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
Dawn, Orland Park, IL: “You are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.” Psalm 31:3 NIV
” ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.’ ” John 14:27 (NIV,1984)
Kathy
St. Louis, MO
Listen carefully to my words. Do not lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart. For they bring life to those who find them and health to the whole body.” Provers 4:20b-22 New Living Translation
Jenna, Kansas City
Linda, Lufkin
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom.
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21. (NIV)
Tersia, Caledon, ON, Canada
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. James 1:2-8, NIV
Sherry
Oklahoma
“I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.”
Psalm 7:17. NLT
Jennifer – Wilmington DE – praying this for my church that is going thru a hard time now:
2 Chronicles 14:11 Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you.” (NIV)
Misti from Carlsbad, NM
“who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,”
Psalm 103:3. (NIV)
Paula, O’Fallon-MO. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Ephesians 2:4 RcV
Jodi Perth, Australia
Zephaniah 3:17 NIRV
The Lord your God is with you.
He is mighty enough to save you.
He will take great delight in you.
The quietness of his love will calm you down.
He will sing with joy because of you.”
Gina Webster, Houston, TX “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 (AMP)
Lindsey, Dubach, LA, “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 10:5 (NIV)
Crissy Wright
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. 2 Corinthians 5:19 HCSB
“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
Kay Martin
Tupelo, MS
Sheryl from Niles, MI “Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.” Galatians 6:9 NASB
Linda R. Springfield, MO. First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs! Proverbs 30:8. Living Bible
Angie, Delaware, OH
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
Jennifer Dove in Roanoke, Va
“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 – The Message
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105
For every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 NIV
Debbie, Marion, IN. “You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways.” Psalm 139:3 NIV
keep on smile for jesus jesus loves you so do i
Philippians 4:12-13 RSV
I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want. I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.
dixie, santa monica, ca
“Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”
Psalm 51:6
New Covenant Prophecy Edition
Ohio
This is my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:8 NIV
Shawna ~ Boise Idaho
Hosea 12:6 HCSB
But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.
Love this so much!
Kristin Kemp
North Augusta, SC
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. (Galatians 5:16, 17 NIV)
Joan, Carter Lake
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 41:13 NIV)
Rebecca, Louisa, VA.
No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength, it cannot save.
Psalm 33:16-17 (NIV)
Abileme, TX
Ephesians 4:29-30 (NIV84)
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. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Melinda in San Antonio
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 NIV
Peggy, Yorktown, VA
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 NRSV
Fun to see you here, Siesta!
Sharon Allen, Redmond,Wa
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of the Lord. I trust in the steadfast love of the Lord forever and ever.
Ps 52:8 ESV
Kim, Arab, Alabama
You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed. Joel 2:26-27 NIV
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. (Psalms 119:4-6 ESV)
Cheryl, Coffeyville, KS
“The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.” Habakkuk 3:19 NIV84
Selena – Cordele, GA
Rejoice always!
Pray constantly.
Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, HCSB
Show me the right path, O Lord
Point out the road for me to follow
Lead me by your truth & teach me , for you are the God who saves me
All day long I put my hope in you
Psalm 25: 4-6
Kelly
Enid, Ok
Lori, Friendswood, TX
“It (Love)is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
1 Cor. 13:5 (NIV)
Lindy – Scott, LA
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” John 11:40(NIV84)
Dawn~ Chambersburg, PA
Psalm 73:25-26 (NIV)
Whom have I in heaven but you? and earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Chrissy, Guyton, GA “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NKJV
1 Corinthians 4:4 “My conscious is clear but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.”
NIV
Natalie Curp-Blue Springs, MO
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.” Jeremiah 17:7 NLT
Elizabeth, Pittsburgh, PA:
Matthew 6: 21, NIV 1984:
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Sallie Belle Howell, Tupelo, MS “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning..” ESV Lamentations 3:22-23a
Missy Jeanes, Lititz PA – “A believer who finds himself in a low position in life should be proud that God has given him a high position. But someone who is rich should take pride in his low position. That’s because he will fade away like a wild flower. The sun rises. It’s burning heat dries up the plants. Their blossoms fall. Their beauty is destroyed. In the same way, a rich person will fade away even as he goes about his business.” – James 1:9-11 (NIRV)
Lisa, Andalusia,Alabama
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior Who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
1 Corinthians 4:4 “My conscious is clear but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.”
NIV
Connie Capps
Pine Level, NC
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
I forgot to put the scripture and translation on this
Delete this please I reposted.
thanks