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.
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. James 1:2-3 NKJV
Jami from Dallas, TX
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Dana, Pace, FL
I have much more to say to you, more than you can bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. John 16:12-13 NIV
Jennifer, Otisville, Michigan – 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
Allison, Tampa. Titus 3:1-7 NASB
“Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing ever consideration for all men. For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, His mercies never come to end; they are new every morning, great is Thy faithfulness! Lamentations 3:22-23
Becky, Alberta, Canada
The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Psalm 121:5,6 NIV
“I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the Kingdom of God like a litte child will never enter it.” Mark 10:15 NIV
I have hidden your word in my heart that I mgiht not sin against you. Ps. 119:11 NIV
Leigh Gray
Illinois
Mindy, Rowley, IA Joshua 22:5, “But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” NKJV
Get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and understands and knows every plan and thought. 1 Chronicles 28:9 NLT
Deborah, Kennewick. Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always. Psalm 105:4 NIV
Skylar, Collinston, La. “I am the good shepherd and I know my own and my own know me, even as the father knows me and I know the father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:14-15 NASB
Romans 15: 4 NIV
4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Cheryl from Kemah
Bethany Silva
Modesto, California
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.
1Peter 3:15 (NET)
Alison P.
McComb, MS
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV)
wow! Where did this month go!!
Ok…Psalms 139:3 NLT You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am.
Psalms 139:23-24 NLT
Search me O God, and know my heart test me and know my thoughts. Point our anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Wheew! I should be all caught up now.
Pat, Littlefield, Tx….”Praise be to the name of God forever and ever; wisdom and power are his.”
Daniel 2:20 NIV
Michele, Weber City, VA
For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.
Deut 20:4
Kaitlyn from Gainesville, FL
I’m having these verses count for October 15 and November 1st since it’s a bit longer. They’re going to be SO important to me that I don’t want to break them up!
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before and you lay your hand upon me.”
Psalm 139: 1-5, NIV
Lindsey, Lincoln, NE
The Lord watches over you–
the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your life. ~Psalm 121:5-7 (NIV)
Allison, Ruston
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12
Katera, Kentwood, LA
Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Romans 12:16
Kathy, Corinth, TX.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 NASB
Christina, EGenhausen: “In your anger do not sin”Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
Kelly, Clarksville, TN
James 1:12 NIV
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trail because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Thous wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
ISA 26:3
NAS
Miquela from Knoxville, TN: “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
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
1 Peter 3:15 NIV
Kathie
Aiken, SC
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Happy Fall, Y’all!!! 🙂
Cheryl
Leesburg, IN
He takes pleasure in those who honor him,
in those who trust in his constant love.
Psalms 147:11 GNT
Pam, Austin, Isaiah 49:5b, NIV
…for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord and my god has been my strength. AMEN!
Pam, Austin, Isaiah, 49:5b NIV
…for I am honored in the eyes of The Lord and my God has been my strength. AMEN!
Lisa, Boerne, Tx.
“For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.” 1 Corinthians 14:33
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Gal. 5:1 NASB
Ephesians 3: 1-3
As a prisoner for the Lord, the, I urge you to live a live worthy of the calling yu have recieved. 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. NIV
Athens, TN
Holly
Geita, Tanzania
Romans 8:26-28
“Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.”
I know that pregnant part is a metaphor, but I am pregnant and sick and God does indeed know my pregnant condition!
Jan, Winnipeg, Manitoba “For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.” Deuteronomy 4:31 (NIV)
Susanne, El Paso, TX
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 (NIV-1984)
Merrie, Katy –
As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever,” says the LORD. Isaiah 59:21 NIV
Sharon, San Antonio,
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
Lucinda Bomberger, Watsontown, PA
Acts 6:4 ESV We will devote ourselves to pray and to the minisrty of the word.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 ESV Pray without ceasing.
“The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.” Nahum 1:7 (NAS)
Kate, Grapeland, Texas (NAS)
Donna, Lufkin, Texas (NIV)
Elaine, College Station, Texas (ESV)
Laura, College Station, Texas (NIV)
Lynda, San Antonio, TX
I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you.
Isa 41:13
Valerie, Fultondale, AL
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Romans 5:5 NIV
Shelby Kasten Ft Myers FL
Luke 9:23
King James Version (KJV)
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Barbara, Arcadia, CA
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowlege Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Romans 11:29 ESV
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a woman who lacks self-control.” (Proverbs 25:28, NIV)
Beth. Stillwater. 1 John 2:15-17(ESV) “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and the pride in possessions-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”