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
Michele, Waco
Ephesians 1:11 TNIV
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Berta, Katy, Tx
“God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity” 2 Timothy 1:9 NASB
Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.” ESV
Connie, Longmont, CO. Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 (NASB)
Joanna-Colorado Springs
My heart and my flesh may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV
Roxie, Jerseyville, IL, James 3:17 ESV
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.”
Annalee, Houston
Coloissians 3:17 NIV
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it ALL in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving THANKS to God the Father through him.”
Karen O, Cottonwood, CA
John 15:8 (NLT)
“When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.”
Sharon, Nederland Romans 15:4 Such things were written
in the scriptures long ago to teach
us. And the scriptures give us hope
and encouragement as we wait patiently
for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
NLT
Holly, Ridgecrest, CA: “Test me Lord and try me. Examine my heart and mind.” Psalms 26:2
Brooke from Waco, TX: Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV)
Clinton, NJ
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Philippians 4:11 NIV
Psalm 16:2 NLT
I said to the LORD, ” You are my Master! Every good thing I have comes from You.”
Sharon Lee, Riverside, Ca.
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.
Micah 6:8 NIV
Aubrey, Casper, WY
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him!”
Debbie from Universal City, Texas. “Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness.” Psalm 37:3 NKJV
Christa- Charlotte, NC
Collosians 2:6&7 tniv
So then just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him.
Rooted and built up in him.
Strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Erin
Chippewa Falls, WI
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 17:3 NIV
Michelle, Parma, Ohio
James 3:3
New English Translation (NET)
3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
Mary, Appleton
“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights,with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” James 1:17 NZSB
Nashville, TN
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23 NIV
Brenda
Alpharetta, GA
You shall have no other gods before or besides Me. Exodus 20:3 (Amplified)
Melissa, San Antonio. But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25 (NET)
Moreen, Sydney,Australia
Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:19 NKJV)
Rene
Acworth, GA
The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. (Psalms 28:7 NLT)
Kristie, Queen City, TX
“You comprehend my path and my lying down. And are acquainted with all my days.” Psalm 139:3 NKJV
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NIV
Amanda, Lexington, KY
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Philippians 4:12, NIV
Christa, West TN
“And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
Philippians 4:19 NKJV
Nicola from Calgary Alberta Canada
And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, The Lord! The Lord! A God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and truth, keeping mercy and loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but Who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and fourth generation. And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth and worshiped.
Ex 34:5-8 Amp
Kalee, Fort Worth. until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. Isaiah 32:15 ESV
Sally, Dunnellon, FL
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; Isaiah 61:1 NASB
Judy, TX Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Kathi, Spartanburg South Carolina “Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King. ” 1 Peter 2:17 NKJ
Ann, Ventura, CA.
“Bus as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”
~Micah 7:7 NIV
April, Greensboro, NC “God the Master, the Holy of Israel, has this solem counsel: ‘Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me'”Isaiah 30:15 MSG
Debbie, Escondido CA…”And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near.” Hebrews 10:25 NLT
Darlene Nampa. Idaho
The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent
Exodus 14:14 NASB
Mel Ann Sullivan, Millry, AL – Every good and perfect gift comes from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth that we may be a kind of first fruits of all he created. My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 1:17-20 NIV
Tracy from Pittsburgh PA says
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your plans to The Lord and you will succeed. NIV
proverbs 27:21 niv
the crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
Katy from Mount Juliet, TN
“Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” – Psalm 23:6 (NIV)
Paula Easton, Maine
Matthew 11:29 NIV
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am gentle and humble of heart and you will find rest for your souls.
Beth, Scipio, IN
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 NIV
Psalm 27:14 Amplified
Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.
Amy from Feeding Hills, MA
You have commanded Your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping Your statutes! Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all Your commandments. ~Psalm 119:4-6 (ESV)
(Apologies if this is a repost, but I can’t find the one I thought I did through the app around 7AM.)
And walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2
Jodie Dye, Perrysburg, OH “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “NO” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age” (Titus 2:11-12 NIV).
DeeDee. Katy, Tx
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Cor. 13:4
NIV
Lori, Oil City, PA
Zephaniah 3:17
“For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exalt over you by singing a happy song.”
oops-from NLT