Three more to go!
Three more to go!
Three more to go!
(Hear that all cheerleader like)
Ladies, the finish line is in sight! Let’s run the rest of this race marked out for us. What a privilege this has been, you guys.
I think I told you guys recently that I’d gotten a new Bible. I absolutely love it. I always choose one Book of the Bible to read through carefully when I get a new one and this time I chose the Book of Acts. I’ve been so incredibly inspired by it. The verse I’m memorizing this time is for the sake of prayer. (Do you guys often use your memory verses in prayer, turning them into intercession? It really stirs up my faith and my strength.) I’m praying that what happened when Peter was in the midle of bringing the Scriptures to attentive listeners will happen in our environments, too. I’m praying this for my pastor and those who hear the Scriptures through him. I’m praying it for myself and for those I’m privileged to serve. I now pray it for you and those you teach and encourage with the Word of God.
Beth, Houston. “While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.” Acts 10:44 ESV
Lord, let it be! Drench Your listeners with Your Spirit! While we are right in the middle of sharing the Scriptures, fall on every single person who hears. I want this so much. I want a fresh anointing, don’t you? I think our God is willing to give it. Let’s ask Him boldly! All we have to do is make absolutely certain that He gets every ounce of credit. Oh, what He’d be willing to do if we jealously guarded His glory and humbled ourselves as slaves of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ok, Girls. How about yours?
I love you so much.
Kathy, Easley: “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:41-42 NIV
Kristy
Princeton, NC
Ps 33:4 “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does” NIV
Courtney, Fort Collins, CO
“Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15 NLT
emi, white house: “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.” Psalm 145:18-19 NIV
Jane, Houston, TX
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
Becky
Brentwood
II Corin. 12:9 NIV
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Carla Ritz in Lock Haven, PA – “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23NASB
Ephesians 3:19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Donna, Sarnia, Ontario
“As for God, His way is perfect;
the Word of the Lord is flawless.
He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him.
2Sam 22: 31-34 NIV
Sheila, Bethesda, MD: “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17 (NIV-1984)
Lisa, Mauldin, SC “I love you, O Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1 (NIV)
Just finished session 9 of Breaking Free – I want to love Him more than anything!!!! Praise you Jesus!!!
Sarah, West Monroe, La
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Michelle, Seattle, WA: “Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 NIV
Amy, Oklahoma
2 Corinthians 12:9 “My Grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.”
Missy S, Winston-Salem, NC
“He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.” ~ Colossians 2:14-15 (NLT)
Karen, Vancleave, MS
“Do everything without arguing and complaining.”
Phil 2:14 (GN)
Sue. Groveport, OH
1 John 4:9-12. NIV
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
The unseen God allows us to see Him in the love He poured out through His Son and the love He pours through us onto others.
Terri from Mechanicsville, VA
Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)
Pam Hendersonville, NC John 8:36-“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” KJV
Tammy, Howells NE Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.
Psalm 86:2 (NIV)
Jennifer, Monroe GA
Matthew 24:13 NIV
“She who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
Georganne, Piedmont, Oklahoma I Chron. 16:34 NIV
Give thanks to the LORD for he is good; his love endures forever.
Kerry, Houston
“Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.” Psalm 107:14
“For though we live in the world we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of this world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself again the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” II Corinthians 10:3,4,5 NIV
Eva, Knoxville – (cont) Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)
Beth, London Ontario
“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” Ezekiel 16:49 NIV
Tricia, Eldridge
“Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 NLT
Kristina, Frisco, TX. ~ “If we confess our sins, he is who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is with you, he is might to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Nitsa, Eugene, OR.
“While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.”
Acts 10:44 NAS
I found Beth’s blog late and have been making excuses “not” to memorize scriptures. But the more I read yours, the more motivate I’m becoming. I especially like Kathy’s about taking captive every thought and making it obedient to Christ. Thanks for this site, Beth and LP team!!
Cindy
Flemingsburg, KY
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
I say to myself,”The Lord is my inheritance; therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:24 NLT
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16 NIV
Nancy, St. Petersburg FL
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.
Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV
Peggy from Crowley Lake, CA:
For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” 2 Chronicles 16:9
Heather from Florence, SC: “Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.” 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NLT)
I chose Psalms 91:1-2. My grandson is in the Marines and I want to memorize this whole chapter, two verses at a time. I am praying this chapter over him and I would greatly appreciate the prayers of my siesta sisters. Thank you. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under thr shadow of the almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in him will I trust.Psalms 91:1-2(KJSB) Twyla McAmis, Cleveland,Tennessee.
Laurie, Spokane, James 1:9-11 “But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.” NASB
Kristen from Covington, Ga:
“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
From Hazlehurst: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 KJV.
Sarah, Colorado springs
Psalm 25:1. Unto o Lord do I bring my life. (amp)
Staci – Wichita, KS
For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 33:4 NIV
Sierra, Vandalia, MO
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
Hebrews 12:15 NIV
Donise, Longmont, CO God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. John 1:3 NLT. Sarah, In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2 NLT
Lori, Owasso, OK
Isaiah 30:21
New International Version (NIV)
21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Toni, Morgans Point, TX
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105 KJV
Jan in Loveland
Who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s
Ps.103:5 NIV
Dawn – Clever, MO
Ephesians 1:17 (NIV) “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that, you may know Him better.”
Debbie. Calgary, AB.
God says…
“What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.”
Isaiah 46:11b