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
Mikala from boston,
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the Sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 2:14-15 KJV
“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
Jacki Blaylock McCurtain, Ok
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 John 4:20 ESV)
Lea Ann McFarland, McKinney, TX
“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
Jennifer, Kodak, TN
He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
2 Samuel 22:20 NIV
Fredericksburg, VA
“A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even tempered.” Proverbs 17:27 NLT
The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free. Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives. Isaiah 58:6-9 (Good News BibleP
Wynell, Athens GA
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 NKJV
Aimmi Adams, LaRussell, Mo
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 ESV
Alyson; Longmont, CO
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. (Psalms 126:5 NLT)
Megan from Goodlettsville, TN
“The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, He is the one you are to fear, He is the one you are to dread”
-Isaiah 8:13 (NIV)
Tilley Hawkins from Franklin, TN
“God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.”
Psalm 46:1 (NLT)
Cate Oakley in Annapolis, MD
“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
Shawna Dazey Kent, WA
Titus 3:5 NIV “he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy! He saved us through the washing of rebirth & renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
Keely from Hermann, MO: Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”
Phil. 3:20-21 NIV
Janice Meyer
Euless, Texas
Psaln 56:11
In God I trust and am not afraid.
What can man do to me?
Keaton Lovell McCurtain OK
Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all. (Ephesians 4:3-6 NLT)
Hanna Wahlbrink from Lexington, Ky
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)
Odessa, TX
“They [the righteous] will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.” Psalm 112:7-8 NIV
Proverbs 15:30. NIV
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones
Suzy Myers
Bay Springs, MS
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God
Philippian 4:6 NKJV
Kaitlin Neal, Raleigh NC
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
Ruth in New Hampshire:
“Watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Matthew 26:41, NIV.
Barb from Crown Point, IN
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NKJV
Connie, Tyler(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 92:1-2 NAS
Ebony, Philadelphia
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:25-26 NIV
Mandeville, LA
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Debbie, Auckland NZ
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Galatians 1:10 NIV
Allison from Nashville, TN
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
Psalm 143:10, NIV
Emily, Greenville, SC
John 16:22 – “So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”. (NIV)
Angel in ms
Be clearheaded. Keep alert. Your accuser, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 CEB)
Jennifer, Dallas”Be still, and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 NIV
Tiffany H, Texas City, TX
Lainey Grace (age 12), Texas City, TX
Wait patiently for The Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for The Lord.
Psalm 27:14 NLT
Laura Jackson
Humble, TX
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire comets, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12. (KJV)
Kim, Fredericksburg, VA
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3, NIV
Ronda from Murfreesboro, TN
“The Lord will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.” Psalm 138:8 (NLT)
Brenda, Denver. Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalm 119:165 NIV
“My lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit” Job 27:4 NIV
Crystal
Austin,AR
My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.
Haggai 2:5 NLT
Jeri Cook, Missouri City, TX
KJV
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Ann Ft Lauderdale, FL
“Turn my heart toward Your statues and not toward selfish gain.” Psalm 119:36
NIV
Lori, Toledo
1 Peter 4:8-10 NIV 1984
” Above all, love each other deeply,because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms.”
Midge, Decatur, GA It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High. Ps. 92:1 ESV
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.” (Exodus 23:20 NIV)
Cynda
Newnan, GA
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
James 3:5 ESV
Jennifer Sargent OKC
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 NIV
knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
Romans 6:6 NASB
Pamela from Round Rock
Psalm 119:98 AMP
‘You through Your commandments,
make me wiser than my enemies,
for your words are ever before me.’
Hannah, Chesterland, Ohio
“As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.” Psalms 17:15 ESV