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
Liz Dunbar, Norman, OK
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 NIV
I can’t remember if I posted (was on 2 trips, a birthday party and all kinds of madness, however had my spiral with me through it all : )
“The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.”
Exodus 14:14 AMP
Love this version, “The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.” Ex. 14:14 NASB
Michele~Atlanta
How beautiful on the monuntain are the feet of those who bring good news. Who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7 NIV
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.
Phil. 4:8
Rachel, Dallas
“And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.”
Matthew 27:51
Amy, Burnsville, MN
Fear not, for I an with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west, I will gather you. Isaiah 43:5 ESV
Kerre, Chattanooga,TN. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 NIV
Amy, St. Augustine, FL: “Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness, give me an undivided heart, that I may fear you.” Psalm 86:11. NIV
Ruth Larkin
Shawnee, KS
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galations 1:10 ESV
Alice ,Wilmington
Revelation. 1:8 K.J.V.
I am Aipha and Omega the beginning and the end, saith The Lord ,which is and which was, and which is to come,the Almighty.
Kaitlyn from Laurel, MS
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:26 (ESV)
Dotti Jackman, ME
ESV Romans 5:5 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Abby,St. Louis
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. (Philippians 3:7 NKJV)
Kaiva, Chicago, IL
If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord — and he will repay you!
Proverbs 19:17 NLT
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 NIV
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NIV
Shawn from indianapolis : 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. Zephaniah 3:17. NIV
Autumn, Wetumpka. “A singled day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else.” Psalm 84:10 NLT
Lori, Tupelo,MS
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 Corinthians 6:19
Cindy from Yakima
“For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Acts 17:28 NIV
I can’t find if I posted my March 1st verse or not, so I’m posting it, just in case!
“Now to him who is able to do Immeasurably (Abundantly) More than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
~ Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
Hollie R.
Granbury, TX
Tina, Hayden, ID
I know you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
-Job 42:2 ESV
Karen from Lexington, KY
Psalm 37:4 (NASB)
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Terri – San Antonio
I can’t remember if I posted at all for March (so bad…) – but with 6 kids and a plethora of pets and foster animals, I’m relying on grace to cover my tardiness!
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And under the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:4-7
ESV
Holli
Bryan, Texas
“For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in his sight.”
Ephesians 1:4
Sarah, Kuwait
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29 NIV
1 Tim. 6:6 (NIV)
But godliness with contenetment is great gain.
Chandler, Arizona
“From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.” Galations 5.17 (NIV)
Cheryl Adams
Hephzibah, Ga.
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. Matthew 22:38 NKJV
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
James 2:17 NIV
Sheri – Milwaukee, WI
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
James 2:17 NIV
Albuquerque. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11, NIV
Erica from Madisonville, KY. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26 NIV
Amy Coxhead, Fort Collins, CO
Ephesians 6:11, NIV
“Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Mindy B, Gloster, LA
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Col 3:1-2 NIV
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Romans 5: 3-5 NIV
3 Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Michelle from Marietta, GA
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my defense; He has become my salvation.”
– Isaiah 12: 2 NIV
Richmond, KY
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Whitney from Michigan. “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, because having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love I’m.” James 1:12 NIV
Jill, Watertown
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Proverbs 15:28 – ESV
Toni, Forsyth, MO
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
Psalm 51:11-12 NKJV
Psalm 119:5
oh that my ways were directed to keep Thy statutes.
Gayla, Benbrook, TX, Eph 1:6- so that the kindness he had given us in his dear Son would be praised and given glory. GWT
Ok, it’s a long one, but I really want to learn it!
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
All things were created through HIm,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.
That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not over come it.
John 1:1-5 HCSB
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Mary Alice
Dallas, TX
Therefore, as GOD’S chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Col.3:12 NIV
Elgin, TX
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13 NIV
No eye has seen
no ear has heard
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him.
1Cor 2:9 NIV
“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” Hosea 6:3 NIV
“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Psalm 61:2 KJV