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
Nikki, Houston, TX
“Pride goes before destruction,And a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 NKJV
Cathy from Kokomo, IN
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Phillipians 4:13 NKJV
Stephanie – Terre Haute, IN
Do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is -his good, pleasing and perfect will. Rom 12:2 NIV
Perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Romans 5:4 NIV
Cindy, Brooklyn Park MN
‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. 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 41:9b-10 (NIV)
Cheryl, Austin: Psalm 92: 1-2 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night, (NKJV)
Blanche, Pearland, TX
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Debbie from Bolivar, Missouri
I lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Psalms 121:1 KJV
Tammy of Fairhope, Do not be anxious about anything but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
Maren from Dallas, TX
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. “(John 6:37 ESV)
Shera. Lynchburg, VA
PSALM 91:1
The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.
Holman Christian Standard.
O LORD my God, I called to you for help
and you healed me.
Psalm 30:2 NIV
Lynn ~ Orlando, FL
“I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV 1984)
Marisa, Michigan
Psalm 121:2
My help comes from the LORD.
Gray, TN
“”And I saw a might angel proclaiming in a load voice, ‘Who is worthy to break the seals and to open the scroll’?” NIV
Jaclyn from Naperville, IL:
“And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together” Colossians 1:17 ESV
Sarah S. McKinney, TX
Psalm 143:10, NIV
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
Joanna Colorado Springs, CO
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success. Joshua 1:8 NASB
Beth, Robinson, TX
“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men. Titus 3:1-2 NIV
Karol Ozark,MO In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Isaiah 6: 1 NIV
Brandi, Fort Worth. TX
Create in me a clean heart, o God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.
Psalm 51:10-12 NASB
Laura, Boynton beach, Florida
Deuteronomy 31:6 NLT – Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For The Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you not abandon you.
” for we fight not against flesh and blood,but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world,against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12
Melanie, Arkansas
“But the Lord your God you shall fear;and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enimies.”
2 Kings 17:39 NKJV
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” 2 Timothy 1:7
I picked my second verse without prior reading Beth’s commentary above…God? Yep!
Gina Tompkins, Tulsa And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the very beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2 John 1:6 NIV
Peggy, Indianapolis
Psalm 92:1. ” It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.”
Kayla Epperson
Winchester, KY
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 NIV
Psalm 71:9,10 NIV
9Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
10For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
Kate Charlottesville. “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.” Psalm 77:11. NIV
Kelly, from Laurens, SC
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Tori, Robinson, TX
“Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.”
James 1:17 NLT
Rebecca Stewart
Julian, NC
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”
Psalm 68:19 NIV
Laura~Saskatchewan, Can
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17&18 NIV
Katherine, Akron, PA
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. Psalm 71:20 ESV
Elizabeth Ann Dains Houston, Texas “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV)
Susan, Littleton, CO
Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.
Isaiah 66:2 NIV 2011
Be completely humble and gentle;be patient bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2
Thanks for keeping me memorizing God’s word.
Connie, Kingwood, TX
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
Thank you, Beth!
Jenny Branscum
Rogers, Arkansas
Proverbs 8:17
(NKJV)
I love those who love me,
And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Proverbs 4:25 NAS
Let your eyes look directly ahead, And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
i John 5:11-12
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.(NIV)
Rosalie Cincinnati
The Lord is on my side: I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Psalm 118:6 KJV
Diana—San Patricio, TX.
“but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten!
Joel 2:25 NIV
Sahar, Catharpin, VA
For this is what the high and lofty One says–He who lives forever, whose name is holy; “I live in a high and holy place,
but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.” Isaiah 57:15 NIV84
Rachel D., Meridian, “From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.” John 1:16, NLT
Julie, Fishers
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.” Philippians 4:6 NLT
Kim, Nashville, TN
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Titus 2:7-8 (ESV)