Hey, you Scripture-memory fiends! Our next to last verse! I’m so happy! But I’m also wishing it would all slow down a little bit and not be over so fast. You, too?? What a year, Siestas. What a year. I told you several SSMT posts ago that my memory work with you has never meant more to me or held a more prominent place in my personal life and I still mean that. I am so thankful for this process that I am almost without words.
I am on my way to Pensacola, Florida for our final Living Proof Live (I go in on Thursdays these days) so, once again, I better get with it! I chose this particular verse (and version) specifically in view of the holiday spending-madness that many of us have ahead. You won’t find a single Scrooge at this ministry. Like many of you, we all love to shower our friends and family members in Christmas gifts to the degree that we’re able and we pray to have pure hearts as we give. We give these small tokens of grace to one another this time of year because of the priceless Gift God has given to us in Christ Jesus. I think it can be a beautiful thing and I also respect those who, by conviction, choose not to participate in the retail hype. I get that completely. Those of us who will be in the malls and shopping online, however, might really be blessed by a mutual reminder to try to stay within our means over these next few weeks and not pile up debts. It takes the joy right out of the giving if we’re paying for it for the entire next year…and with interest. SO, how about this Scripture this time around?
Beth, Houston. “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 NIV
Smiling. Man. God seems to have a word for everything, doesn’t He?
I love you guys so much! I can’t wait to see some of you in Pensacola! The rest of you pray for us, okay?
Kristi, South Carolina
“He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.” Daniel 2:21 NIV
Alicia, Gulfport
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23 NIV)
Tanya, Killen. “Christ has liberated us into freedom. Therefore stand firm and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1
O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?
He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.
Psalm 15:1-2 NAS
Amy from Marion, VA
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17 NIV
Lynette, Nashville, TN
O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek you.
Psalm 63:1a NKJV
Susan,Silverhill,Al: “The LORD bless you and keep you. The LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
Berni, Albuquerque
“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.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him;
for He knows how we are formed,
He remembers that we are dust.” Psalm 103:11-14 NIV
Leanne
Mississippi
Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
Luke 12:15
NLT
Karessa, Peoria, IL: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NIV
Sandra, Florida. 24.”And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. 26. But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds of the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:24 & 26 (NKJV)
“Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.”
Jeremiah 15:16
Deidre
Hickory, NC
Lichelle Austin Romans 8-28 NIV
We know all in all things God works for the good of those who love him and been called according to hid purpose.
Jeannie
Nashville, Tn
“But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.” 1Peter 3:15 NIV
Deanne Johnson, Laguna Hills, CA
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 NIV
Beth,Troy
“Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”
Isaiah 64:8 (NIV)
Sacramento
Train a child in the way he should go
And when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. NIV
Tangila, Pearland TX
“Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.” (Proverbs 4:23 NLT)
Sue Sue,
Bainbridge, Ga
Eph. 6:10 NIV
be strong in the LORD and in HIs mighty power.
Sue, Groveport, OH.
1 John 4:13-14. NIV
” We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father his sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”
Sally
Columbus, OH
“Search me O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts,”
Psalm 139:23
NIV
Thank you so much Beth, for this encouraging opportunity to memorize scripture. I never would have stuck with it if not for this blog. WOO HOO, one verse to go, and I will have Psalm 139 memorized!!
Cheryl – Concord, NC
“And this is His commandment that we believe in the name of His son Jesus Christ and love one another just as He commands us.” I John 3.23 ESV
Julie Minneapolis
James 2:13 NET
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
For the law was given to Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 1:14 & 17 NIV
Michele ~ Kenosha, WI
Sarah, Marion, KS, ““The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Matthew 25:40, NIV
Charlotte, Seymour, Texas “We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” Psalm 78:4 ESV
Kristin, Jacksonville, AL.
“Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” James 4:9-10 (NIV)
Tami, Palm Coast, FL: You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
Stephanie Jo
Oregon
Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 NIV
Sheryl, PA – Isa. 7:9b NIV
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
The Lord will keep you from all harm-he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Psalms121:7-8. NIV. Jana, Kalispell, MT
Joni, Princeton WV
He is your constant source of stability;
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;
he gives all this to those who fear him. (Isaiah 33:6 NET)
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight reign on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
James 1:26 (NIV)
Carol Peavy
Jena, LA
Kim, Chicago, IL, Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Heb.13:5 NIV
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 NIV
Karen, Russellville, AR
Rejoice 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)
Cindy, DIberville, MS
Through Him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 1:21 NIV
Susan – Maynard, MA
Jeremiah 29:11 – NASB
“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”
Children are a heritage from the LORD,
offspring a reward from him. Psalm 127:3 NIV
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
1 Peter 1:13, NIV
Miquela. Knoxville. “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 NIV
James 1
West Memphis, AR
Merry Christmas Siestas!
Denise, Orange City. 1 Peter 1:15 ESV but as He Who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct
Ola, Woodbridge, Matthew 11:6 NIV1984
“Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me.”
Renee, Roanoke VA: “My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my Fortress, and I will never be shaken.” Romans 62:1-2(NIV)
John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and the life.He who believes in me will live even though he dies.
N.I.V.
Brittney, Lexington KY
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8 NIV
Meggie, Winnipeg, Canada
“But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourself.” James 1:22 NLT
Kelly, Chesterfield, Missouri
Psalm 62:1-11 ( verse 11, #23)
“One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard:
that you, O God are strong,” NIV