WHAT???? The 20th verse???? You know what that means, don’t you? Those of you who have clocked in every single time so far have accumulated enough verses to qualify for the celebration! However! If you’ve gotten this far, you surely want to see it all the way to 24 and not just for the celebration but for the fortification and fruit of 2 dozen Scriptures in your darling head. Scripture memory has meant so much to me this year. Except for a full-on-crisis season of time when I promise you I would have lost my ever-loving mind without it, I have never sensed more of a harvest deep in my soul from the process. I so hope you can also testify that your year would have been altogether different without it.
I will get right to it because I am expecting a ton of family over to celebrate Amanda’s 32nd birthday and I have a Texas-size pot of chicken and dumplings to cook! Here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 1 Peter 3:15-16 The NET Bible
Let’s hear it, Siestas! Hey, don’t be alarmed if it takes me a good while to moderate all the verses or even if it sits on zero for a little while. I’ll bring them in every couple of hours so I can still get the most out of a Saturday off. I hope you have some Sabbath time this weekend, too!
Talk to you very soon.
You’re a big deal around here.
Miranda, Fort Payne, AL
‘Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.’
1 John 3:18 (NIV)
Sarah Noah, Canoga Park, CA: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” ~ 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NKJV)
Jan, Loveland, CO
I continually loook to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net. Ps 25:15 NET
Kristie
Sandia, TX
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14
Jennifer, Kodak, TN
Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future.
Proverbs 31:25 NAS
Tanis, British Columbia
In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you. John 14:2 HCAB
“If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking.” James 1:5 (CEV)
Forgot to put where I’m from . . . Rome, GA : ) Guess my brain is a little fuzzy tonight.
oops. It should be John 14:2 HCSB. Sorry.
Stacie- Cyvadier, Haiti
Hebrews 8:11
“Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that which you hope for will come true.”
Michele, Pearland, TX
“For His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Psalm 136:1b (and b of every verse in this Psalm)
Cynthia, Richmond, VA – 8. “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9.Resist him standing firm in faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:89 NIV
Mobile, AL. “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world & those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.” Psalm 24:1-2 NAS
Sylvia V., Jersey Village, TX
Ephesians 6:13-15 (NIV)
13 Therefore put on the full Armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Gal. 6:9 NIV
Mandy from Mt. Vernon, TX
“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.”
Hebrews 10:35-36
Joni, Port Neches. By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8, NIV
Emmy Rome, GA
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life.” Matthew 6:25-27 NIV
Laurie, Lubbock, TX: One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may swell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple. Psalm 27:4 NIV
“Your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:5
Lynn, Argyle, TX. “But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.”
Galatians 5:5 NIV
Cara, Valley Head, AL pray without ceasing; 1Thes. 5:17 NASB
Lisa, Olympia, WA
“I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 (HCSB)
Revelation 1:3 (NIV)
Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
(Memory verse from Beth’s study of the Book of Revelation.)
“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do so with gentleness and respect.” I Peter 3:15 NIV
Abbie Omaha, NE “You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not turn” 2 Samuel 22:37 (NIV)
Pauline, Kearney, NE
O my God, I trust in you; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalm 25:2 NKJV
“Maybe they will come to their senses. Maybe they will escape the devil’s trap. He has taken them prisoner to do what he wanted.” 2 Timothy 2:26 NIRV
Madeleine,Corrales: 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 NIV
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 NLT)
Sarah, New Palestine, Indiana
James 1:22 NIV
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
Jana, San Angelo, TX
“He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” John 8:47 NIV
Anne Marie, Woburn, MA:
Lamentations 3:19-21 (NLT)
19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness
is bitter beyond words.[a]
20 I will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
21 Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14 NLV
Odessa, TX
Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of His power. Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:10-11
Natalie, Indialantic FL “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 ESV
Johannah, Alexandria, LA
“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
Linda, Holts Summit, MO
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 ESV
Jolynn Harwell, Rowlett, TX
You will keep in perfect peace
      all who trust in you,
      all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26:3, New Living
Suzanne, Harrisville
Isaiah 58:13 NIV
“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,” (to be continued)
Vickie in Louisville: 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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
Regan, Conroe. “She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:12 ESV
Abilene, TX I Peter 4:8 (NIV) Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Beth Clark, La Verne, CA
“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.”
Ephesians 1:4
Kokomo, IN
“Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:15,16a (NAS)
Jane W., Charlotte
“Because of Christ and our faith in him we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.” Ephesians 3:12 NLT
Sedrone, Arp TX
Ps 102:28 CEV
Every generation of those who serve you
Will live in your presence.
Lorna Beth
Minneapolis, MN
John 1:16-18 (ESV)
16And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV