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
For You O Lord, have made me happy by Your work.
I will sing for joy because of what You have done.
Ps. 94:4 NET
Heidi, Victoria, BC, Canada
Psalm 3:3-5 NIV
But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
Valerie
Clinton, Me
“Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.” (NLT)
Tabitha Schenkel
Liberty, NC
Philippians 4:13 NLT
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Anita; Purcellville, VA
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him
Psalm 103:13 NIV84
Debbie from Catheys Valley, CA
Many are the plans in a persons heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
(Proverbs 19:21 NIV)
Amy Hawk
Hood River, OR
“But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
For I have stayed on God’s paths;
I have followed his ways and not turned aside.”
Job 23:10-11, NLT
Kelly from Sherman, TX. “I have asked one thing from the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple.” Psalm 27:4 HCSB
Shannon Costanzo, Kissimmee, Florida
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)
Jennie from Long Creek, Oregon. “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.” Eph.1:17 NIV
Kristin
Clearwater, FL
For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and protects all who fear him.
Psalm 34:7 NLT
Nancy, Lufkin, TX. “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
Prescott, AZ
“Then they gathered around him and asked him,’Lord are you at this time giong to restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:6-8 (NIV)
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 ESV
Pam, Round Rock TX
Catherine ~ Grants Pass, OR
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” James 1:5,6, (NIV)
(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
Amory. Concord, nc.
Anne in lady lake, fl
Come near to God, and He will come near to you. James 4:8. Niv
D’Anne, Loganville, GA
“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.” Psalm 1:3 NIV
Kayla – MedellĂn, Colombia
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
Patricia, San Diego, ca
“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Cor 12:10 (NIV
Beverly, Vicksburg, MS
“I love you Lord; You are my strength.” Psalm 18:1 NLT
Karen from Powell, OH
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. Isaiah 40:28 (NIV)
Amanda – Plano, TX
Job 19: 25, 27 (NLT) “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!”
Reeder
Auburn, AL
“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
Midland, TX
“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11
Joy Cravens
Whitehouse,TX
James 3:17 NIV
But the wisdom that comes from Heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Laura, Parma OH
But God demontrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (NIV)
Camille G., San Antonio, tx
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1
Maddy
Prattville, AL
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Missy Jeanes, Lititz PA
James 1:13-15 “When you are tempted, you shouldn’t say, “God is tempting me.” God can’t be tempted by evil. And he doesn’t tempt anyone. But your own evil longings tempt you. They lead you on and drag you away. When they are allowed to grow, they give birth to sin. When sin has grown up, it gives birth to death. (NIRV)
Brenda Z, Houston, TX
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord , the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4 NIVNIV
Leigh from Vista, Ca.
Psalm 32:8
New International Version (NIV)
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Haley Harmer from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Psalm 95:2 (AMP) Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise.
Lori Young
Bothell, WA
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.
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)
Jess from Houghton, NY
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. Philippians 4:12 (NIV)
Erin Clark Ponchatoula LA
Psalm 63:3
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
Niv84
Mandy, Watkinsville, GA
Luke 1:45 (NCV) to Mary
“You are blessed because you believed that what the Lord said to you would really happen.”
Cheryl from Shelby
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:12 NIV
Hayley–Corpus Christi, TX
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)
Romans 10:17 (ESV)
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Jill, Omaha
1 John 3:1 (NIV)
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Sara Jondahl, Russellville, Arkansas.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Romans 8:12-14 NKJV.
Almost half way through Romans 8 woohoo!!!
Tina – Cleveland, TN
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20 NIV)
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. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
I Thessalonians 5:23-24
Heidi, Columbia, MO
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
-Psalm25:5 NIV
Sarah
Woodsboro, MD
Philippians 4:6 MSG
Don’t fret or worry, instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions & praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
Deborah, ob, ms
And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. I Corinthians 13:3 hcsb
Chelsia from Waverly, MN
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ” Isaiah 41:10 NIV
Suzy – Orlando, FL
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 (ESV)
2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.