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.
1 Peter 4:12-13 Amp
Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you. But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly].
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
Dianne
Cowpens, SC
Phyllis, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Psalm 85:6 NIV
Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
Angie Kendall, Cynthiana, KY
Patti, Colorado
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed; for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23
Happy birthday – Amanda!! I’m celebrating my birthday today also!
Happy Birthday to you, Patti!
He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.
Psalm 50:23, NIV
Deb, Pierre SD
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9 NIV
Angie Kendall, Cunthiana, Ky
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 NKJ
Michele
North Oaks, MN
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity.
Kim, Louisville, KY
Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
Isaiah 35:3-4a, NIV
Chris, Louisville, KY
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
I John 4:18, NKJV
Hannah Tx, Titus 2:4-6 NIV Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
Trina, Summerton. “Not everyone who says ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my father who is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21
Lynda, Ocala, FL: “Heaven and Earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:35 NIV
Barb, Medina, Ohio
Eph 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Niv
Tilley in Franklin, TN
“So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while.”
1 Peter 1:6 (NLT)
Marci, Amsterdam
2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. (NIV)
“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV
Kristina, Frisco. TX. ~ “In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry” Ephesians 4:26
Jenn, Cumming, ga:
John 4:22 (msg). It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth.
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
~ Galatians 5:1 (NIV)
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
Jude 24-25 NIV
Janell~ Frisco~ “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Tim 3:16-17 NIV
Ginger, El Paso, TX: “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
Nicole//dallas//Acts 1:7-8
New International Version (NIV)
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Carla Ritz in Lock Haven PA – “When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. ” Romans 12:13 NLT
Jan, Rockwall
Psalm 75:1 NIV
Unto you, O God, do we give thanks.
Audrey, Rockwall
Psalm 150:6 NIV
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Cheri, Savage, MN 1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Karen, Dover, NH “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you.”
Is. 26:3 (NIV)
Christina
Louisvlle, KY
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Psalm 46:5 NIV
Teresa, Peoria, IL
2 Corinthians 13:5, NIV “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you–unless, of course, you fail the test?”
Debra, Mississippi:
Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) BUT, they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Genevieve, Orange, Texas
For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.
Matthew 18:20 NIV
Cheryl
Hephzibah, Ga.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
Beth C, Huntsville, AL
“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Ps 46:10 (NASB)
Linda P.
Annville, KY
Haven’t I ordered you, ‘Be strong, be bold’? So don’t be afraid or downhearted, because ADONAI your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 CJB
Laurie, Spokane, NASB, James 1:2-4: “Consider it all joy my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
Cindy, Madrid, Spain
“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”
James 3:17 NIV
Deb, Becker
Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Ps 25:4-5
Oshkosh, WI
They also do no unrighteousness
They walk in His ways
Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
That we should diligently keep them.
Psalm 119:3-4
“Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you.”
1 Peter 5:6-10 {nkjv}
Martha
Asheville, NC
Kathy Cooper – Aurora, CO
Psalm 23:3
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Mary Ellen in Billings, MT
” Let me hear your loving-kindness in the morning;
For I trust in you;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.” NASB Ps. 143:8
Annette, Toronto ON
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
Prov. 4: 23 NKJV
Becky Jo
Chesterfield, MI
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
James 1:22-25 (ESV)
Peg Suveg, Naperville, IL “Let me hear Your loving kindness in the morning;
For I trust in You;
Teach me the way I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.” NASB Psalm 143:8
Lisa, Granville, Ohio
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.
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Cindy, Fort Worth, TX
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 17:3 NIV
Shelly E, Portland,OR
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
“I can do all things through Him who strenthens me.”
Philippians 4:13
NAS