**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
Rebecca
John 1:8 NIV
He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
Angela – Natchitoches, LA
LET ALL THAT YOU DO BE DONE IN LOVE. 1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV
Memorizing scripture this year serves as a reminder of my God, and who HE desires me to be.
“Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me.” Psalm 19:13a NIV
Brandy, San Antonio
“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.” 2Timothy2:15
Tiffany Morse
Dallas TX
Psalm 40:11 {NIV}
Do not withhold your mercy from me O Lord may your love and your truth always protect me.
Laura Eloise, Austin – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Rom 15:13
Ruthann – Odessa, TX
Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8
Celeste, Los Angeles & Toronto: does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; I Corinthians 13:5 NKJV
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14
Patricia, Dallas, TX
Psalms 23:1-3 {ESV}
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
(2)He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
(3)He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Angie from Houston, TX
Isaiah 30:21 – Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Stacia Deen from Avon Park, Florida: A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:45 (NIV)
Laura – Houston, Texas
“For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:8 (NIV)
Carrie – Eure, NC
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Memorizing God’s Word this year has…
been a challenge to stay on track, but God is working in my life and I am taking my walk with Him to a new level filled with determination and perserverance!
Allison Eclectic, AL
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.Psalm 100 KJV
Emily, Houston TX
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” –
2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJ)
For I am the Lord, your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Carol, Poplar Bluff, MO
Psalm 62:1
Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him.
1 Chronicles 16:11 NIV
Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.
Jovin, Houston TX
Psalm 18:19 (NIV)
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Amy, Sweeny, TX
Cast all your anxieties upon Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Psalm 40:11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
NIV
Sheila, OK
I have absolutely LOVED seeing all the scriptures in different versions. I have been looking at different translations to see how my verse may vary-insightful.
Delta from Lakeland, Florida:
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalm 103:2
Brandy, San Angelo, TX 1 Corinthians 13:13 “There are three things that remain – faith, hope and love – and the greatest of these is love.” The Living Bible
kimberly mason, tuscaloosa, al:
2 Timothy 2:15 NET
“make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.”
I Corinthians 13:3 NIV
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
James 1:5
If you need wisdom – if you want to know what God wants you to do – ask Him, and he will gladly tell you. NLT
Janelle C – Malakoff TX
The Lord bless you and keep you,the Lord make His face shine upon you
and be gracious to you
the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
Karen, Naples
“Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
James 1:27 HCSB
Gena
Elgin, Texas
Trust in him at all times, you peopl, pour out your hearts to him for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking ANYTHING.” James 1:2-4
Ifonia – Margate, FL
“God is no respector of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him.” Acts 10:34 – 36
1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore , my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
Sheri – Atlanta, TX
Galatians 5:22 NKJV
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Montgomery, AL
The first chapter of James. (NIV)
Liz Lyons: Cypress, Texas: “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
Kristi, Charleston, WV “and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.” Eph 6:19 (NKJV)
Bethany from Waco, TX
Let all that I am praise the Lord,may I never forget the good things He does for me.
Psalm 103:2 (NLT)
“These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17:14 NKJV
SHERRY, TULSA; “He was with God in the beginning.” John 1:2, NIV
Belinda, Olathe KS
SHOUT joyful praises to God, all the earth!
Psalm 66:1 NLT
Ola Mae, Cedar Park, TX Philippians 4:6 NIV Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
December 15th Verse
I John 4:7-8 KJV
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God, he that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 7:1
Stephanie, Houston.
He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm.
His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 136:12 NLT
Mary Alice
Dallas, TX
Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing out violence.
Psalm 27:12 NIV
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:23-24, NIV
James 1:7
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Linda, Austin, TX
2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Nikki, Franklin, TN
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (NIV)
Rosebud ATlanta, Texas
Keep sound wisdom and discretion so they will be life to your soul and grace to your neck.
Proverbs 3:21-22 NKJV