Hey, Darling Things! I was so happy to catch up with many of you yesterday! I was seriously thirsty for some time with you. If you didn’t tune in to the livestream but want to catch up, check the previous post. The video will stay up for a little while. It’s not at all too late to watch it and leave a comment with your 5-song playlist (on that post, not this one please!). That post is about trading in a spirit of despair for a garment of praise! If you’re game for that, jump back to the previous entry after you’ve left your memory verse here.
Man, oh, man, I was tested all day long yesterday on whether or not I’d permit Jesus to cover me with a garment of praise. Anybody else? The day wasn’t complete until I had car trouble. Oh, and I almost forgot to throw in here that Star and Geli were bound and determined to have my raccoon for supper. I screamed to high heaven and Keith ran out in the sticks barefooted in his maroon Texas A&M pajama pants and called them off. Why the police didn’t drive up to see if there had been domestic violence, I’ll never know. Laughing. Oh, mercy, ladies. We live real lives, don’t we? The kind where you unload a dishwater that was crammed full of dishes only to realize late into the massive unloading that they were still dirty. Blast it.
I’m praising our glorious God this morning while it is still dark outside, anticipating that over the next half hour the sun will rise on a brand new day and it will be a great one. A great one, indeed, Lord Jesus. Bring it. And show Your beautiful self to us in its course.
SO, SISTERS, IT’S TIME FOR OUR 5TH VERSE! You are jotted in my prayer journal this morning where I asked God to keep you steadfastly at the process and to give you joy and victory in it and to keep your soul alive and healthy in His Word. Do not grow weary in your well doing! Always keep in mind that we’re wearing our obsessive minds out on SOMETHING. It may as well be the Word of God with the power to build it back up! Your God did not give you a spirit of fear, Sweet Thing, but of…
POWER.
LOVE.
SELF CONTROL.
I thought maybe some of you could use some fresh ideas this round so I’m going to put a few extras in here today. Two of these are from the Psalm I read to you at the conclusion of the livestream yesterday. The beauty of the first selection is that it would count for both your Scriptures this month since it’s two verses. Now, mind you, you’d still have to document the second half of it on March 15th but that’s easy to do. Right? I felt like God put a word on my heart yesterday that some of us who are really struggling with the memorization process might be making it a bit harder than it has to be in some of our selections. Try to avoid over-complicating it when possible. Only choose a really complex portion when you feel like your life and sanity depend on it and, in that case, go for it with all your might and ask God to empower you to absorb it. OK, here goes:
(1) It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; (v.2) to declare Your steadfast love in the morning, and Your faithfulness by night. Psalm 92:1-4 ESV (See how easy those two would be, Sisters? And it would knock out your whole month of March!)
I’ll go ahead and choose the second one (out of the same Psalm) for my selection this March 1st. I’m choosing The NET Bible for my translation on this one because it makes me happy to use the word happy in a Bible verse. Thank you, Miss Shameless Sanguine.
Beth, Houston. “For You, O Lord, have made me HAPPY by Your work. I will sing for joy because of what You have done.” Psalm 92:4 The NET Bible
I’ll throw in one more because I jotted it down on an index card several months ago and set it on my desk at home where I can see it everyday while I’m having my quiet time. It hasn’t finished its work in me yet so, while it’s still on my mind, I’ll offer it up as one more possibility for some of you. I love, love, love this verse in The Message.
GOD, the Master, The Holy of Israel,
has this solemn 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 The Message
Well, amen to that.
I love you guys so much! That sun is just beginning to peak through the trees. It’s going to be a great day.
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Teresa, Tyler TX
Whatever we do, it’s because Christ’s love controls is. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.
2 Corinthians 5:14 (NLT)
Sandra
Wichita Falls, TX
But I say unto you, LOVE your enemies, BLESS them that curse you, DO GOOD to them that hate you, and PRAY for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Mathew 5:44 KJV
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock, my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 NIV
I will go before you and will level the mountains, I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of Iron. Isaiah 45:2 NIV
Pam (Alexander City, AL).
Michelle, Houston “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue.” Proverbs 31:25-26, NIV 1984
Mary, Chandler
Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.
