Hallelujah chorus: YOU MADE IT EXACTLY HALFWAY!!!! You are officially over the hump after you get this entry behind you.
Way to go, Sisters. Way to go! It’s a pretty good feeling, isn’t it? Don’t think for a second that the enemy didn’t try to steal away your focus and commitment. If you made it this far, you fought with him and won. This is a big victory. Celebrate it with your very faithful God.
I want to brag on you for being so fastidious about limiting your comments to the memory verses. Even when I’ve taunted you with extra conversation, you’ve held steadfastly to the rule. You are the best group ever. To look down the comment stream and see nothing but verses is immensely powerful. My faith explodes in my chest every single time. The sight of it and the effect it was having on my own personal life led me to invite anybody on Twitter who could use a fresh brainwashing to come and peruse it. I pray that numbers were blessed and that some took the challenge and decided to start memorizing Scripture.
All that said, this time, since we’re at the halfway point, I’m going to open your comments up to one extra line for the sake of personal testimony. After you’ve documented all your usual information (First name, city, verse, and translation), finish this sentence: Memorizing God’s Word this year has…
Get as specific as you can!
So you’ll have an example to go by, here’s my entry this time around with the completion of the added sentence:
Beth, Houston. “Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (The NET Bible) Memorizing God’s Word this year has caused me to have a redirected mind in a situation that could have bred fear and discontentment.
Get the idea? OK, now it’s your turn.
P.S. Here’s some really great news! Android and Blackberry SSMT apps are up, running and available. AND, plans toward our January celebration are already in full swing! We can hardly wait to host you here, Sisters.
I love you like crazy.
Beth
Karen H., Stephenville, TX
Psalm 40:13a (NASB)
Be pleased, Oh Lord, to deliver me.
Scripture memory helps me to replace the stinkin’ thinkin’ and/or feelings with God’s truth.
Mindy – McDonough, GA
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NIV
Stephanie, Newport Beach, CA
The LORD is my strength and sheild; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, ans with my song I give thanks.
Psalm 28:7 ESV
Mary, Seymour, Tn
Isaiah 64:4 NASB
For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.
Isaiah 64:4 NASB
Memorizing God’s word this year has enabled me to see God’s personal interaction in my little world…I can see that He sees me!!!
Amanda in Dover, TN
For you Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalms 9:106 (NIV)
“Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (The NET Bible)
Kelly in Bham, AL
Allison Mullins– San Antonio
Delight yourself in the Lord & he will give you the desires of your heart. PS 37:4 NIV
Memorizing God’s Word this year has given me peace & encouragement when I need it most.
Dana, Pace, FL For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you me be able to stand your ground and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:12-13 NIV
Memorizing God’s word this year has reminded me continually to think God’s thoughts and to live in His strength rather than through my own resources.
Diane, Cary NC and Naperville IL
Completing Psalm 100!
1.) Shout for joy to the LORD, all the Earth
2.) Worship the LORD with gladness; Come before him with joyful songs.
3.) Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his,
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4.) Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5.) For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Memorizing God’s word this year has caused me to love Him more.
and He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature and upholds all things by the word of His power. when He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:3 NASB
memorizing God’s word this year has been a balm to my weary soul!
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we may comfort others. When others are troubled we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. 2 Cor. 1:4 NLT
Psalm 130:5 NIV
” I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in His word I put my hope.”
Memorizing/Reading God’s word has brought me closer to Him. It has reminded me daily of His goodness regardless of my limitations. (hypoxic brain injury over 4 years ago.) I am out of darkness letting go of worry and feeling his peaceful presence.
Kim Safina, Los Osos, California
For the LORD takes delight in His people, He crowns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149:4
Memorizing God’s Word this year has caused me to learn to listen: for in the silence of the heart, God speaks.
“Happy “9” Anniversary” Amanda & Curtis
“Happy “55” Birthday” Beth
you look 35!!!!!!! 🙂
I AM MOVED INTO THE NEW DIGS!!! 1 year of planning and 24 months of building/remodeling!! PRAISE GOD FOR PATIENCE, PERSEVERENCE, PRAYER, PROMISE & PEACE!!!!!!
Thank you for SCRIPTURE VERSES TO GET ME THRU THIS!
Rachelle, Gardner, KS–“Now to him who is able to do immeasurabley more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20, NIV
Memorizing God’s Word this year has drawn me closer to Him and helped me overcome personal obstacles that have held me back for years.
Cassie, White House, TN
“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:40 NIV
Jan, Loveland
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Phil. 4:6 NIV
Tammy, Ingleside, TX
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Memorizing Scripture this year has helped towards my goal. My goal is this verse – to take captive every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Genevieve, Orange, Tx. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Philippians 4:6 NIV
Memorizing God’s word this year has given me a thirst for His Word that I cannot quench yet He is sufficient. It is such an awesome feeling.
Marilyn, Peterborough, ON Canada
Psalm 103:1-5 NIV
1 Praise the LORD, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s
Cindy, Searcy AR
But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. NAS James 1:6
Molly, Macon, GA
Jeremiah 42:3 NIV “Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”
Susan, Hillsboro, KS
Ephesians 1:18 “I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.” NIV
Memorizing God’s word is a matter of discipline.
Lisa,Edinburg, TX
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 2Corinthians 4:8-9 NLT
Memorizing scriptures again this year has been a life line for me. God reminds me of His mercy and grace each time I recite the verses.
The commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.
Deut. 6:6-9 (NIV)
Memorizing scripture this year has given me Gods Word to speak over my own heart or the heart of another. It’s caused me on more than one occasion to check my thoughts and advice with the Word of Life before the word of me!
Kristen, Denver: “I’ll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth.” Psalm 119:13, TM
Memorizing God’s word this year has kept me from falling into discouragement.
Midland, TX
to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. Ephesians 1:10 NIV
Memorizing God’s Word this year has been hectic so far. I am praying that the last half of 2011 will allow more time for focus and concentration!
1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
I have enjoyed memorizing scripture this year because it always seems like there’s a verse to fit that two week time in my life. God is so personal!
Yanna, Bryan I forgot to add my sentence. So I might begin to know Psalm 119 vs 11, 16, 31, 48, 97,148,94,112,162,166-168,172 and do what the psalmist did with the Word day and night.
Laura in SD – Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 17:8 (NIV)
Memorizing scripture this year has helped strengthen and personalize my relationship with the Lord!
Cathy, Rhinebeck. “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2Corinthians 10:5(NIV)
Memorizing God’s word this year is helping me to love God more faithfully.
Annie, Alabama
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Memorizing God’s Word this year has helped me stay focused on His promises when my faith becomes weak.
Sarah, Wichita Falls, TX
The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes. Deuteronomy 1:30 NIV
“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.
Zep. 3: 17 (Niv)
Jean, Gloucester
~Memorizing God’s word this year has been……honestly, really hard for me. I love knowing his word, but I am not good at memorization.
Robyn~Dallas
Psalm 62:5-6 ASV
5 My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be moved.
Memorizing God’s Word has kept me focused on God and not what is around me, and has helped me to have peace and joy.
Wendy Glendora, CA
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 NIV
Memorizing God’s word this year has sustained me through very difficult circumstances and increased my faith!
PatW, Green Bank, WV
38)For I am convinced that neither Death nor Life, neither Angels nor Demons, neither the Present nor the Future, nor any Powers, 39) neither Height nor Depth, nor Anything else in All Creation, will be able to Separate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39.KeywordStudyBible.NIV.
Memorizing God’s word this year has given me something to anchor me to actively Doing the 1st and 15th of each month, through these 6 months of great sadness and pain and fear and growing. when my friend died on the 11th of april, the 15th of april Really Forced Me to come out of that place of pain and get on here and focused to that verse that week.and it has also given me something special to do together with my Mom.her verse follows mine each entry time.
Helen W, Dunmore, WV.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16. KJV.
Mom said earlier that this verse one of the first verses she ever learned as a little girl, and she wanted this verse to be written in her journal. Thank you for giving me and my Mom something special to share.
Christina – Edgewood, KY
Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.
Memorizing scripture this year has given me a deep love for His word…and it has given me a courage I never had before.
oops forgot the reference…..Deuteronomy 33:12
Linda from N. Ft. Myers, FL: “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5 NIV
Ooops forget the reference…. Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIV)
Karen, Clarksville “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:6-7 NIV
Memorizing God’s word this year has steeped His Word in my heart so that it is constantly running in my mind and allowed me to keep focused on areas I need to keep seeking His face in.
DeeDee
Houston, Tx
Words kill, words give life;
They’re either poison or fruit – you choose.
Proverbs 18:21. The message
Memorizing Gods word has been working on transforming my thoughts and words.
Becky, Charlotte
“Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious, merciful, and righteous.”
Psalm 112:4, ESV
Memorizing Scripture this year has strengthened my faith during a year of great transition for my family as we will relocate after 18 years in NC to Atlanta in July.
Sue R, Magalia, CA
1 John 4:4 NAS
You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
This has helped keep me focused through some of life’s storms on the One who will help me through it..Praise Him!
Teri in Corpus Christi, TX … Matthew 5:8
You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. (MSG)
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God. (NIV)
Memorizing God’s Word this year has… drawn me closer to the Lord strengthening my walk with Him in every way! Praise God!!!
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV
Brittney, San Angelo “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:9-10 NASB Memorizing God’s word this year has kept me drawing nearer, as I learn to parent a 2 year and 2 month old.
Laura Tuscaloosa, AL
Ephesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Memorizing scripture this year has helped me believe and trust God more than I ever have even in the midst of my husband losing his job and a tornado sweeping across our town.
Billie, Scottsdale
“Not to us, Lord, not to us but to Your name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness.”
Psalm 115:1 (NIV)
Memorizing God’s Word this year has ministered to me over and over again! Little did I know on May 15 how God was preparing my heart with the verse I chose to memorize (Ps. 138:3 “The moment I called out, you stepped in; You made my life large with strength.”). My dear Mother-in-law passed into eternity in her sleep just a few days later. In the middle of an ‘across the Pacific’ move, my husband and I were not together. It was His Word that saw me through as only He can do! Thank You Jesus!
Jennifer from Chantilly, “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3, NIV
I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. John 6:47