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
Kate – Houston, TX
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understaning, will gaurd your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
Lorie, Columbia SC
Be patient, then brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. James 5:7 NIV
Piiamari
Canton, MI
Romans 8:9 NIV
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Marsha Lufkin
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affeliction and to keep oneself unstained from the world
James 1:27 ESV
Jesus Christ is the same yeaterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NKJV
Mildred, Montserrat
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:12 (NIV)
Mary
Silver Spring, MD
James 1:19-20 (ESV)
Know this, my beloved brothers:let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Heather K., Mosinee, WI
“Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 HCSB
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” Psalm 32:8 NIV
Dyersburg, TN
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.
Ps 92:1-2 ESV
“Let your speech be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
Colossians 4:6 NIV Francine Blanthorn Crown city, OH.
“Oh, how my soul praises the Lord.” Luke 1:46
Robyn from Kitchener, Ontario
“For The Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is FREEDOM.”
2 Corinthians 3:17
Amanda B, Bloomfield, IN
A wise woman’s heart guides her mouth and her lips promote instrtuction. – Proverbs 16:23 NIV
Carrie
Cypress, Texas
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14 (NLT)
“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 2 Kings 6:16
Simply let your yes be yes and your no be no, anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Matthew 5:37 NIV
Sharon Carter, Louisville, KY
“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14 (NLT)
Linda Greene, NY James 3:9 NIV
With the tongue we praise our LORD and Father and with it curse men who have been made in God’s on likeness.
Victoria M, Greenbrier AR
“And He said, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'” ~ Exodus 33:14, NKJV
Anne, Simpsonville, SC
Do not be afraid of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in the darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
Psalm 91:5-6 NLT
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:147
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Psalm 100:1-2 NLT
Kiersten Griffith, Wake Forest, NC
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:2 (NLT)
Michele ~ Kenosha, WI
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
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
Psalms 92:1, 2 (HCSB)
It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, Most High, to declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night,
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1. NIV
Marianne from Carrollton, TX
Let me show gratitude for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe – for our God is a consuming fire.
ESV- Hebrews 12:28-29
Karen, San Tan Valley, Arizona
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23
Jaclyn, from Austin, TX
Psalm 23:4 (NIV)
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Leslie from Houston, TX
She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar. (Proverbs 31:14, NASB)
Suzy Edwards – Atlanta (Sorry so late in posting!)
Continuing Romans 8 . . .
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.
Romans 8:9 (ESV)
Jessica – Whitby, ON
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
Kathy; Parrish, FL
Galatians 1:10 (ESV)
“For am I now seeing the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
But Michael the archangel when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment but said “The Lord rebuke you.” NASB
Lisa Tunkhannock, PA 2 Chronicles 15:2 NIV
The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Hi, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Sarah, St. Peters, MO
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. Psalm 92:1 (NLT)
Soozi – Lexington, KY
“It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises (with musical accompaniment) to Your name, O Most High, to show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.” Psalm 92:1-2 (AMP)
Lori – Waxhaw, NC
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” Hebrews 6:19a (NIV)
Virginia in Elgin:
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
James 1:26 NLT
JENNY – Hastings, FL
Nichole C, Nashville, TN
In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice. In the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. – Psalm 5:3 (NIV)
Jackie from MO,
Isaiah 30:15 NIV
“In repentance and rest if your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.”
Rachel, Jackson, TN
“Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 20:3 (HCSB)
Niki Carroll, Shelby, NC:
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death–even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:8-11 (NIV)
Terry, Indianapolis, IN
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16 ESV
Kim, Austin, AR
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Col 3:15 NKJV
Mary Margaret from Nashville, TN
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory.”
2 Cor. 3:18 (NIV)
Jennifer, Houston
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