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.
Matthew 28:19-20
King James Version (KJV)
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Sarah, West Monroe, La
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.” Psalm 139:1-2
ESV
Kathy, Tempe
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
Psalm 34:17-19 NIV
Sharon J. Modesto, Ca.
Surely God is good to Israel to t hose who are pure in heart. Ps.73:1 NIV
Holly, Boulder
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 NIV
Tiffany, Sandwich, IL
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Kelly West Richland,
My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Psalm 145:21 ESV
Jeanne Honolulu,HI
Psalm 25:15
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 My eyes are always on the Lord,
for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies.
Tara, Monett Missouri
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.~ Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Shara – Somerset, CA Daniel 2:23a NASB
To You, O God of my fathers I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and power.
Deanna, Safford, AZ
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. Psalm 139:1-2 (NIV)
Angela, Mansfield, TX
“May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.” 2 Thessalonians 1:2 (NLT)
Paula, Houston
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children.” – Deuteronomy 6: 5-7 (NIV)
Amy, Washington D.C. “No man can serve two masters…” Matthew 6:24 KJV
Kim West Richland
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will council you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 32:8 ESV
Hi Beth, I attended the ( delayed) simulcast at a local church in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday. What a special special time it was. Thank you, and continued blessings on your ministry. Taryne
I’m so honored to have served you, Taryne! How I pray Jesus made Himself evident.
Paulette
Nogalus Prairie
“I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.”
Psalm 3:5
The NET Bible
Natalie Christopher Olympia, WA
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 NIV
Rosalie. Cincinnati
“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.”. Matthew 10: 29-31. KJV
Gwen, Kennesaw, GA, “Sing praise-songs to God. He’s done it all! Let the whole earth know what he’s done! Raise the roof! Sing your hearts out, O Zion! The Greatest lives among you: The Holy of Israel.” Isaiah 12:5-6 The Message
“Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.” (HCSB)
Tricia Faison – Wendell, NC
1 Peter 1:6-7 NIV
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire- may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Marybeth from Norcross GA
“Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you. Your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.” – Isaiah 26:8
Nikki, Wichita
Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.
Romans 12:12 Amplified
Angie,Toronto
“I continually look to the Lord for help, for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.”
Psalm 25:15 The NET Bible
Christi, Clinton, Utah-“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says, ‘I Myself will search for my sheep and look after them.'” Psalms 34:11 NIV
Oops! it is EZEKIEL (not Psalms) 34:11!!! Sorry, siestas!
Isaiah 55:11 “so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
Judy, Virginia
Psalms 143:5-6 I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments. I spread out my hands to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
Susan, Lititz, Pa.
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength,which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead…”
Eph 1:18-20a (NIV)
Rebecca, Kilgore
“And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
John 17:3, KJV
“Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually.”
Psalm 105:4-5
Jayne, Frisco, TX
Joyce
Sparta, NJ
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 (ESV)
Valerie, Louisville KY
Psalm 139:1 NIV
O Lord you have searched me and you know me.
Kathi, Jacksonville, Fl
“to be made new in the attitude of your mind”-Ephesians 4:23
kendal. north wilkesboro, nc.
Teach me your way, O LORD,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
I will praise you, O LORD my god,
with all my heart
I wll glorify your name forever. Psalm 86:10-11 (NIV)
Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. KJV
Sharon
Glennville, GA
Phil 3:13,14 NIV
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Morristown, TN-“Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.” 1 Chron. 28:20 NLT
Kristine, La Crescent, MN: “All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.” 1 Peter 1:24-25
Ruth Cherry, Royse City, Texas
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”
Thesolonians 1:3:13. NIV
May He strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
Kathy, West Milton, The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:8
Kathy, West Milton
Kathy, West Milton
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:8 NKJV
Krista, Birmingham
“To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer for that person.” Luke 6:27-30 The Message
Pam. Hamilton, OH
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power od God unto salvation to those who bekieve; to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16 (KJV)
…enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened and encouraged by the Holy Spirit…living in the fear of the Lord–Acts 9:31b–NIV
Kimberly Orr
Zionsville, Indiana
Sarah, Blairsville, GA. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” NIV Phil 4:6
Colossians 3:15-17
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymn and spitiual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
April, Greensboro, NC: “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
I will worship toward your Holy temple, and praise your name for your lovingkindness and truth. For you have magnified your word above all your name. Psalm 138:2 nkjv
Vickie, Louisville, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 NLT