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
Kelley; Frisco, TX
Romans 12:2 (ESV)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Julie dk in Casper, WY
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
Lindsey Buchanan, Saint Augustine, FL “The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” Psalm 19:8 NIV
Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIRV)
Here’s what Moses said about Benjamin:
Let the one the LORD loves rest safely in Him.
The LORD guards him all day.
The one the LORD loves rests in His Arms.
Jessica, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
There are three things that amaze me— no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman. Proverbs 30:18-19 (NLT)
Kayla from MedellĂn, Colombia
For a variety of reasons, I’m going to tackle 1 Chronicles 15:8-36 (NIV), which is David’s song of praise after the Ark was finally brought to Jerusalem. For the sake of space, I’m only going to list a few lines:
Give praise to the Lord; proclaim his name
Make known among the nations what he has done
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of his wonderful acts
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always (vv. 8-11)
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love endures forever
Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations
That we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.”
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting (vv. 34-36)
Robin Freeman~
Garland TX
But the Lord said to Samuel,”Do not consider his apperance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward apperance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 NIV
Michelle Bentham – Watauga, TX 76148
“The person who trusts in me will not only do what I am doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I have been doing. – John 14:12 MSG
Andrea M – Okotoks, AB
Pslam 139:3 – You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. (NIV)
Kenslea, Birmingham AL
1 Corinthians 6:20 NIV
You were bought at a price, therefore honor God with your bodies.
“He fulfills the desire of those who fear HIm; He hears their cry and saves them. The LORD watches over all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise His holy name for ever and ever.” Psalm 145:19-21 NIV
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 NIV84
Pam, Houston
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Philippians 3:12, NIV
Angela, McKinney
“The one who calls you is faithful, he will do it.”
– 1 Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
Lydia, Houston
“So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.” (NAS)
Joyce
Sparta, NJ
‘If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.’ James 1:5 (ESV)
Joan,Allentown. He gives power to the faint,and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary,and young men shall fall exhausted;but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31.(ESV)
Jeremiah 32:27 CEB
I am the Lord, the God of all living things! Is anything too hard for me?
Lisa from New York
Sarah ~Scottsdale, AZ
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Rosamond, Ca
Phillipians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
King James 2000
Katelyn from Arlington, TX
“Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV
Cassandra. Marienville, PA
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”- Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
Melissa from Monett, MO
James 3:18 (NIV)
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Grace Young from Chandler,OK
Psalm 121:2
My help come from the Lord, who made the heaven and earth!
NLT
Anna, Grapevine Tx, Isaiah 48:17b-18 NIV – I am The Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to My commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.
Jeannette, Land O Lakes, FL
“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” Gal 5:16 NIV
Sharen, Platte City, Mo Psalm 78:35 (hcsb)
I remembered that God is my rock, The Most High God, my redeemer.
Dedra Vick
Weatherford, Texas
NIV
2 Corinthians 10:17,18
But, Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the LORD commends.
Patsi from Porter
Isaiah 66:2 (ESV)
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
“O God, you are my God;
Early will I seek you;
My soul thirsts for you;
My body longs for you
In a dry and weary land,
Where there is no water.”
Psalm 63:1 (NKJV)
Christina-Lancaster, CA
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 ESV
Ashley from Milledgeville, GA
“Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”
-Hebrews 7:25 (NASB)
Paula,Conway,SC “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.”
—Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Marceil, Cedar Rapids, IA “but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. Heb.7:24, 25 NASV
Cristy Tuttle, Cleveland, TN
All your children shall be taught by The Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children
Isaiah 54:13 ESV
Beth C, Huntsville, AL
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves
Colossians 1:13 (NIV)
Carole from Webb City, MO:
The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 HCSB
Melody from Independence, MO.
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have the power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Kelly from Petrolia, Ontario
“For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.”
Romans 8:24-25 NASB
Dawn, Pottsville, “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,” James 1:19 NIV
Susan,Ingleside TX – “Don’t shuggle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ-that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.” Colossian 3:2 (msg)
Jen, Houston
“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 NIV
Margo, Burlington Ontario
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment,such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewlery and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. 1Peter 3:3,4 NIV
Jennifer, Waco, TX
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below. There is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:39 NIV
Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your heart O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14 NKJ
linda, colorado springs
let your hope make you glad. be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. romans 12:12 (cev)
Jan, Denton, TX
“Everything is permissible for me – but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me – but I will not be mastered my anything.” 1 Cor. 6:12 NIV
Cindy, San Angelo Tx
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV