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.
Depart from evil and do good: Seek peace and pursue it. Psalm 34:14 NASB
Diane, Missoula, MT: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16
Sharon Meekins
Charlotte, NC
Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Psalm 115:1
Pat, Birmingham,Al
The Message Proverbs 29:25
The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that.
Diana, North Attleboro, MA
Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23 HCSB
“A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.”
Proverbs 17:27-28 (NIV)
Christy, Talking Rock, Georgia.
So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope. Psalm 39:7 (NCV)
Julie,Texarkana- ” Serve with a good attitude,as to the Lord and not to men” Eph.6:7 HCSB
Kathy Ontario Canada
Teach us to number our days
that we may gain
a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
Heather in Lansing- “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home. (Exodus 15:13)
“My body and my mind may become weak, but God is my strength. He is mine forever.” ~Psalm 73:26(NCV)
Bobbie Jo
San Angelo, TX
Kim, New Port Richey, FL
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV)
Wendy, Mechanicsville, VA
We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his power, and the wonders he has done. Psalm 78:4 NIV(1984)
Dayna~Ontario,Calif.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:1
My current favourite memory verse is Matthew 23:12 ‘For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted”. It reminds me to allways approach my work from a humbled position, under the grace of God, where his spirit can flow through me and produce the fruit in my life. That way, he gets the glory for the fruit that I bear, such as success, exellence etc. It helps me a lot, because it is so easy to exalt ourselves in our work, by doing it in our own strength, and becoming independent and prideful. But when we do this, as the verse indicates; we will inevitably be humbled. It will eventually come crashing down because it is in our own strength and our own interest. It reminds me that God works in the opposite to my sinful nature. Being exalted through being humble first.
Lala Ball Cooper in Ruston, Louisiana, says: “I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.” 1 John 2:12 KJV
Janie, Shawnee, OK
“While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.” Acts 10:44 KJV
Stacey – Morocco,in
Hebrews 7:25
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Sharon in Florien: I continually look to the Lord for help for He will free my feet from the enemy’s net.
Psalm 25:15 The Net Bible
“May the words of my mouth and meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sigth, O Lord, my Rock and Redeemer.” – Psalms 19:14 (NIV)
Job 23:10-12 (NIV)
“But he knows the way that I take; when has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.”
Proverbs 23:18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Pam in Texas using NIV
I can do all this through him
who gives me strength.
Phillipians 4:13
Kim, Atlanta
“TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven…” – Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (AB)
Kristi, Gardner, KS
Psalm 27:1 (NLT)
The Lord is my light and my salvation-so why should I be afraid?
The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?
Connie Windham
Trout, La
Psalm 138:6 NIV
Though the Lord is on high, He looks upon the lowly, but the proud He knows from afar.
Melisa, Roanoke, VA
When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the One who steadies its pillars. – Psalm 75: 3
Allison, Eau Claire, WI
Hebrews 12:1 NLT
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”
PRAISE GOD!!
Cheryl, Vancouver, BC. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24 (NIV)
Deb, Windsor, CT:
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” – Hebrews 11:6, NIV
Tricia, Tucson, AZ. “The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.” Psalm 147:11
Tammy/Siloam NC—Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
Katharine Lee
Jonesboro, AR
Ps 124:7 “We are freed like a bird from the fowlers snare. The snare has been broken and we are freed.”
NIV
Cheri, Savage MN
Psalm 62:5-6 NET
Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!
For He is the one who gives me confidence.
He alone is my protector and deliverer,
He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
Kathy @ Wilmington NC
Psalm 42:5
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”
Nancy, Denver
“While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.”
Acts 10:44 ESV
John 1:2-3 ESV
“He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”
Ontario, OH
Then He said to the crowd, ” If any of you want to be My follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 (NLT)
Mansfield, OH
Isaiah 41:10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. NLT
Rene, Abilene, TX “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9 NIV
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Beth, Toronto: Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
Alisa
Clinton, MS
It is good to give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to your name, O Most High
Psalm 92:1
NASB
Karen, Dover, NH “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us.” Eph. 3:20 NIV
Susan, Bradenton, FL
“While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the Word.”
Acts 10:44 ESV
April, Greensboro, NC: ” Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness.” Ecclesiastes 5:10 NLT
Kim, Dinwiddie, VA
“But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do His work and speak our for Him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference He made for you – from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.”
1 Peter 2:9-10 The Message
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
Cindy,Apex,”Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made.” Psalm 145:13 NIV
Kelly
Clarksville, TN
James 1:6-8 NIV
But when he asks he must believe and not doubt because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all that he does.