Hey, Scripture Memory Mad-Women!
Look how many verses we have behind us!! Sister friend, if you’ve made it this far, YOU’VE GOT THIS THING IN THE BAG! (Or, in your darling little spiral, to be exact.) We are only two Scriptures away from you having the required amount posted for attending the SSMT celebration. By all means, make your goal all 24 but it’s a great feeling to know that you have ALL.IT.TAKES.TO.CE.LE.BRATE. I do dearly love a party. It won’t be the same if you don’t come so please (if it sounds fun to you) try your hardest. Think about asking for help toward expenses as a Christmas gift from some of your lavishly loving peeps.
Registration will be open until 2 weeks before the event so don’t stress about us running out of room. We only opened it this early so we could choose which space will fit us best at Houston’s First Baptist Church and so we can best prepare to serve you. Since we’re at about 850 registrations, we’ve outgrown the Fellowship Hall where we were last year and will meet in the sanctuary. We’ll make sure that we have the closest possible seating arrangements so no one feels isolated from the group. (There’s no reserved seating for it, of course, but we’ll do everything we can to make it as intimate as possible.) We are looking so forward to seeing your beautiful faces. It will be here before we know it! Click here to register: SSMT Registration
OK, here’s my Scripture for this round:
Beth, Houston. For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. 1 Peter 2:20 The NET Bible
Let’s hear yours!
I’m mad about you.
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of God will stand forever.”
Isaiah 40:8
This seemed appropriate as the garden is almost done for the year….
Tamela Ward, Piedmont, SC: For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Fenton, Ashburn, VA: “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.”
1Cor.16:13-14 NKJV – I am sorry, but I could not do one with out the other.
Alisa
Clinton, MS
Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenants and His lovingkindness to the thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Deuteronomy 7:9
NASB
Connie, Chariton, Psalm 103:9 He will not always strive with us. Nor will He keep His anger forever. NKJV
Teresa, Peoria, IL
2 Corinthians 3:17-18, NIV, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
Freida, Chatham, LA “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Gail Jones
Decatur, TX
Jenn
Frederick, MD
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13
NIV
Jennifer, Dallas, TX
The Lord will fight for you; you only need to be still. Exodus 14:14 NIV
Before they call, I will answer, while they are still speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:24 NIV
Bonnie, Seattle,
Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Psalm 25:4 (NLT)
Joy – Asheboro, NC
“Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'”
Mark 2:17, NIV
1 John 4:18(NIV)
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Lacey, Leonard TX. “For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.” 1 Peter 2:20 The NET Bible
Morristown, TN “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9 NIV
Beth, Dyersburg, TN
For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated
and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so
endure, this finds favor with God. 1 Peter 2:20 NET
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 28:14 (NIV)
Sherie
Spring, TX
Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV
Dianne, Moose Jaw,
Now we see things imprfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clairity. All that I know now is partial and imcomplete but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
1Cor.13:12 NLT
Beth, London, Ontario, Canada
Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicket.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favour and honour,
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
Psalm 84:10-12 NIV
Natalie, Indialantic FL. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14 NIV
Gretchen, Madison, MS
“because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance.” James 1:3
Jolie, Cottage Grove, MN
The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
Karen Basham, Lutz, FL: The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your Faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NASB)
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 (ESV)
Shannon
Katy, TX
Erin, Seattle. “Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.” Psalm 37:3 ESV
Let him ask in faith with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6
Beverly Elliott Ohio Proverbs 10:19 When words are many sin is not absent but he who holds his tongue is wise. NIV
Crystal – Everett, Ontario Canada: Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. Psalm 125:1 (NIV)
Hollie, Mount Vernon
But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Luke 18:16, NIV
-Memorizing the verse my Sunday School students have to memorize this week! 🙂
Sarah Millers Creek NC
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Psalm 91:7
Christy, Conifer, Colorado
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.
Phil 4:6-7 NIV84
Your word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 (NKJV)
Meredith, Fayetteville, AR If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. (Psalm 139:18 NASB)
Wendy, Vero Beach
1 Peter 4:7 (NIV)
“The end of all things is near.
Therefore be clearminded and self-controlled so that you can pray.”
Nancy, Springdale AR
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
Rachel, Blairsville, GA. And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 1 John 2:28, NIV.
BraydenandBodiesMama
Daphne, AL
Proverbs 29:11
Fools vent their anger,
but the wise quietly hold it back
NLT
Katie (FIrestone, CO)
“Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. For many times, also, your own heart has known that even you have cursed others.” Ecc. 7:21-22 (NKJV)
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Gal 3:28
Nancy
Versailles, Ky
Tis T week!
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight. -Prov 3:5-6 (NIV)
Cynthia, Richmond, VA – “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1, NIV
Kyndra, Houston, TX
John 3:30 “He must become greater; I must become less.”
(NIV)
Jana, Tampa, Fl “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” NIV
Beckie, Washington, DC: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.” John 14 1-2 (NIV)
Martha / Albertville,AL / 1 I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
Psalm 121:1-2
Shannon, Kissimmee, Florida
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forever.
Psalm 125:2 (NIV
Tonight was the first night of our small group Esther Bible study. I am looking forward to the weeks to come.
Sarah, Burlington, ON: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” (Romans 12:12, TNIV)