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
katie g; Knoxville, TN
“He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.” Psalm 91:4 NLT
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism.”
James 2:1 NIV
Juli, Chokio, MN I’m so grateful to Christ for making me adequate to do this work. He went out on a limb you know, in trusting me with this ministry. The only credentials I brought were ineffective methods and arrogance. But I was treated mercifully because I didn’t know what I was doing, didn’t know who I was doing it against! Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus.
Here is a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners. I’m proof–Public Sinner Number One–of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now He shows me off, evidence of his endless patience, to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever.
(1 Timothy 1:12-17). MSG. (Nowhere else is MSG a good thing! Or as Beth would say, a good thang!)
Joy, Fayette, AL
Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so it may go well with you, and so that you may go in and occupy the land that the LORD swore to your ancestors to give you.
Deuteronomy 6:18 (NRSV)
Tami
Auburndale, Florida
Psalm 92:2 (NET)
It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and faithfulness during the night,
Lindsay from Boston, MA: “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:11-12 NIV
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Gen 1:1 (NAS)
Wendy
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Phil 4:19 ESV
And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus
Kendra Husband from Charlotte, NC
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Jaime Garrett ~ Wilson, NC
“Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.” Psalm 16:1 NIV
Trinna, Covington, “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.” Psalm 90:17 NIV84
The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him. Nahum 1:7 (ESV)
Jordan, Columbia, MO. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Tiffany Tennant, Muskogee
Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. (Psalms 143:8 NLT)
Jennifer from Livingston, TN “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 ESV
Laurie, Gibsonville, NC
“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful” John 1:2, NIV
Deanna, Akron OH
Psalm 15:2 (NKJV) (slowly memorizing this chapter)
He who walk uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart;
Teresa, Edmond OK
“No,in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” Romans 8:37 NIV
Sarah Miller, New Palestine, IN
For who is God besides the Lord ? And who is the Rock except our God? (Psalm 18:31 NIV)
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 NIV
Laura, Houston:
“Remember how the LORD your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years, and you have had everything you needed.”
Exodus 2:7 (TEV)
Troy, Ohio
Psalm 92:1-2 ESV
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
Pam Hendersonville, NC
“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.” Luke 24:27 KJV
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Psalms 91:4 KJV
Denise, Gambier: It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.
Psalm 92:1 ESV
Psalm 89:1 ESV
I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever; with my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
Butler, OH
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
Katie Brown
Greenfield, In
For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
Psalm 47:7 NIV84
Lisa – Grand Prairie Tx
Jeremiah 1:9 (NIV)
Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now, I have put my words in your mouth
Jeanine, Toronto, Canada
“And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will perserve(me)unto His heavenly Kingdom; to whom be glory for ever and ever.” 2 Timothy 4:18 WBT
Marsha Lees Summit, MO
I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me he can do nothing. John 15:5 NKJ
Mary Beth Davidson
Richmond, KY
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us FREE, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage!”
Galatians 5:1 (HCSB)
Conway Springs, Ks – FOR THE SPIRIT GOD GAVE US DOES NOT MAKE US TIMID, BUT GIVES US POWER, LOVE AND SELF- DISCIPLINE.
2 TIMOTHY 1:7DE
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Eph 5:15-16 (NIV)
Deb in Windsor, CT:
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:4-7, NIV
Candace Hendrick, TX
My flesh and my heart may fail me, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 NASB
Sylvia Georgetown TX
You God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Ps 63:122 NIV
Barb, Medina, Oh
For by the grace given to me I say to you everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Rom 12:3 ESV
Amanda Benson, Eagle Butte, SD
2 Peter 1:10-11, NIV
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Laura from Chisago City, MN
Isaiah 61:10 from the NIV
“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
Kim Smith, Senatobia, MS – So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews 9:28 ESV
Elizabeth, Gilbert,AZ
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NIV
Ruth Hency from Oran, Mo “I am the good shepherd: The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep” John 10:11
KJV
John 5:19 NLT
So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Kim Baker, Louisville, KY
Psalms 9:13-14 ESV
13 Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
“Therefore as Gods chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience.”
Colossians 3:12. NIV
Delores O.
Lake Stevens, WA
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore i will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Cor. 12:9 NIV84
This I recall and therefore I have hope. It is because of the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion says my inner self. Therefore I will hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him
Lamentations 3:21-24
Amplified
Yuma , Arizona
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
Psalm 119:14-16 NIV
Andrea; Cartersville,GA: “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2 ESV