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:
âYour 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
Katie from Sharpsburg, GA
“I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations” [Isaiah 42:6 ESV]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. GA. 5:22 NIV
Meagan, Valleyview, AB
“The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, indeed my heritage is beautiful to me.”
Ps. 16:5-6, NASB
Proverbs 17:17 a friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
Carolyn, Springfield, Mo
Isaiah 54:13 NIV
ALL your children
will be taught by the Lord
and Great will be their PEACE!
Gigi, Tyler. “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.” Psalm 6:9 NLT
Marietta GA
NLT 2 Corinthians 7:10
“For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow…”
Thank you Elaine! I needed this tonight as I go to bed.
Michele Jones Meridian Idaho.
By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselve
s it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8
Lori, Plano “Search me, 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
Bettie
Pasadena, TX
Psalm 4:1 NIV
“Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress, be merciful to me and hear my prayer.”
But God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 1 Tim 1:7 (NKJV)
Lindsey, Nashville “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)
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho –
“When Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said, ‘Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.'” – Luke 13:13 (NKJV)
Linda, Little Rock “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Phil 3:7 NASBU
Gill Lancaster UK
It is good to give thanks to The Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
Psalm 92 v 1 ESV
Kim-Hickory N.C.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 ESV
Becky from Kimberly, Alabama:
“Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”
Psalm 119:133 King James Version (KJV)
Leverett, MA
They lookded to Him and were radiant,
and their faces will never be ashamed.
Psalm 34:5 NASB
Kim B. in Thatcher, AZ
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you saying “Destroy him!” Deuteronomy 33:27 (NIV)
Abby from Columbus,TX
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
New International Version (NIV)
16Â Rejoice always, 17Â pray continually, 18Â give thanks in all circumstances; for this is Godâs will for you in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:3 NIV84
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Tenda from Bellevue WA
“Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!”
Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)
“But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:25
NIV
Julie/Deer Park/Ephesians 3:17 NIV so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
Alice, Marietta, GA
âAnd so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9 NLT)
Now may the God of peace sanctify you completely, and may your whole soul and spirit
and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is
faithful; he will surely do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Hebrews 11:1-3 ESV
“For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it. For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.
Ephesians 5:8,9 NLT
Marilyn from Missouri:
He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians:5:24
Janice from Topeka, KS
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Patrice in Albuquerque
“Do everything without complaining or arguing.”
Phil 2:14 NIV
Fran, Stedman, NC
For You, O Lord, have made me happy by Your work. I will sing for joy because of what You have done.â
Psalm 92:4 The NET Bible
Valerie, Fultondale, AL
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Kate, Millville, Canada
GOD, the Master, The Holy of Israel,
has this solemn counsel:
âYour 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.â Isaiah 30:15 The Message
Mary Concord, NC: For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help.
Isaiah 41:13, NIV
D’Shan Berry Roswell, NM
“But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: âFear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.”
Isaiah 43:1Â NKJV
Amanda from Fairbanks, AK
“It is good to praise The Lord and make music to your name, O Most High”
Psalm 92:1 NIV
Pam, Springfield
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort” 2 Corinthians 1:3 (NIV)
Bridgette King- Rockwall, TX
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV
Lauralee, Austin, 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
Susan B., Chapin, SC
If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people. Exodus 33:13 NLT
Kristin, Lexington, KY
“Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.”
Psalm 141:3 NLT
Jan, Minneapolis, MN
Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
âFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,â declares the Lord. âAs the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Kelly, West Richland
But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
John 11:4 ESV
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6 ESV)
Psalm 86:11 NIV
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Michele Powell Nampa, Idaho
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Beth, Minneapolis
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Col. 1:9 NIV
“We demolish arguments and 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
Kari, Frisco, TX
“Every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.”
Romans 14:11
Marsha, Knoxville, TN
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT)