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
Erica from Huntington, Indiana:
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)
Josie
Salem, OR
“The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.”
Psalms 16:6 ESV
candifer, sd
philippians 3:9- i no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, i become righteous through faith in Christ. for God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. (NLT)
Psalm 86:11
“Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do, and I will obey you faithfully, teach me to serve you with complete devotion.” GNT
Courtney Head, Little Rock AR
James 1:19-21, 26 NIV
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves and their religion is worthless.”
Marci in Kent
Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. (NIV)
Eph 2: 8-10 NIV
Brandy, Ashland City, TN
John 21:21-22 ESV
21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
Mary
Houston, TX
Job 19:27 NIV I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Susan Marie from Houston, TX
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in YAH, the LORD is everlasting strength.”
Isaiah 26: 3-4 NKJV
Deborah from Elgin,Texas
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (New King James Version)
Pat, Hilliard OH
For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37 NASB
Leslie from Elkhart, IN
Deuteronomy 20:4 NKJV
for the LORD your God, is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Cathy R Orofino, ID
PS 150:1,2&6 NIV
Praise the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary, praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him ofr His acts of power, praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Jenn, Medford, OR
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Romans 8:31 (ESV)
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Fran, Gulf Shores, AL
Proverbs 15:13a (NIV)
A happy heart makes the face cheerful.
Anna from Harrison, Ar
You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)
Tiffany, Nampa, ID –
Psalm 139:3 NLT
You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.
Lydia, Nampa ID
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.” Psalm 111:10(NIV84)
Cathy
Lebanon, OH
James 1:4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. NIV
Margee, Chattanooga
4 Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25: 4-5 NIV
Sandy,Lexington,KY “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.”
Isaiah 41:3 (NIV)
Amanda – Rockwall, TX
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God”
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
Alicia, Riverton, UT
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 ESV
Verse 3 KJV Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy, He will rest in His love. He will joy over thee with singing.
“You are my lamp, o Lord; The Lord turns my darkness into light”.
2 Samuel 22:29 NIV
SandyT/kc
James 3:13 NLT “If you are wise and understand Gods ways prove it by living an honorable life doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.”
Kimberly – San Antonio, Tx
Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. Romans 12:12 NLT
Molly, Gainesville, GA
Psalm 145:8-9
“The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. The Lord is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works.” Psalm 145:8-9 NASB
Laura K, Spearfish,SD.
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. I Thess 5:12-13 (ESV)
Sandy, Bryan, Ohio
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness….”
2 Corinthians 12:9a (NIV)
Lindsay, Evanston, IL
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,” 2 Corinthians 10:5 (ESV)
Janae- Riverside, PA Proverbs 18:10 (NIV)
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
Heather from Hayden,AL:
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. NIV Isaiah 41:10
Tammie, Benoit, MS
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.
Numbers 33:55 NKJV
Barbara,Lewisburg KY, Isaiah 54:13 ESV
“All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peach of your children.”
Goodness, I spelled peach instead of peace.
Kim Felix, Corona CA
Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jer 33:3 NASB
Karen: NYC
Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
Psalm 31:3
(NIV 84)
Jenn, Maryland “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Proverbs 13:3 NIV
Katalla in Fairbanks, Alaska
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27 – NIV
Ashley from Spring, TX
But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Genesis 50:19-20
Bethany Wells, Rockport, TX
“Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”.
1 Peter 3:4
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 17:22 NLT
Edmond, Oklahoma
Mandee from Gilbert, AZ
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Romans 13:1 NIV84
Kim Felix, Corona CA
Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jer 33:3 NASB
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NIV84)
Emily Wells, Rockport, TX (5 years old)
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
1 Thessalonians 5:28, NIV
Misty, Midlothian, TX
God has given this verse to me in four different ways over 3 weeks!!!!!!!
“For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6 NET Bible
AMEN!!!
Gulfport, MS. “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