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
Maria Oxford, MS
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Julie, Yucaipa CA
“The pride of Israel testifies to his face, therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniguity; Judah also stumbles with them.” Hosea 5:5 (NKJV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
Marki ~ Fairbanks, AK
Then He said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you still have no faith?”
Mark 4:40 HCSB
Deanna from Summerville, SC
The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. Psalm 116:6 (NKJ)
Amber
Columbus, OH
“So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?'”
Hebrews 13:6 ESV
Leticia, Malibu CA
I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. Psalm 30:1-2 NIV
Lethbridge, AB
See, God has come to save me.
I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
Isaiah !2:2 NLT
Meredith Stair Lubbock, TX
“No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:27 TNIV
Elizabeth, Wilmette, IL
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.
Romans 12:2, ESV
Lethbridge, AB
See, God has come to save me.
I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
Isaiah 12:2 NLT
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will.
Emily, Anchorage, AK
Psalm 105:4 “Look to the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.” (NIV)
Lauren Mendoza, Cypress, CA
Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16 (NIV)
Jones Creek, Texas
This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glade in it!
Psalm 118:24 (NIV)
Cindy, Madrid, Spain
“This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
John 15:8 NIV
Margaret, Tulsa, OK
2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. NIV 1984
Ashley from Victorville,Ca
Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.
I Thessalonians 5:12-13 (NIV)
Tiffany, Houston, Tx
That is why, for christ sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV
And we know that God causes everything to work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. Romans 8 :28 NLT
Joy from JBER, Alaska
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
(Isaiah 41:10 NKJV)
Exodus 23:25-26 NIV
“Worship The Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life.”
Elizabeth Blakeley. Escalon, CA. “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” -Exodus 14:14(NIV)
Janice from Jacksonville, Fl.
You do not have to fight this [battle]. Position yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD. [He is] with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Tomorrow, go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.
2 Chronicles 20 : 17 HCSB.
Mckenzie, New Orleans
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:8-10 NIV)
Connie, Frydlant n.O., Czech Republic
“Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways.” Isaiah 64:4-5
Carol Midland,Texas
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
Jenny, Tulsa, OK
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5, 6 NAS
Laura Olds, Auburn, Alabama
But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
Rev. 2:4-5 HCSB
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Judy, Foster City, California
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with the hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13
NIV
Judy, Foster City, California
“It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.”
Psalm 18:32
NIV
Patty from Fairfax,VA – Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Kristi from Clovis
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
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.
Joy Nelson from Muskogee OK
Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. (Romans 12:12 NLT)
Joanne A, Pearl City, HI
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 HIV84
Philipians 4:8 From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise.
Heather, Concord
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9 NIV
From the Today’s English Version
Lamentations 3:22 and 23
“The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning as sure as the sunrise.”
Kim, Valdosta, GA
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39 NKJV
Karen from Martinsville, NJ
“Pleasing is the fragrance of Your perfumes,
Your Name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love You!”
-Song of Songs 1:3 (NIV)
We demolish arguments and take 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 TNIV
Bonnie, Port Orchard, WA
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV)
Sue in Sheridan, Arkansas:
Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Heb 4:16 NIV
Trina
Midland, Tx
Romans 15:13 NIV
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Susan, Tallahassee.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 NIV
Ellie, Fairfax, VA;
But in your hearts honor Christ The Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect
1 Peter 3:15 ESV
Mary, Lilburn, GA James 1:2-3 (NIV) Consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Debra, Mobile
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:3 NIV84)
Barby S, Tulare, CA
2 Corinthians 4:7( NLT)
” We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves”
Bethany Serengheu, Sighisoara, Romania
For this reason, I fall on my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its character. I pray that from the treasures of His glory He will empower you with inner strength by His Spirit, so that the Messiah may live in your hearts through your trusting.
Ephesians 3:14-17a
The Complete Jewish Bible