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
Brenda Cousino, Frisco, TX
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV
Psalm 33:18-22 NRSV
18 Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love, 19 to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and shield. 21 Our heart is glad in Him because we trust in His holy name. 22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Michelle from Chesapeake
Michelle from Chesapeake, VA
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Nancy-Meridian, Idaho
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ”
Matt 11:28 NIV
Jennifer Hart
Wylie Texas
God always answers, one way or another,even when people don’t recognize his presence.
Job 33:14 (MSG)
Sarah from Phoenix, AZ
Proverbs 31:10-12 (NIV)
“A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life”
Cindy (Puyallup, WA)
The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13:4 (NIV)
Kim, Warren, ME: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 ESV
Elaine Wenning, Nampa, ID
I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:7-8 (NASB)
Lisa S, Plano TX
This is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!
– 1 Peter 5:12 NASB
Melanie, Armuchee, GA
“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 (ESV)
Matthew 4:4, New King James:
“But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'”
Matthew 4:4, NKJV
Kelly, Chesterfield, MO James 1:19-21 NIV
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God
desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
I think I forgot to post my last verse. (I did it, though!)
Megan from St. Louis, MO
Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.
Philippians 4:8, NIV
De Anna -Greenville SC
I Peter 1:3-4 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
(I like that He is keeping something really special for me until I get home!)
Hudson, NC
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
Sandy
Long Beach, CA.
Isaiah 45:8
“You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the LORD, have created it. NIV
Stacy, MN Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens formed, their starry host by the breath of His mouth.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
Nicole, Ocean Springs, MS
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
~Psalm 51:5 (NASB)
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS. “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6 NIV
Jennifer from San Angelo
Jeremiah 33:3 call to me and i will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things
You do not know. NIV
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 ESV
Jessica, Show Low, AZ: “You are good and do good, teach me Your statues.” Psalm 119:68 (NASB)
Judy
Illinois
NCV
1Cor.9:26-27
“So I do not run without a goal; I fight like a boxer who is hitting something -not just the air. I treat my body hard and make it my slave so that I myself will not be disqualified after I have preached to others.”
Kiana ~ Fairfield, TX
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV
Kathy, Hendersonville, TN
“Having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.” Colossians 2:12 NIV
1 Corinthians 13:5 “…or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.” ESV
Sandy Tate, Denver, CO
Jill, Chillicothe, MO
“The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on Him in truth”
Psalm 145:17, NIV
Geni, Lake Worth, Florida
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me – a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 NKJ
Nora – Huntington, WV: “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)
Heather W, Nederland, TX
“Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.” (Psalms 19:13 NASB)
Ruth, Atlanta GA
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalm 34:5 ESV
Linda Gammon, Blue Springs, MO
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ESV
13. Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
14. Let all that you do be done in love.
Susan Bymaster, Ames, OK
“For my thouoghts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord”
Isa. 55:8
NIV
Janet- San Diego, CA “Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 (ESV)
Patsi, Oklahoma City, OK
I John 4:16 NLT
We know how much Gold loves us, and we have put out trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
Janet- San Diego, CA
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NIV)
Cindy from Largo, FL
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You. Isaiah 26:3 NIV
Theresa – Pace, Florida
Haggai 1:5. NIV
Now this is what the LORD ALMIGHTY says
“Give careful thought to your ways…”
Dacia
Warrensburg MO
“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14 (NLT)
Lindsey H.
Gulfport, MS
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
NIV
Dorinda, O’Fallon, MO
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your ways straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Molly, Chicago
Psalm 51:10-12 NLT
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Cory
Las Vegas, NV
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Colossians 4:2
Psalm 145:18 NIV
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
Kathy Jo from Dayton, Nevada
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the spirit have their minds set on what the spirit desires.
~Romans 8:5 NIV
Robyn
The Woodlands, TX
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own insight.
Proverbs 3:5 (RSVCE)
Karen H., Stephenville, TX
Romans 12:2 (NASB)
And do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.