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
Julie P Tierra Verde FL
James 1:27 ESV
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Lanny, Inverness
People can plan what they want to do, but it is the Lord who guides their steps.
Proverbs 16:9 (Easy to Read Version)
Susan from Innisfil, ON, Canada
God is our refuge and strength,
A VERY present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NASB
Katy Nustad in Ann Arbor, MI
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” – James 1:19 NIV
My dear brothers and sisters take note of this, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” James 1:19 NIV
I said to The Lord, “you Lord are my Lord, apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:2
Erin Mauney
Evant Tx
Lynn, Leonardtown, MD
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. ” Ephesians 3:20, 21 NIV84
Roxanne Hummelstown,PA
I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths of the pit.
You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief.”
You came near when I called you,
and you said, “Do not fear.” Lamentatons 3 55-57 ESV
Claudia Clark Raeford, NC I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. (Ephesians 1:17 NIV)
NIV Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.
Connie Feight,Sioux Falls SD
Psalm 92:1(ESV) “It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to Your name,O Most High.” 🙂
Allison from Nashville:
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6 ESV
Lisa from Cary, NC.
“And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high and how deep His love is.” Ephesians 3:18
Louisa, VA
For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to Whom we must give an account.
Hebrews 4:12-13
Ashley, Fort Worth, Tx
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as we’ll. therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34 NIV
Kelly in Katy, TX
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2 ESV)
Olivia from Madison, MS
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 ESV
Tina, Alabama NIV Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Cher Goeder – Toledo Ohio
I Corinthians 13:4 NIV1984
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
” It is of the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Deanna – Frisco – Hebrews 10:22 (NLT)
Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Nancy in B’ham says, All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)
Susie, Houston, TX – Psalms 27:1 – The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one! (NET)
Rebecca R., Raleigh, NC “If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die we belong to the Lord.” Romans 14:8 NIV
Pam In Texas
Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
Cynthia, Missouri
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy.
Phillipians 1:3 ESV
KJV Jer 3:22-23 says:
“IT IS OF THE LORD’S MERCIES THAT WE ARE NOT CONSUMED BECAUSE HIS COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS.”
Priscilla, Mesa, AZ
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 NIV
Vanessa Rockport TX
Let everything that has breath praise The Lord. Praise The Lord!
Psalm 150:6 NIV
Shelby from Athens, GA – “Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.” 1 Peter 4:1 NIV
Melanie, Pensacola FL
But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
Maryjo from Chandler, AZ
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4: 4-5. NIV
Joyce
Sparta, NJ
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;”
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (ESV)
Lam 3:22-23
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.”
Gail, Jacksonville, FL. “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the Devil’s schemes. “. Ephesians 6:11, NIV84
Paula from Indiana says “And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your children so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.” Deuteronomy 30:6, ESV
Judith, Manhattan, KS Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. I Corinthians 13: 6-7 NIV
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Shannon, Jacksonville, FL. “Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.” Proverbs 10:19, NLT
Galatians 6:2
“Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (NIV)
Angela from Florence, SC
Psalm 92:1-2 NET
It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night
Stephanie Jo
Corvallis OR
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 MSG
Natalie, Perry, Ga. “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrated his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for”. Romans 5:6-8
Psalm 126:2 ESV
Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy, then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
Barb, Sheridan Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, the the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 NIV
Fran -Eden Prairie, MN
The Lord is my light and my salvation -whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life -of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1. NIV
Debbie G from Poplarville , MS
(16)Be joyful always;(17) pray continually; (18)give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Julia from Flower Mound, TX
Since you are God’s children, you must try to be like him. Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.
Ephesians 5:1-2 Todays English version
Patty, Ada, OK
“For the Word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any two-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirir, joints and marrow;
it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12, NIV
Mindy – McDonough, GA
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)