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
Sarah, Lincoln, Nebraska
“That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.” James 1:7-8 (NIV)
Megan, Colorado Springs, CO
1 Corinthians 2:11 ESV
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Valerie, Mineral Wells, Texas “You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.” Psalm 139:5 NIV
Tamara
Kelowna, BC, Canada
“I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome to world.”
John 16:33, NIV
Lori from Vivian, LA
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. (Psalms 23:4 NKJV)
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17(ESV)
Kelli, Nashville TN
Mandi from OK:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 kjv
Emma – Adelaide, South Australia
“You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Luke 18:22 NIV
Julie Garcia
Perris, California
“Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgement, because he willingly walked by human precept.”
Hosea 5:11 (NKJV)
Erika from Gadsden, Al
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 NLT
For God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power and of live and of a sound mind. NKJV
Kathy, Missouri City, TX, James 2:6 (NIV)
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are expoliting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
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.
Psalm 92:1-2 ESV
and
We love you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well because you had become so dear to us. I Thessalonians 2:8 NIV
Kimberly Orr
Zionsville, Indiana
And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and soul, He will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. And He will give you grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. Deuteronomy 11:13-15
Annie, Alabama
“I am The Lord your God. Set yourselves apart. Be holy, because I am holy.”
Leviticus 11:44 (NIRV)
Mitzi P. from Midland, 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 (NIV84)
Mei, Easley SC:
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works Romans 4:6 NIV
Mary Jane, Troy KS
“Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.” 2 Chronicles 20:15 NIV
Lala Ball Cooper from Ruston, Louisiana, says:
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19 KJV
Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. Psalm 86:11
My childen, let us Love, not in words or speech, but in truth and action.
1John 3:18 NRSV
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. NKJV
Maria, from Louisville
“On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness…”
1 Timothy 4:7b NASB
Sharron, Spring Tx
Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never let the rightous fall. Ps 55:22 NIV
Tonia from Minnesota, “Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all cuircumstances for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5: 16-18
Stacey from Boulder, Colorado
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
Psalm 32:8
Lisa from El Dorado, AR
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)
Keller, TX
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (ESV)
To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. 1Peter 5:7Niv
I am absolutely sure that not even death or life can separate us from GOD’S love. Not even angels or demons or the present or future, or any powers can do that. Not even the highest places or the lowest or anything else in all creation can do that. Nothing at all can ever separate us from GOD’S love because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done. Romans 8:8 NIRV
Sara, Greenville, SC – “Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Colossians 3:12 NLT
Jane, Houston, Texas
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Cindy, Clarksville, TN: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17 NKJV)
Beth Beckerman, Mt. Carmel, IL
Psalm 86:11
“Teach me your way, O LORD, & I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your GOD.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NKJV
Haley
Conway, AR
“Praise be to The Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.”
Psalm 28:6-7 NIV
Bonaire, GA
“No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me says the Lord.”
Isaiah 54:17 KJV
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, 13 (NIV 84)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
Brooke from Waco, TX : Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow The Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5 (NIV)
Rebecca Benton, AR
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, (Psalms 92:1, 2 ESV)
Betsy from Maryville, TN
1 Peter 1:4 (NASB)
to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 NIV
Tracie, Taylorville, IL
But the path of the just is as shining light, shining more and more to the perfect day.
Prov 4:18 KJV
Mollie from Northwest Arkansas
“It is good to praise The Lord, to sing praise to Your name, Most High” Psalm 92:1NLT
Ronella From Oklahoma.
I love you, I Lord, my strength. Ps 18:1
Rene’ , Edmond, OK
“But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”
2 Chron. 15:7 HCSB
Meg Ebba
New Hampshire
Ps. 107:42 ESV
“The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shall shut its mouth.”
SHUT ITS MOUTH!!!!! WOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(sorry.)
My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hands my enemies,
And from those who persecute me. Psalm 31:15 NKJV
Lisa (Austin, TX)
Romans 3:23 (NIV)
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Janice Jacksonville,FL
But whoever listens to me will live securely and be free from the fear of danger.” (Proverbs 1:33 HCSB)