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.
Lori, Owasso, OK
Psalm 32:8
New International Version (NIV)
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Joelle, Abilene
Be completely humble and gentle: be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Michelle, Frisco, TX
Proverbs 8:6 NIV – Listen for I will speak excellent things and my lips will utter what is right.
Sandy in Amarillo Texas:
So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.
1 Kings 3:9 NIV
Stephanie, Lititz, PA “Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.” Psalm 100:2 NLT
Rene Claremore OK
And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him.
Hebrews 5:9 KJV
Debbie from Westerville, OH
Isaiah 43:18-19a NIV Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
Katalla in Fairbanks, AK
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
1 Peter 1:14 NIV
Shawna – Boise
The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6 TNIV
Amy, St. Louis, MO
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (NIV)
Psalm 34:18
I also like the NET Bible translation (can’t decide – so I think I’ll memorize both!):
The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged. (The NET Bible)
Kaycee, Cabot: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Eph. 2:8-9 NIV
Karene, Yorba Linda, CA
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Lora
Mooresburg
“And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 Amp
Mei, Easley SC
The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The LORD will protect your coming and going both now and forever. Psalm 121:7-8 HCSB
Charlotte, Easlely SC
The LORD will protect you from all harm; He will protect your life. The LORD will protect your coming and going both now and forever. Psalm 121:7-8 HCSB
Roxy, Columbia, Md
Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths.
Ps. 25:4 (NIV)
Molly, Macon
And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Matt. 21:22 NKJV
Mary Ann, Woodbury, MN
Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, since you are unleavened. For Christ over Passover has ben sacraficed.
1 Corinthians 5:7 (HCSB)
Marilyn…in Mississippi
Psalm 27:10 KJV
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”
Kristl, Hagerstown: The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9 NKJV
Mary, Chattanooga,
1 Thessalonians 5:25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16 NKJV
JennLee, Vienna, VA
Better late than never…. sigh…
Deut 29:29, NIV ’84
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Linda Burnsville, MN
James 1:22
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
Lindsay, Visalia, CA
“Accept one another just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.” -Romans 15:7
Grace, Silver City. “Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ” This is the first and greatest commandment.” Matt. 22:37-38 NIV
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the Glory of God through us. 2Cor.1:20
Linda Bartelso, IL Philippians 2:13 (HCSB) For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
Andrea, Louisville
“You shall be holy, For I am Holy”
Leviticus 11:45
Shannon, Birmingham, AL
Isaiah 45:22 NLT
Let all the world look to me for salvation! for I am God; there is no other.
Tami KC, MO
Psalm 27:13 NIV
I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Carrie, Logan. “…and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 NIV
Sarah, Little Rock
“‘Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.'”
Matthew 5:16 NASB
Proverbs 8:6 NIV – Listen for I will speak excellent things and my lips will utter what is right.
Shari – Columbus, Oh
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”
Psalm 34:17 NIV
Nicole T
Blue Springs, MO
Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.
Tami
Platte, South Dakota
Colossians 4:2 The Message
“Pray diligently! Stay alert, with your eyes wide open with gratitude!”
Holly C. Longview, TX
” He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent HIm is true, and no unrighteousness in in Him.”
John 7:18 NKJV
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Matthew 7:14 NASB
Carmen, Knoxville
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
1John 3:18
Sally. Crystal springs ms
James 4:10. Humble yourself before the Lord, and he will exalt you. (HCSB)
Linda, Cypress, TX
” Do not merely listen theo the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says”
James 2:22 NIV
Brenda – Jordan, MN
“Those who say they live in God should live their lives
as Jesus did.” 1 John 2:6 (NLT)
Dawn, Dubuque, IA
“Be completely humble and gentle: be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Shannon Buda, TX
But now this is what the Lord says
-he who created you, O’Jacob
he who formed you, O’ Israel
“Fear not, for I have redemed you;
I have summond you by name; you are mine.
Isaiah 43:1 NIV
Five sparrows are sold for only 2 pennies, and God does not forget any of them. But God even knows how many hairs you have on your head. Don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:6-7 (New Century Version)
Whitney N., Birmingham, AL.
“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.” -Psalm 62:8, NIV
Betty, Wendell, NC
1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep your love for one another at full strength, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 HCSB
Melissa Porter
Granbury, Tx
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV)
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Liz, Washington, D.C.,
Hebrews 10:23 (ESV) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.