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
Cami, Murray, KY
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24 NIV
Celeste, Laguna Niguel, CA
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “God is great!” (Psalms 70:4 NLT)
Melanie, Griffin, GA
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 144:15 KJV
When times are good, be happy.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIV
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
Job 23:10-11 ESV
Shelley Cates Madisonville, KY
Ps. 92:1 (NIV)
It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High.
Donna, Loganville, PA
Jeremiah 29:12-13 NASB
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Dawn from Highlands Ranch, CO
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. (1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT)
Donna, Glendale Arizona
“He reveals dark and hidden things;
He knows what dwells in darkness, and light dwells with him”
Dan.2:22
NIV
Rachelle Wiggins; Hawley, MN
Ephesians 5:9,10
(for the fruit of light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.
Peggyann Calderwood ~ Crestview
Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.
Philippians 4:6 New Century Version
Allison Little, Tulsa, OK
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for You; Your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
Isaiah 26:8, NIV
Randee, Iowa
Jeremiah 29:11 (NET)
For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
Ellen Miller
Montgomery, il
Eph 3:9 ESV ” and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.”
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you. NIV
Isaiah 26:3
Rene – York, PA – Psalm 139:15-19 NIV
“My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you. If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!”
Michelle O’Banion, Grandview, Tx
Psalm 19:7 ESV
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
Alicia, League City, TX.
Luke 4:18-19
New International Reader’s Version (NIRV)
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me.
He has anointed me
to tell the good news to poor people.
He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners.
He has sent me so that the blind will see again.
He wants me to free those who are beaten down.
19 And he has sent me to announce the year when he will set his people free.”
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Psalms 46:1-3 NKJV
Many are the plans in a mans heart but it is the Lirds purpose that prevails
Proverbs 19:21
NIV
Kari
Benton AR
Deb, Lansdale, PA
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 NIV
Lynda. Hot Springs Village, AR
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
Shannon, Warner Robins
“May the LORD bless you and protect you. May the LORD smile on you and be gracious to you. May the LORD show you his favor and give you his peace.”
Numbers 6: 24-26 (NLT)
Canyon, Virginia
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people.
Col 1:3-4
Elizabeth – Moore, Ok
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,[a] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Tonja Weed, Roanoke VA
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Number 6:24-26 NIV
For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to reliever your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
Deuteronomy 23:14
Trish-Pamplico,SC
Kathy, Lake Jackson, TX
I peruse the way of Your commands,
for You broaden my understanding.
Psalm 119:32
Exodus 14:14 ESV
The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.
Kristi, Fayetteville, AR “Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.” (James 1:2, 3 HCSB)
Bonnie, Arden, North Carolina:
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 ESV
Jeanne San Antonio,TX
Psalm 139:1 NIV
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.
Isaiah 41:3 (NIV)
For I am The Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear; I will help you.”
Robin, Phoenix
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:12, 13 NIV)
“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith-more precious than old that perishes though it is tested by fire-may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” -1 Peter 6 & 7
Ally, Houston.
“In humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:3-4 NIV
Jennifer Flannery, Pickering, ON CAN
” Now to Him who is able to do far more than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us..”
Eph. 3:20 ESV
PS, sorry I am a day late!
Faith E. Waldo, Ohio
1 Timothy 1: 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Diana, Seekonk, MA
For you make me glad by your deeds,
Lord ; I sing for joy at what your hands
have done.
(Psalm 92:4 NIV)
Joy is my word for the year.
Tane McGehee Uvalde, Texas Psalm 92:4 “For, You O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.” Net Bible
you are my hiding place, you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. i will instruct you and teach in the way you should go ,i will counsel you and watch over you. psalms 32 7-8 niv
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this, Says the Lord of hosts,
“If i will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
Maliachi 3:10
Phyllis, Irvine, CA
“He is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation. For by him all things were created; things on heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” Colossians 1:15-16 NIV
Leah Bush
Driftwood, TX
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
Vicki-Lake Jackson, TX
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High Psalm 92:1 ESV
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11, ESV
Christy Segars
Monroe, GA
“As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:4,5 (NIV)
Becky, Roswell, GA
“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Matthew 11:30, NIV
Michelle, St. Louis, MO
Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” Mark 5:36 niv
Natalie, Houston
Brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. (2 Thessalonians 3:13 HCSB)