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.
Christy, Summit, MS; “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Proverbs 12:18 NIV
Yanna, Bryan, Tx “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Luann Grand Junction CO
adding on to last weeks Romans 12:1
Romans 12:2 (New International Version 1984)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Amber, Euless Texas
John 15:9
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
Donna, Spring, TX: “The Lord is my strength and my song; He has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise Him – my Father’s God, and I will exalt Him!” Exodus 15:2 (NLT)
Barbara, New Orleans
James 3:17-18 (The Message) 17-18Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:8b-9 NIV
Amen. I needed your verse today.
Barb * St Cloud MN “Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” Acts 20:32 NIV Can you tell which study I just finished?
Bethany from Waco, TX
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Jesus Christ.
I Thessalonians 5:16-18
Hi siesta mama!
YES! just yesterday I had the occasion to use one of my more recent memory verses for a dear friend going through an incredibly difficult thing. What a treasure to have that in my mind. Here’s my verse.
Rachel
Fullerton, CA
1 Tim 5:6 (ESV)
“but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.”
Chris, Kokomo, IN
Psalm 107:28 NAS
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brought them out of their distresses.
Megan, Prattville, AL: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
Hannah, Perry, MI
His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him.
Luke 1:50, The Message
Lisa, West Des Moines, IA “Trust me in your times of trouble and I will rescue you and you will give me glory.” Psalm 50:15 NLT
Sarah Noah, Canoga Park, CA: “for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.” ~ Mark 12:44 NKJV
Debbie, Sevierville, TN
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is Faithful Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Jackie
Cypress, TX
“For God so loved the world, that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Allyson – Winnsboro, SC:
“If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,but have not love, I gain nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:3
Marci, Amsterdam
Psalm 71:15
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge. (ESV)
Phyllis
Gilmer, Tx
Lamentations 3:24 NIV
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion, therefore I will wait for him.”
Kelei Iowa Park
“Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:”Woe! Woe!, O Great City, O Babylon, City of power! In one hour your doom has come!”
Priscilla Mesa, Az
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37: 5 & 6 NIV
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ” Ephesians 6:14-15 NIV
Kristn, Carlsbad, CA “Wait on the Lord: be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
Andrea, Saskatchewan Canada
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7, NIV
Amy, Colorado Springs:
“It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.”
– Lam. 3:27, ESV.
Jani – Henderson, NV
2 Timothy 2:22 – Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. NASB
Diane – Roswell, GA
“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect” 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 NIV
Do not let kindness and truth leave you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart. (Proverbs 3:3 NASB)
Jenifer B.
Frisco, TX
“They confronted me in my day of disaster, but the LORD was my support. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:18-19
Kelly, Charlotte, NC
The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your heart and all your soul, and live.
Deuteronomy 30:6 NIV
Robbie, Southaven, MS: “But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not become tired.” Isaiah 40:31 (NCV)
Christine, Augusta, Ga.
“”For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;” 2 Corinthians 5:14 NKJV
Naomi ~ Colorado Springs, CO
El SEñOR Soberano me ha dado sus palabras de sabiduría, para que yo sepa consolar a los fatigados. Mañana tras mañana me despierta y me abre el entendimiento a su voluntad. Isaias 50:4
The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. Isaiah 50:4 NLT
“Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.”
1 Timothy 4:16
NAS
Jenell, Springfield, MO – “The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your heart and all your soul, and live.” Deuteronomy 30:6 NIV
Cheryl in Fairhope, AL – “We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)
Michelle Calgary (Airdrie) Alberta Canada
Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 2 Sam. 7:18 NIV
Patti, Colorado
“The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”
Psalm 145:18
Holly C, Longview, TX
“While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.” Acts 10:44 ESV
Carrie, Wentzville, Mo:
And my God will meet all your needs according to HIs glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:9 NIV
Martha,Lynchburg,VA
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2KJV
“I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed.” Ezekiel 36:26 MSG
Martha Pritchard / Albertville,AL / Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.May your glory shine over all the earth.
Psalm 57:11(NLT)
Julie,Chesterland, OH
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; and when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…..Because you are precious in My eyes and honored, and I love you……Fear not, for I am with you.”
Isaiah 43:2-3a,4a,5a (ESV)
Natalie, Olive Branch, ” We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
Briten ~ North Providence, RI ~ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with THANKSGIVING let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6
Amber ~ Clarksville, TN
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT
Victoria, Greenbrier AR
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Col 3:2 NIV