Joshua 23:6 NIV84
Fran, Jackson TN
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 NIV
Rebecca Alburn
Salem, OR
(1) It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; (v.2) to declare Your steadfast love in the morning, and Your faithfulness by night. Psalm 92:1-4 ESV
Cindy B., West Palm Beach, FL
“Commit your way to the LORD; Trust in him and he will do this…” Psalm 37:5 NIV
Shelli, Glen Allen
“And now, compelled by the spirit, I am going to Jersalem (Dubai!), not knowing what will happen to me there. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task The Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
(Acts 20:22, 24)NIV
Karen, Carmel, IN Commit your way to the LORD, trust in him and he will do this. He will make your righteousness like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Psalm 37:5-6 NIV
Isaiah 40:8 (NASB)
8 The grass withers and the flower fades but the word of our God stands forever.
Tori, Dickinson, ND
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 92:1-4 ESV
Tara, Loganville, GA
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! Psalm 126:5 ESV (I have to say I so mega love those words “shouts of joy”) =)
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34 NIV
Grace, Elida, OH “Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. So don’t be afraid. The Lord your god will be with you every where you go.” Joshua 1:9(NIV)
Lindsey, Scenery Hill, PA
Proverbs 31:26 (ESV)
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Torrie Chizek, Wisconsin
Psalms 16:7-8 NIV
I will praise the Lord , who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the Lord .
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 16:7, 8 NIV
Amy Bham AL
Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity
Col 4:5
NIV
Jenni, San Diego. “Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord , and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalms 37:1-4 NKJV)
Michele, Pearland, TX
“Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places.
And her wilderness He will make like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.”
Isaih 51:3 NASB
Isaiah 51:3 NASB
Jenny, Elida, OH “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6(NIV)
Pam – Corydon, IN
“Search me, O God and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139: 23, 24
NIV
Loretta, Murrayville, GA
From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. Johm 1:16 NIV
Kimberly mason, Tuscaloosa, al:
“I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise.” Psalm 63:4 msg
Natasha K
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Job 38:12 NIV
“Have you ever given order to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,”
Carmen from Fergus Falls, MN
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” Luke 1:45 NIV
Robin Ramirez
Ardmore, OK
“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)
Lilburn, GA
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Romans 8:35 NASB)
Amy, Jacksonville
How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. (Psalms 36:7 NLT)
From Eden Prairie, MN
Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. (Colossians 2:6, 7 NET)
Allison from Chicago IL
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
(Isaiah 61:1-2a NIV)
Leigh, Woodway, TX For You, O Lord, have made me HAPPY by Your work. I will sing for joy because of what You have done.” Psalm 92:4 The NET Bible
Diane, Longmont, CO
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 NIV
Shelley, Birmingham, “Blessed is the man whose trust is in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8, NKJV
Melanie E. Saint Augustine. And have mercy on those who doubt. Jude 1:22 ESV
Dawn Rowden in Astoria Oregon, He has shown you, O mortal what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justily and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8((NIV)
Judy, Oswego, NY
Psalm 25:4-5 ESV
“Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truths and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.”
Tammy, Gravette, AR
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and
clamor and slander be put away from you
along with all malice. Be kind to one another
tender hearted, forgiving one another, as God in
Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV
Tillie, Spring Branch, TX
For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:5 (NIV)
Tina, Baton Rouge, LA
We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too. 2 Corinthians 1:5 The Message
Rosalye
Vicksburg, MS
Rise up, O Lord!
And let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate you flee before You.
Numbers 10:35b
NASB
Shannon, Columbia, SC
“But You, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”
-Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Chelsea from Canton, GA
Romans 3:19-20 NASB
“Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are in the Law, so that every mouth may become accountable to God, because by the works of the Law no flesh shall be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin;”
Kerry, Keller TX, “man shall hnot live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. ” Deut. 8:3 NKJV
Hannah Chico, Tx
“She is clothed with strength and dignity;she can laugh at the days to come.”
Proverbs 31:25 NIV
Jennifer
Frisco, TX
Romans 8:5-6 NIV
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
Danielle from Cedar Park, TX
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 (NIV)
Cindy, Summersville WV For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
Rebecca, Houston. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV