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.
Leah, Atlanta: “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.” I Peter 2:20 The NET Bible
Amanda Rearden, Windermere, FL (Orlando) Above all else,guard your heart,for it is the wellspring of life…Proverbs 4:23
Sarah, Colorado Springs, CO
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
Then He said to them all, “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 NIV.
James 1:2-4
NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenver 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.
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.
Luke 12:37 ESV
The last part of that verse takes my breath away!
Geri
Deer Park, TX
Isaiah 40:30,31
NASB
Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Jana, Quitaque, TX
Philippians 4:15 NKJV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Karin, Kingsburg CA, 1 Corinthians 3:11 NIV
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Ashley
San Angelo, TX
“Some may trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord.” Psalm 20:7
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.
Proverbs 3:5&6 NIV
that he worked in Christ Jesus when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Continuation of last memory verse
Ephesians 1:20-21
Cheryl
Hephzibah, Ga.
To him who is able to keep you from falling & to present you before his glorious presence without fault & with great joy- Jude 1:24 NIV
Whitney N., Birmingham, AL.
“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” -Colossians 1:17 (NIV)
Anita
Austin, TX
My dear brothers, take not of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 (NIV)
Deanna, Frisco – (NIV) Psalm 19:14 – May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Karen, Santa Ana CA
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Sheryl, Rocky Mount, NC II Cor 12:8-9,(NLT) Three times I begged the Lord the take it away. Each time He said “My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.”So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may work through me.
Kristen, Austin, TX
Get up and come to our rescue.
If you love us so much, Help us!
Psalm 44: 26
Lauren, Phnom Penh Cambodia
September 1 verse:
“Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”
Philippians 2:2, ESV
September 15 verse:
“Do nothing from rivalry or vain conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourself.”
Philippians 2:3, ESV
Susan, Virginia Beach
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
John 14:27
Kaitlyn from Gainesville, FL
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
ESV translation
Janice, Tulsa. “Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.” Proverbs 3:7-8 NLT
Melissa, Scarborough, ME: “I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.” Psalm 111:1 ESV
Sara, Greenville, SC – “Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him.”
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NET Bible)
Shelby Kasten Provb 15:28 Ft Myers Fl
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers… But the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
Psalm 119:105 NIV
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Linda
Burnsville, MN
Raines, Albany, GA: Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. Psalm 119:133 NIV
Marta
Southlake, Tx
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.
Psalm 62:5 NIV
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 2 Corinthians 2:14 NIV
My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course. Proverbs 23:19 NLT
Kristie
Queen City, TX
Melanie – San Antonio
(Continuing to memorize Psalm 121)
“The Lord watches over you- The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.” v.5-6
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
James 1:21-22 (NIV)
Kathleen
Bellmore, LI, NY
Natalie Austin, Tx
Phill 4:7
And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 103:12 (NKJ)
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Jill in Palm Coast, FL
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 1:1-2 KJV
Susan from Houston. So far this year….all are from NASB.
Isaiah 12:2 – Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Is. 26:3,4 – The steadfast of mind You shall keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
Is. 30:15 – For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said, “In repentance and rest you shall be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.”
Is. 41:10 – Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am you God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Eph. 3:20-21 – Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Current verse – James 1:26, 27 – If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless. This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
“Blessed is the woman who hungers and thirsts for righteosness, for she will be filled.”
Sarah, McKinney, TX:
Malachi 3:10 NIV
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
You are my hiding place; You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. Psalm 32:7
Alison, Norman, OK 🙂
Maribeth – Jackson, MS
I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God, Bend down and Listen as I pray.
Psalm 17:6 NLT
For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
It hastens to the end-it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
It will surely come; it will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:3 ESV
Cathie – Jacksonville, Florida
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy!!
Job 8:21 NIV
(I choose JOY today!!)
Merrie – Katy, TX
Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Joel 2:23 NIV
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Jessica, Toronto
“For whom the LORD loves He reproves, even as a father corrects the son in whom He delights.” Proverbs 3:12 (NASV)
Christine Lissoy, Irvine CA: “The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life.” Psalm 121:7 (NIV) Sorry, late entry, traveling without a computer…
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Psalm 16:6
Enjoying Beth’s inheritance series!
1 Peter 2:11-12 (NIV)
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. (12) Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
Melinda, Cheney
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes folly. Prov. 15:2 (NIV)