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
Kristen Vick
Evans, GA
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 NKJV
The hand of the LORD was on me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.–Ezekiel 37:1 (HCSB)
Sheena Brady Fairbanks, AK
Matthew 11:28
NKJV
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Carla from LaFayette,Al.
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 NLT
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. Proverbs 19:21
Denise
The Woodlands, Texas
Proverbs 10:22
The Blessing of The Lord makes one rich and He adds no sorrow with it.
NKJV
Sarah, Tacoma WA
1 Timothy 4:7-8 (NIV) Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales; rather train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Three Rivers, MI “But those who do what Christ tells them to will learn to love God more and more. That is the way to know whether or not you are a Christian. Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did.” 1 John 2:5-6 TLB
Kim, Marysville, OH
Psalm 92:1-2 (ESV)
“It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,”
Psalm 86:11 (NIV84)
Teach me your way,O Lord,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Kasey,Philadelphia,PA
1 John 4:4 (NIV)
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Laura from Souderton, PA
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
McDonough, GA
“Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.” Psalm 25:4-5 (NLT)
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful. Revelation 17:14-
Krysta from Oklahoma City, OK
“Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.” Phil.4:6 NCV
Lindsay Argo from Nashville TN, “Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you and My covenant of peace will not be shaken, says your compassionate Lord.” Isaiah 54:10 HCSB
Jennifer, Dry Ridge,KY
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe the He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”
Hebrews 11:6. NIV
Erin, Albertville, AL
“Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.”Psalms 116:7 NIV
Natalie from Lynchburg, Virginia
“My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.”
Psalm 62:7, NLT
Lisa, West Des Moines, IA “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 (NIV)
Ali S. Midwest City, OK
Proverbs 12:4 NIV
A wife of noble character is her husbands crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Sabrina Lincoln, Nebraska
Psalm 25:1-2 (New Living Translation)
O Lord, I give my life to you. I trust in you, my God!
Do not let me be disgraced or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
Tonja, Roanoke Va.
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7, ESV
Leanne Anderson, Cloquet, MN
” As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer” 1Timothy 1:3 (NIV)
Rebecca Oliver Mobile Al “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.’
Psalm 105:4
Joy Cravens
Whitehouse, TX
James 2:13 NIV
Because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Hope from San Antonio
Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God.
Angie Keel
Anniston, Alabama
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost”
Is. 55:1-2, NIV
kerry Is.60:3 The Names of God bible
Nations will come to your light
and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn
Kasey, McAllen TX
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8 NIV 1984
Karen, Raymond, MS: “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” James 5:16b NLT
Rebecca, Portland, TX
Colossians 3:2 –
“Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on the Earth.”
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV
Melissa // Lancaster, PA
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV)
Jennifer, Cypress, TX
“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
Romans 8:28-29
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Maggie – South Carolina
Nicole from AZ
Look to the Lord and His strength, seek His face always.
Psalm 105:4 NIV 84
Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. Psalm 143:8 NLT
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalm 103:1-5 ESV
Lisa, Wichita, Ks
Psalm 66:20 NIV
Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me.
Stephanie, Fort Worth, TX, 2 Cor 10:5 NASB
“We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,”
Emily S.- Weatherford, TX
“Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope come from Him.” Psalm 62:5 NIV
Hilary Chaney, Belton, Texas
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
Grace from San Antonio
Romans 13:8 (NIV)
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Christine, Tempe, AZ
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.
Psalm 143:8 NIV
Jeremiah1:5
Before I formed you in the woumb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations
NASB
Kerri from Columbus, Georgia “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” Psalm 34:8 NIV
Lesley, Westminster, CO:
and as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15 (ESV)