What???? Are you kidding me??? Verse 21?!?
We’re just four verses from the finish line, Sisters! To God’s great glory, we’re doing this thing! I grinned from ear to ear two weeks ago when someone posted “Jesus wept” as her verse. That’s fair game! All of us could use a little catch from time to time. You guys bring me so much joy. May God cause His love and power to explode within you because you’ve worked so hard and fought so many distractions to get to this point.
OK, Girlfriends, here’s mine:
Beth, Houston. “Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:10-11 The NET Bible
Let me hear yours!
Stay the course, Sweet Things. You are so dearly loved and planned for by God.
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 the beginning to end. Ecc.3:11 NIV
Beverly, Ironton OH: Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (NKJ)
Grace, Circleville OH: Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. 1 Peter 3:15 (NLT)
Kimberly, Circleville OH: Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
Kristi, Gardner, KS
John 8:12 (NASB)
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Karen, Lynnwood, WA – “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
Psalm 103:11-12 (NIV)
Darl, Bakersfield, CA “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 NIV
Tanya, Valley Center, KS
“So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31, Amplified
Annabel, Valley Center, KS
“My brothers and sisters, you will face all kinds of trouble. When you do, think of it as pure joy.”
James 1:2, NIrV
Alyson – Tallahassee
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 NIV – “Everything is permissible” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Becky, Springfield, MO
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 1:22 NKJV
Hope, Northport, AL
“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:20 (NIV)
Vickie
Russellville
John 12:25 NIV
The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life
Abbie, Omaha, NE “He must become greater, I must become less.” John 3:30 (NIV)
Sandy, Lexington, KY
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.”
John 14:1 (NIV)
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself: There is no commandment greater than those. (Mark 12:29-31)
Angela
Lexington, KY
I’m still catching up. Two weeks ago I posted verse 14 for me. I also learned verse 15 which was Job 19:25 – And as for me, I know my Redeemer lives and at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
This week is verse 16 – Proverbs 11:2 – When pride comes, then dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.
Next week will be verse 17 – Psalm 73:28 – But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.
Debbie, Hattiesburg, MS
” This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
Joshua 1:8 NKJV
Cheryl, Redlands, CA:
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)
Hilary. Bolivar, MO.
For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness. (2 Samuel 22:29 AMP)
Kathleen, Ashland.
“My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.”
Proverbs 7:1-3 NIV
“If you abide in me, nd my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.”
John 15:7 ESV
Judy, Spokane, WA
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9 NIV
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms.If anyone speaks, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
1. Peter 4:10-11(NIV)
Susan from Beverly
2 Corinthians 9:8 NRSV
And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundnantly in every good work.
Lori Newman
Fort Campbell, KY
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Debbie
Olathe, KS
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.”
Psalm 118:26 (NIV 1984)
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Central, SC: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, NIV 1984 Edition.
Jan, Rockwall, TX
John 6:47 NIV
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes in me has everlasting life.
Audrey, Rockwall, TX
Psalm 19:1 NIV
The heavens declare the glory of God.
Judy from Lake Charles, LA
“Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Psalms 139:23 (NIV)
Proverbs 11:2 NIV
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength
Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV
Colima,Klamath Falls, OR
Michelle, New Richmond – “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:16 NKJV
Sedrone, Arp, Texas
I know you can do all things
and that no purpose
Of yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:2 NIV
Karina, Vancouver/Castlegar, BC, CANADA
“Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us” Ephesians 3:20, HCSB
Kim,Richmond,Tx, “The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” Ps 19:8 (NIV)
Midland, TX
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 (NIV)
II Corinthians 4:18 NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. II Corinthians 4:18 NIV
“When anxiety was great withing me, your consolation brought me joy.” Psalm 94:19, NIV
Linda – Boulder CO
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans 8:35 NIV
Jackie
Cypress, TX
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”Romans 6:23 NIV
Myra, Bakersfield, CA
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19 NIV
Conné, Angel Fire
“Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Psalm 37:3 (NIV)
Leslie from Maui
“I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.”
John 14:6
Donna Marina, Ca
II Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Sue, Texarkana, “The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
Gay Beck, Plain City, OH
John 14:27 (NIV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Priscilla Mesa, AZ
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Tracey, Knightdale, NC:
“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10
Children obey your parents in the Lord,for this is right.” Honor your father and mother”–which is the first commandment with a promise–that it may go well
with you and that you may enjoy long life on earth.
Ephesians 6:1-3 NIV
Crystal: Everett, Ontario Canada “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 King James Version
Kathryn from Louisville, KY
This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
“Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.” Isaiah 8:11-12 (NIV)
Grace, Silver City
John 14:27
New International Version (NIV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.