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.
Suzanne; Pasadena, Tx
The name of the LORD is a strong fortress; the godly run to Him and are safe. Proverbs 18:10 NLT
James 4:10 (NIV) “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”
Julie/Deer Park, TX/ Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your young children Lamentations 2:19 NIV
Dawn W. – Falmouth, KY
Psalms 121:5-6 (NLT)
The LORD himself watches over you!
The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade.
The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night.
“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
Isaiah 54:10 ESV
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Romans 10:9-10 (NASB)
Rachel ~ Nashville, TN
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
~ Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
Martha / Albertville, AL / Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
Melisa, Roanoke, VA
Lord my God, You have done many things – Your wonderful works and Your plans for us; none can compare with You. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told. – Psalm 40:5 HCSB
Lisa, Enterprise, AL
~ The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
— Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Mildred, Mer Rouge, LA, John 10:27-29(NIV)
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”
Dana
Blue Ridge, Tx
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:10-12 NIV
Kristi, Puyallup, WA: …”far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.” Ephesians 1:21 NIV
Susan, Jonesboro, AR
For October 15
He redeems your life from the Pit;
He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
Psalm 103:4 HCSB
For October 1
Then your light will appear like the dawn,
and your recovery will come quickly.
Your righteousness will go before you,
and the LORD’S glory will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:8 HCSB
Alisa, Clinton,MS
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:2
Gretchen, Madison, MS
” Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”
James 1:19 NIV
Carol, Cashion “as it is written, ” ‘A Father of many nations have I made you’ in the presence of Him whom he believed,even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. In hope and against hope he believed…without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God.” Romans 4:17-18a, 19-20 NASBU
Dyane, Edmond, OK “I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.” Ps 25:15 NET
Melissa, Miles City, MT: How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. 1 John 3:1(NIV)
Laura Beth, The Colony
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8, NIV
Rebecca, Madison,MS
“consider it pure joy my brothers when you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance.” James 1:2 NIV
Round Rock TX
Psalm 20:17
Some trust in chariots some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Deborah – Nashville, TN
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
– 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
Abby, Corvallis OR
Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says… we will listen and obey. Deuteronomy 5:27
Susan, Andover,KS:
“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.”
1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)
Donna, Albuquerque:
“He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.”
Proverbs 17:9 NIV
Maria from North Dakota
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done whle in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Cor. 5:10 (NIV)
Karen, Sacramento:”It is not that we think we can do anything of lasting value by ourselves. Our only power and success come from God.” —2 Corinthians 3:5 NLT
Donna, Norman, OK
Ezekiel 36:26
“And I will give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit in you.
I will take out your stony, stubborn heart
and give you a tender, responsive heart.”
Linda – Boulder CO
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3 TNIV
Delores O. in Shoreline, WA
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Eph. 3:16 NIV 1984
Annette, Maplewood, MN
Zeph 3:17 NIV
“The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His Love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Shelly, Rochester, MN
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 NIV
Wendy, Vero Beach
I Peter 4:9 (NIV)
Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
Carol, Belleville, On….But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Gal. 5:22-23 NIV
Melanie Holmes
Decatur, AL
Singing as I choose this verse, “Great is Thy Faithfulness…morning by morning new mercies I see..”
Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV
But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
Erin, Albertville, AL
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
Jenny – San Antonio/now Midland, TX
Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” NIV
Lisa Auten, Rogers, AR: “Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Deborah, Cheyenne, WY – “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
Marilyn – Seattle
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Luke 11:9-10 (NIV)
Charlotte, Seymour, Texas “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears to Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 ESV
Dianne, Fairfield, CA – Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7 (NASB)
Madelin, Thousand Oaks, CA
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NLT
Elvira, Grande Prairie , Alberta
Eph.6:10&11 NIV
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Nitsa, Eugene, OR.
“pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.” 1 Timothy 6:11b NAS
Vicky, Enders
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
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5
Megan, Grants Pass
“They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:23
Laurel Tatum- Lubbock Texas
“You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.” Psalm 30:11-12