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, Orlando
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven. ”
Luke 6:37 NLT
Linda, Holts Summit, MO
Psalm 63:8 NIV
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Continuing to memorize Psalm 63
Adrienne, Overland Park, KS
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:1ESV
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13 (AMP)
I chose this verse to focus on the word “infuses”–“to cause to be permeated with something … that altars usually for the better. It means to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. I desperately need Christ Jesus to INFUSE me daily with “strength for ALL things”!
Audrey Keys
Bristol, TN
2 Timothy 2:24-26 NASB
“The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.”
Crystal Ogden
Tenaha, TX
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
1 Peter 3:15 NIV
I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice, That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 8:20 & 21 NKJ
Linda, Lees Summit, MO
Psalm 91:1-2 NIV
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty,
I will say of The Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.
Katherine, Atlanta GA
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
Kelley, Raleigh, NC
Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle nad humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
NIV
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:8 (NIV)
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:13 NIV
Cara from Conway
Late again this month 🙂 keeping it all together has been a struggle lately, but keeping the peace with my teenage sons is the main stresser at home.
So my verse today comes from 2Timothy 2:14 NLT
Remind everyone about these things and command them in God’s presence to stop fighting over words. Such arguments are useless, and they can ruin those who hear them.
Jana, Quitaque, Tx
Galatians l:10 NIV
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Bethany, Pittsburgh:
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
Elizabeth, Gainesville, GA
“For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.”
Deuteronomy 10:17, NAS
debbie jo, greenwood, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern 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.” Romans 12:2 (NIV)
This I know for sure you have not because you ask not James 4:2
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.
Romans 1:16a
Melissa, Columbus, OH
Becky- Cynthiana, KY
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
Rachel, Dallas, TX
So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. – Nehemiah 4:6
Erin in Alabaster, AL
2 Peter 1:3, ESV
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence…”
Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 NIV84. Teresa. Chadron NE
Jill, Vandalia MO
By faith Abraham when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 (HCS)
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
“Rejoice always. Pray continually. ”
Dawn, Gainesville GA
Sara Cain. Hiram GA(soon to be Ft. Worth Texas).
“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” James 1:17 (NASAB)
*(NASB) 🙂
Leigh from Fairhope
Do not fear for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine!
Isaiah 43:1 NIV
Hilary, Columbus, GA
“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
Kristen from Mount Joy, PA
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Hebrews 2:1 (NIV)
Lorie Zellner, Centreville, VA
It is good to give thanks to the Lord
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
Psalm 92:1
Toni, Argyle, TX
The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; do not forsake the works of your hands.
Psalm 138:8. NASB
Ps 112:7 (NIV84) He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Emma from Olathe, KS
I will praise you, L ord , with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. (Psalms 9:1 NLT)
Sara P. Middleburg, FL
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 NIV
Kym, Highlands Ranch, CO, In My Fathers House are many rooms;…if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:2-3 ESV
Courtney Haag
Flowery Branch, GA
“He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.”
Psalm 18:19 (NKJV)
*I hope I’m not too late!!*
Deb Schiess, Patrick AFB, FL
For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God.
Teach me your way, LORD,
that I may rely on your faithfulness;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:10-11 (NIV)
Sandy, Portland, TN – “But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.” Ps 5:11 NIV
Tracy Baker, Kountze Texas
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Nasb
Amanda, Knoxville TN
You have enclosed me behind and before and laid your hand upon me Psalm 139:5, NASB
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rusts and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is your heart is also. Matt 6:19-21 ESV
Nancy
Lakewood, CO
“Pray continually:” I Thessalonians 5:17 NIV
Debbie from Gastonia, NC
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jer 29:19.
Lisa Pack, Charleston, WV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NIV
“This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24 NKJV
Barbara Moran
Celebration, FL
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves, Philippians 2:3 (ESV)
Kimberly from San Antonio, Tx – The righteous person may have troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. Psalm 34:19
Molly, Gainesville, GA
“To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts and the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom.”
Psalms 145:12
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, (Philippians 2:3 NIV)