Hey, Everybody! Welcome to Verse 3! One month down, only eleven more to go! I say that with a grin because I don’t want it to fly by. There are stressful aspects to what we’re doing here on our team because victory is labor intensive and demands focus and discipline. You can’t really cheat at your memory work. I mean, either we take the time for the constant repetition until it’s embedded underneath that skull of ours or we don’t. But, at the same time, it’s also rejuvenating, don’t you think? And fun? And, admit it, the team aspect of it is glorious.
In fact, I hope God is using this whole process to bring some of you back to life. I’m picturing all of us women like that valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. Scattered in that broad dell of ours are skeletons of dead-tired, depleted girls from all over the United States and in at least a half dozen other countries. Thousands of us. The breath of God’s words falling on us, rattling our bones, wrapping us with new wine skins, filling our lungs, and beginning to raise us to our feet: a mighty army brandishing Swords. (Eph. 6:17) We use these swords to battle darkness and not one another. We are not Peter who, in an impulsive fury, left poor Malchus with one less ear in John 18:10. There they were, in the most critical moment in human history thus far and Jesus had to stop what He was doing and stick the man’s ear back on the side of his head. (Luke 22:51) Enough of this! Jesus commanded. The people around us who we are called to reach and serve in Christ’s name are not drawn to weapons and shredders but they are indeed drawn to courage and valiance and gracious strength. A well-trained soldier knows who his enemy is and who his enemy is not.
I’m looking forward to your verses! I am starting some memory work out of the one-chapter book of Jude today. I find this verse fascinating because the inspired penman really meant to write his audience about one thing when God sidetracked him to another. These dimensions of divine inspiration make my mind spin. I love thinking about it. Here goes mine:
Beth, Houston. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 1:3 (ESV)
Contend for the faith. Lord, show us, teach us, equip us, fill us, and anoint us with holy affection, sound minds and doctrine to contend for the faith. Show us how to fight for our faith without wounding and scarring the people we were called to influence in the process. This can get tricky. Show us how it’s done.
I’m honored to serve you, Sisters, and to draw swords with you in this battle against the blackest darkness. Built up in Christ by the breath of the Spirit, focused and deliberate, we can be a mighty army.
OK, let’s have it. Your names, cities, verses, references, and translations.
Live and love well out there today, you hear?
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Selina B. Barbourville, KY.
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Philippians 4:5 KJV
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you, when you walk through the fire; you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
FAITH FAITH FAITH!!!
Thank you, this is so comforting, just reading all the posts, it touches my heart and strengthens me.
Jennifer, Houston
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 NIV
And to keep the commandments of the Lord and His staturs which i command you today for your good? ( conclusion to previous verse)
Duet. 10:13 nkjv
Cathy, Sedona, AZ “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
NIV
Meagan, Bedord, TX. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 NLT
Let everything that has breath Praise the Lord; Praise ye the Lord
KJV Psalm 150:6
Natalie, Springfield, MO
“But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses! I charge you, Natalie, in the presence of God, who gives life to all things.
1 Timothy 6:11-13a
Lindsay Haselden, from Florence, SC.
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines His steps.
Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Amanda from Huntington, WV
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 (NLT)
Emily
Indianapolis, IN
Open my eyes that I may see
Wonderful things in your law.
Psalm 119:18 NIV
Beth, St. LouiS
Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in You.
So happy to do this!
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Phil 1:6 (KJV)
Katie Melton from Loganville, GA
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Matthew 21:22 ESV
Tammie, Carlisle, PA
Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17 NLT
Jane Mattox from Lubbock, Texas: ‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
“And the second ,like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 NKJV
Miranda from Lynchburg, VA,
“The Lord will fight for you. Just stay calm”
Exodus 14:14, NLT
Mary Lou, Young America, MN
Psalm 18:5-6, NIV
5 The cords of the grave[b] coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears
Verse #3
I Samuel 2:8 NIV
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he sets them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. For the fondations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.
Teri, Wellington, Ks “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He might exalt you in due time casting all your care upon Him because He cares for you.” IPeter 5:6 HCSB
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18
Paula Risius, Waukee, IA
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
Rachel from Alabama
The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”
(Zephaniah 3:17 NIV)
Romans 8:28 NIV
And know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Melanie Love. Mineola, Tx. Proverbs 3: 5-6 NIV. Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Stephanie – Springfield, MO – Psalm 121:1-3 NKJV
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills – From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.”
Heika, Dallas – “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 1:9 (NIV)
Kat, Charlotte ~ 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Alexis Salem OR
But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
Psalm 13:5 NLT
jill in Palm Coast
The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.
Nahum 1:7 NLT
Joan (Coppell, TX): May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV
Nitsa, Eugene, Oregon “Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 NAS ‘
Therefore, do not loose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, y et inwardly we ae being renewed day by day. NIV 2 Cor 4:l6
Beth from LaGrange GA
For in Him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, We are his offspring.
Acts 17:28 NIV
Psalm 73:26
My flesh & my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. NIV
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD, Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Jude 1:3 KJV
Kelly Ayers
Denton, TX
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Exodus 20:2
NIV
Hayley
College Station, TX
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27 (NKJV)
Jill, Export PA
Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have summoned you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, Your God, The Holy One of Israel, Your Savior. Isaiah 43:1b-3a (NIV)
Michelle, Clanton, AL
And so it was, that (she), having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained what God had promised.
Hebrews 6:15
Amplified Bible
Sherry Trawick – Salisbury, NC “Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his hold name.” Psalms 103:1 (amp)
You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
New King James Isaiah 26:3
Anita, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mortal man do to me?
Psalm 56:3,4 NIV84
Allison Midland, Tx
Isaiah 46:9-10 ESV
9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Vicki
Longview, WA
The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the body we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
Romans 8:3-4 NLT
Pam Campbellsburg In.
Our God is a consuming Fire….. Hebrews 12;29
NSFL NKJ
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Proverbs 16:3 NIV
Glenda from Tieton, Washington
I Peter 5:10 & 11 NIV
And the God of all grace, who called you into His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will HIMSELF restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To HIM be the power for ever and ever! Amen
and
I John 5:14 & 15 NIV
THIS is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know He hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of Him!!!
Amy Storms
Santa Clarita, CA
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me.
Psalm 13:5-6, NIV
Patti – Colorado
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
I Corinthians 13:13 NIV