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.
Charissa – West Chester, OH
1 John 4:16 NIV
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Brandee, White House, TN
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness-without it no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14 HCSB
katie g
knoxville, tn
“For this is God,Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.”
psalm 48:14 NKJV
dixie, santa monica, california
Psalm 68:6 (NLT)
God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoner free and gives them joy.
Lisa, Wylie,TX. “Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you.”. 1 Thessalonians 5:16
Deb, Becker
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Heb 10:35-36 (NIV)
1 Peter 1 22-23 (NIV)
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Delores in Shoreline, WA
For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Romans 5:10 NIV 1984
For it is with your heart you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth you profess your faith and are saved. Romans 10:10
This says it all!!
Dixie, in Trophy Club says:
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:24
King James
Joan Portage,MI
“Therefore,since we have been justified through faith,we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so,but we rejoice in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance,character;character,hope.And hope does not dissappoint us because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit,whom he has given us.” Romans 5:1-5 NIV
Starting a book club tomorrow, thinking I’m needing some perseverance;)
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Matthew 11:29-30
NJK Version
Amy Thomas
Norfolk, MA
Lichelle, Austin Psm 37:4 NIV
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Deanne, Laguna Hills, CA
“Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
Philippians 4:9 NIV
Laura K, Spearfish, SD:
(God’s Word to me from the Simulcast)
I Peter 1:22 ESV – Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
Kay, Sheridan
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Phil. 4:13 NKJV
Pam Houston, Buena Park, CA. “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them, if I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.” Psalms 139:17-18 NASB
Is. 61:2-4
Kathy, Austin
“I shall the waste cities and the desolation of many generations.”
Karen, Russellville, AR
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
Valerie, Louisville, KY
Micah 7:7 NASB But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Debbie, Marion, IN I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
Is. 61:2-4
Kathy, Austin
“I shall repair the waste cities and the desolation of many generations.”
Deanne, Laguna Hills, CA
“Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
Philippians 4:5 NIV
Mary
Burke, VA
Ps 94: 18-19 NIV
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your love, O Lord, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Psalm 18:24 “God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.”(Msg)
Leigh & Anna: “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse! – stolen by burglars.” Matthew 6:19 MSG
Leanne
Mississippi
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Peggy – Yorktown, VA Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height or depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Lena, Wilmore
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matt 5:11 (NIV)
Amy, Oklahoma
Philippians 2:13 (NIV) “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Heather – Dadeville “The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.” Proverbs 19:23 NIV
Dawn in Monett, MO
Proverbs 14:26 NIV
He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge.
Courtney, LaPlata
Galatians 3:15-29 (ESV)
15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.
16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
17 This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
20 Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.
24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slaveg nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s. offspring, heirs according to promise.
Melanie – Decatur, AL
Philippians 4:4-5 NKJV
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Rosalye
Vicksburg, MS
Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them.
Jeremiah 1:17
NIV
Suzanne, Summerfield, Fl. Col. 3:1,2 If then you were raised with Christ,seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. NKJV
Joan/Coppell, TX:
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. I Peter 5:6-7 NIV
Rachel, Rochester, NY: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” – 1 John 2:15 (NIV)
Candace, Kyle, TX
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
Colossians 3:12 NASB
Paula, Russell, KY
But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles. When this happened, I did not rush out to consult with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away into Arabia, and later I returned to the city of Damascus. Galatians 1: 15-17 NLT
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Ps. 100:4-5 NIV
Melanie – Lebanon, KS
Hebrews 13:20-21 (niv)
Now may the God of peace…equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Carrie, Fort Mill, SC
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Eph. 6:10-13 NKJ
Becky
Owasso OK
“Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.”
Psalm 60:11-12 NIV
Sue, St, Louis
She is clothed with dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. Provers 31:25 NIV
Sandra, Swainsboro, GA
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Isaiah 43:5 NIV
“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whome I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” (Isaiah 43:10 NIV84)
Kierstan
Portland, Oregon
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Ps 103:1-5 ESV
Cara – Fridley, MN
And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.
I John 4:16 (AMP)
Vicki, Surprise,AZ
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV