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
CINDYLU ELLISVILLE, MS
THE LORD YOUR GOD IS IN YOUR MIDST, A MIGHTY ONE WHO WILL SAVE;
HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH GLADNESS; HE WILL QUIET YOU BY HIS LOVE; HE WILL EXULT OVER YOU WILL LOUD SINGING.
ZEPHANIAH 3: 17 ESV
Stephanie. Danville ,Ky
Humble yourselves before the Lord , and he will lift you up.
James 4:10. NLV
Lowell, North Carolina
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.”
-Isaiah 53:5 NIV
Erin Wisconsin
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it proverbs 22:6 KJV .
Katie from Lewes, DE
“Let everything that has breath praise The Lord” Psalm 150:6
Joan from Dousman, WI
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength and discipline.
Col 3:12 Message
Psalm 145:16-17 NKJV
You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
“I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.”
Phillipians 4:13
King James 2000 Bible
Gwen Burdine. Jacksonville Beach Fl. “Indeed I count everything as a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Philippians 3:8a ESV
Crystal~Austin, AR
And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him. (Hebrews 6:15 AMP)
Connie from Amarillo
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and y0ur minds in Christ Jesus.”
Phil. 4:6-7 NIV
Kasie Jackson, Dallas, Texas
Psalm 139 V14 “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” NIV
Translation: I am not an accident, my life is not an accident, and the person God wants me to become is not an accident. I was made with a specific purpose and in the image of Christ. There is not much better than that!
Glenwood, MD
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:9-10, ESV
Hannah from Bolingbrook,IL
This God – his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 18:30 (ESV)
Nancy, Grand Haven, MI
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Jennifer from Knoxville, TN – “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” Proverbs 31:26 ESV
Sarah, TX
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Colossians 2:15 NIV
Janice- Ft. Worth
Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. (Psalm 119:17, 18 NIV)
Lindsay Albion, IL “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)”
Cris from Mooresville, IN
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4:8- ESV
Tickfaw, LA
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Hebrews 10:35, 36 NIV
Angie, Watauga, TX
Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:6-7 NIV
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. NKJV
Lisa Hicks, Starke, FL
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)
Kayla from Morgantown, WV
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45 HCSB)
“And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”
Philippians 3:9
Ann
Cumming GA
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 NASB
Tara from Bolingbrook,IL
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 (ESV)
Breanna Dennis, Belle Vernon PA,
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast , because they trust in you. Trust in The Lord forever, for The Lord, The Lord is the Rock eternal. ” Isaiah 26:3-4 TNIV
Jessica Bellows
Trenton, TX
2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Caitlin, Cincinnati, OH
Isaiah 30:18
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
therfore He wil rise up to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Hannah, Miramar Beach, “Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.” Psalm 105:4 NIV
Allison Crook, Albuquerque, NM
“The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living. We’re in no hurry, God. We’re content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you’ve done are all we’ll ever want. Through the night my soul longs for you. Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to you. When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right.”
Isaiah 26:7-9 (MSG)
Amy, Austin, TX
I Corinthians 15:57 NIV “But thanks be to God. He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Janet
Enid, OK
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
Philippians 4:11 NASB
Lauren, Dedham, MA: “I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.” Psalm 25:2 (NIV)
Fenton, Ashburn, VA,
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (Romans 8:11 NKJV)
Peggy, Wakarusa IN
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” NIV
Jill Bennefield, Sterling Heights, MI
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for he who promised faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. ~ Hebrews 10:23-25 (ESV)
Ashley, Tualatin, OR
“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
Kim, Euless, Tx
Romans 12:12 AMP
Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.
Michelle, Hockley, TX.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. (James 1:2, 3 ESV)
Lindsay W, Albuquerque, NM, preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (2 Timothy 4:2 ESV)
Kelsie, Albuquerque, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 NIV)
Alysa, Albuquerque, To the peoples, nations and men of every language, who live in all the world: May you prosper greatly! (Daniel 4:1 NIV84)
Kristi from Frisco, Tx
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12
Teresa, Chadron,NE. “Trust in The Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 NIV 84
Veronica-Atlanta, Georgia
No one is as Holy as the Lord! there is no other God, nor any Rock like our God I Samuel 2:2 (living Bible)
Jeanie Kelley, Ellisville Missouri Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowlege him and he will direct thy paths. NIV
Stephanie, Valrico, FL. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9 ESV)
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NASB
Heidi Mc :: Locust Grove, GA ::
“in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:4-5 ESV