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!Ā 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)Ā 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.Ā Psalm 92:1-4 ESVĀ Ā (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:
āYour 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.”Ā 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
Missy C, Jim Falls WI
“And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT
Rhonda, Niles, MI, “Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:4 NASV
Karen from Houston TX
āThe Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.ā
Ex. 14:14 NIV
Laura, Little Rock. David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied….All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” 1 Samuel 17:45&47 (NIV 84)
Melissa Emma, Scarborough, Maine: “For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.” Psalm 81:10 NLT
Joretta, Waxahachie, TX
“Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.” Isa. 55:6, NRS
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD “For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.” Psalm 92:4 KJV
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness.’
1 Corinthians 3:19
Lisa, Enterprise, AL
~ I say to myself, The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.
— Lamentations 3:24-25
Christina Brown
Louisville, KY
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
Dianna, St. Louis, MO
“He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress. I shall never be shaken.” Psalm 62:2 NIV
Pamela, Mechanicsville, VA.
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20 NIV
Terry
Washington, Il
You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. Psalms 92:4 NLT
Sara, Wichita, KS
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast
Ephesians 2:8,9 NIV
Kay, Tucson AZ. Psalm 46:10(NIV) “He says, “Be still,and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted among the earth.”
Carola, Missoula MT
He presdestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.
Eph. 1:5 NASB
Julie, Honolulu
Then your light shall break forth like the morning. Your healing shall come forth speedily. And your righteousness shall go before you. The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:8, NKJV
Adele-Alys Spil from Matthews, NC
“All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].” Proverbs 15:15 Amplified
Allison, Huntsville, TX
James 1:25-2:3
New International Version (NIV)
25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in itānot forgetting what they have heard, but doing itāthey will be blessed in what they do.
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Favoritism Forbidden
2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, āHereās a good seat for you,ā but say to the poor man, āYou stand thereā or āSit on the floor by my feet,”
Rana, Whitehouse, Tx, “Nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 NLT
Gretchen, Gahanna, Ohio– Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
Cheri in Cleveland, TN
“Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ”
Gal 6:2
April, Diboll.
He answered, āāLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, āLove your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27, NIV
Norma Frances
Leander, TX
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:12-14 ESV
Granger, IN James 3:17-18 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. ESV
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 (NIV)
Audrey from Fayetteville, AR
“And Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.’ ”
Matthew 19:26 NIV
Darla, Pittsburgh
“But the woman, fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.”
Mark 5:33-34 NASB
Catherine in Houston
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1
āThe Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.ā
Ex. 14:14 NIV
Tiffany from Georgetown, Tx “āThe Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my fatherās God, and I will exalt him.”–Exodus 15:2 NIV
“Gray hair is a mark of distinction, the award for a God-loyal life.” Proverbs 16:31, The Message, Beth M., Atlanta, GA
Michelle, Wheaton, IL
Joel 2:12 “Yet even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning”
Meredith from Columbus, OH: “There’s more to come: we continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop PASSION PATIENCE in us…” Romans 5:3 (MSG) (emphasis mine!)
Marilyn – Seattle, WA
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” (Psalm 32:8 ESV)
Cathy De, Osage Beach, MO
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Jana, San Angelo, TX
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds. James 1:2 NIV
Susan
Jersey Village, TX
“I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 16:8 (NIV)
Valerie
Evart, MI
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
Psalm 92:1 NLT
Gail, McDonough, Ga
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.
Psalms 92 1-2 ESV
Debbie Gardner
Georgetown, TX
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6, 7 KJV)
Sent without my reference …
1 Peter 5:8 NKJV
Cathy, Osage Beach, MO
Nancy from West Grove, Pa.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
rhonda
gilmer
Philemon 1:6 NKJV)
that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus
Karla, Sheboygan, WI
(Memorizing Colossians!)
Colossians 1:13-17 (ESV)
(13)He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, (14)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(15)He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (16)For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. (17)And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Ramona Gellick, Medina, Ohio
Zephaniah 3:17 (the NET Bible)
The Lord your God is in your midst;
He is a warrior who can deliver.
He takes great delight in you;
He renews you by his love;
He shouts for joy over you.
Valerie Chamberlain, Little Elm, TX
“For all God’s promises are in Him yes, and in Him amen, to the glory of God by us.”
2 Corinthians 1:20 AKJV
Lindsey, Tucson, Arizona
“Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
And rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
Nor seek the Lord!” -Isaiah 31:1 NKJV
Patricia from Croton on Hudson, NY~ “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear it.” Ephesians 4:29~ RSV~ 2nd Catholic Edition
Jill Clem – Sioux City IA
“But I trust in you, O Lord. I say, “You are my God” My times are in your hands” Psalm 31:14-15a