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.
Sheri Saranac Lake NY (I’ve got to do some catch up, so i’m memorizing 4 this month, 4 next month and a whopping 6 in December! Hope it’s ok if I put them all here for October.)
Version NKJV
Rom 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His gooness, forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads us to repentance.
Song of Sol 8: 6 & 7 Set me as seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave, Its flames are flames of fire, a most vehement flame. (7) Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised.
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. (i love the words “to find grace”…)
Sorry this post is so long, but i’m hopin for mercy!
diane, Baraboo, Wi.
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy one of Israel, Your Savior. Isaiah 43:l-3 NIV
“The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent” Exodus 14:14
Kate, Hillsboro, OR
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14 (NIV 1984)
Kris – Maine
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 NIV
HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP. JAMES 4:10 NIV
Jill; Plano,TX
James 1:21 The Message
In simple humility, let our gardner, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation garden of your life.
Sabrina
Morristown, Tennessee
“But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His unfailing love.” Psalm 33:18 NIV
Kathy W, Mansfield, TX
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.” Is 26:3-4 NLT
Elisabeth
Modesto, CA
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him(Lamentations 3:25 NIV)
Vickie, Baytown, TX You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind (both its inclination and its character) is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You. Isaiah 26:3 Amplified version
Suzanne, Birmingham: “Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at His coming.”
1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Diane, Cary NC and Naperville, IL
continuing with Hebrews 3:1-2 (NASB)
1.) Therefore holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.
2.) He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all his house.
Pam
South Carolina
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
-Revelation 21:4 NET Bible
He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renew by the Holy Spirit.
Titus #:5
NRSV
Allyson, Winnsboro SC:
“The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. ” Psalm 25:14-15 (NIV)
Debbie~ Highland, MI
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2,3 NIV
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.
Colossians 3:23 NIV
Glennell Buda TX.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 (NIV)
Tiffany, Chesterfield:
Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. Romans 8:6, AMP
Jani, Henderson, NV – Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NASB
Tanya, Sheffield, 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
Laura from Canton MI:
Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Karina, Vancouver/Castlegar, BC, CANADA!
“For we are God’s masterpiece He has created a new in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he Planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Karls, La Place, LA
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Romans 12:16 ESV
Lindsay Albion, IL “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” Matt 11:28 NIV
Tami in DS, LA
Ps. 54:4 (NIV)
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
“Work willingly at whatever you do as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.” Colossians 3:23-24 NLT
Jeanie
Sparta, TN
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Philippians 4:4 NIV
Paige, Atl, Phil. 3:12b,13 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.
Cody, Houston:
“You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples.” Psalm 77:14, NKJV
Diana, East Peoria, IL
Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.
Ephesians 4:23 NLT
Jeannette, Land O Lakes, FL
But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness.
2 Tim 2:16 NET
Luanne, from Magnolia: “O LORD, You are my Lamp. The LORD lights up my darkness. In Your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.” – 2 Samuel 22:29-30 (NLT)
Lisa, Simsboro, LA
“Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.” Colossians 3:21 NIV
Nicole
Prairieville, Louisiana
“Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.
Deuteronomy 31:7
NLT
Michelle, Waukesha, WI
…”and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength Eph 1:19a NIV
Jennifer; Houston: My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed bod. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:15-16
Linda, Carolina Beach, NC
“Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires, but
Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is LIFE and PEACE, the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law,nor can it do so.”
Romans 8:5-7 NIV
Carla, Pierre, SD
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. . .(that was first half of the month) to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
Leanne
Mississippi
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
Galations 1:10 NLT
Barb, Kentwood MI:
“Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles.”
Psa 119:49-50 NLT
Shelley, San Angelo
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Sue, Newnan, GA
“And without faith it is impossible to please God,”
Hebrews 11:6a NIV
Erma, Houston
A wise son brings joy to his father-but a foolish son grief to his mother. Prov. 10:1 NIV
Karen, Russellville, AR
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
Psalm 5:3 (NIV)
Katherine, Houston. “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NKJV
Teri in Tampa
Psalm 91:12 NLT
Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom.
Psalm 62:6 NIV
“He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
Andrea Woodstck GA
Brandy, Burleson, Tx
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10 NIV