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.
Colossians 4:6 (NASB)
Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
This verse (1 Peter 3:15-16)has appeared in more than one place for me today. I guess God is trying to tell me something.
Oh how I long to just at his feet and listen and learn, to see things the way He does.
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice, Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18
(NIV)
Chrissy
San Tan Valley, Arizona
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV
Tangila, Pearland
“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!”
Rom 11:33 NASB
Amy, Hood River, OR: By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world. 1John 4:17, The NET Bible
April, Hume
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:6 NIV
Macy
Russellville, AR
“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.”
James 1:19 NLT
Amy, Oklahoma
Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. -Proverbs 8:6 (NET)
Sammie, Flagstaff, AZ “Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemptioni which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith.” Romans 3:22-25a NASB
Devi
Geneva, Switzerland
But I say walk by the Spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16
Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. Isaiah 46:4
Lyn Steriti
Littleton NH
…for I know whom I have believed and I am
convinced that He is able to guard what I
have entrusted to Him until that day.
II Timothy 1:12b
NASB
“Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.”
Psalm 27:14, NIV
GIna, Yougstown, OH
“My salvation and honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, O people, pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.” NIV Ps 62:7-8
Jessica~Jacksonville, Fl
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13 NIV
April, Vermilion
Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
~Isaiah 61:7
Natalie~ Jacksonville~ Psalm 139:12(NIV) even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you
Patty, Northern Virginia – For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 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. Ephesians 6:12-13
Linda & girls, Pauls Valley, OK – I Corinthians 13: 7, 8 (Children’s Bible) – “Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up. Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages…will end. And knowledge will end.”
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4
James 1:22 (NIV)
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
AmyLu, Evansville
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:21 (NIV)
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. Psalm: 62:5
Sharon Meekins
Richmond, VA
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NIV
Brigid, Johannesburg (SA)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
“You will show me the path of life; in your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore” Psalm 16:11 (Amp)
“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.” Philippians 2:14-15
Cheryl from Hattiesburg, MS
Oct 1 verse: Matthew 6:25 (ESV) Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Oct 15 verse: Matthew 6: 26, 27 (ESV) Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his life span?
Victoria B., Fort Worth TX, “Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.” Psalm 112:3 NKJ
Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son. Genesis 18:14 NIV
Kristin, Jacksonville, AL.
But he gives us more grace. That is why the Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 (NIV)
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
Mark 8:36-38 NASB
Janice, Arcanum, OH
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3 NIV
Sherie
Spring, TX
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalm 55:22 NIV
Jan, Alabama “For I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things things through Him who strengthens me.” Phillipians 4:11-13 NIV
Sharon, Griffin, Ga
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
Heather, Tallahassee “Satisfy me in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.” Psalm 90:14 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
Jill
Vandalia MO
Lisa, Dalton, GA Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send Me!”. Isaiah 6: 8 NIV
Laura, Denver, NC
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Gail, McDonough, Ga
Hebrews1:3 (NIV)
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Joan Fredericktown, OH
better late than never??
Isaiah 55:9 NIV
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Kim, Poplar Bluff, MO. “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 (NIV)
Ann C, Houston
Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and tht He is a rewarder of those who deligently seek Him. Heb 11:6 NIV
Psalm 1:1-2 (NET)
How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicket, or stand in the pathway of sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers! Instead, he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
Jana, Quitaque, TX
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me.
Psalm 40:11 NIV
Vicki Knott, Greenwood, SC
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)
Susan, Virginia Beach- a little bit of catch up with several verses together (Like suggested 🙂 The Beatitudes.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:3-10 NIV
Susan, Oak Ridge Tn.
Do not conform any longer 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 Gods will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2 NIV
the world can only confirm conformity anyway.