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
Amber Houston, Tx
And to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:19 HCSB
let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus
Hebrews 12:1 ESV
Elaine Farmer, Dayton, Ohio
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”. This is what you are to say to the Isralites: “I Am has sent me to you.” – NIV
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. Proverbs 11:13 NIV
Late again – Megan JOY Burdzy – Calgary, Alberta Canada – Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things that you do not know. – Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)
Emili Milwaukee WI
Psalm 112:8 NIV “His Heart is secure, he will not have fear. In the end, he will look in triumph over his fears.”
Kylie, Wichita, KS
Proverbs 31:10-11 (NIV)
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
Lacey, Hayden, CO
Proverbs 10:19 ESV
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
RaeLeen, Greenwood: Running behind because I just returned from working at an orphanage for crippled children in Haiti.
” Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others,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 truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” I Cor. 13
Christy, Karen, Cheryl A Cord of Three Strands
Jay, OK
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 NIV
Jamie, Coupeville, WA
I love you, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the LORD who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18: 1-3, NASB
DIANA FROM BRIDGE CITY TX.
NIV:
PHILIPPIANS 1:6
BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS,THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CARRY IT ON TO COMPLETION UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS.
Andrea, Greeley CO
He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.
Matthew 9:37-38 NLT
Andrea from Gainesville, FL
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any power, neither hight nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NIV
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph. 4:19 NIV
Karen W, San Antonio, TX
“God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.”
Job 37:5 NLT
Vicki, Wilmington NC
The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. Psalm 29:11 NKJV
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, OLord, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your hands.
Psalm 138:8 ESV
Anne from Phoenix, AZ
“Because You, O Eternal One, thrill me with the things You have done,
I will sing with joy in light of Your deeds.”
Psalm 92:4 The Voice
Tami, Thousand Oaks, CA:
“But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.”
1 Timothy 6:6-8 NASB
Kj, ks, Ephesians 2:13-14 ESV But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility in His flesh.
Sonya Dickerson, Chesterfield, VA
“He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness,and light dwells with him.” Daniel 2:23 (NIV)
This is actualy Daniel 2:22 (NIV) Sorry.
Cheya. Houston. “A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. 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)
Roxy – Columbia, Md
Let the morning bring word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Ps. 143:8 (NIV)
“Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.” Psalm 105:4 {NASB}
Carrie Henson, San Angelo, Tx
This is God’s Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God: Call to me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own. Jeremiah 33:2-3 The Message
Kelsey H., Pensacola, Fl.
“Be truly glad. There is wounderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while.” I Peter 1:6 (NLT)
Romans 8:35 NIV Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man Proverbs 3:3-4 NIV
Callie, Superior WI
Ephesians 5:11 NIV
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Dwan, Kings Mountain, NC
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”-the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
1 Corinthian 2:9, NIV
Beth, great passage picks! Love the Psalms!
Cottonwood, CA
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Gal. 6:9 (NLT)
Laurin, Harrisburg, NC “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
Teresah Redmond, Oregon
“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness.” Isaiah 61:10a NIV
Mandi, San Angelo, TX
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Luke 9:23 ESV
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Provers 31:30 NIV
Peggy from Homer, Il
Romans12:2 NIV
Do not be conformed 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.
Susan High, Inman, SC
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
Psalm 130:5-6 ESV
Alaina, Tyler, TX
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8 NIV
Sarah from Little Rock. “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.” Proverbs 31:25 (NRSV)
Holly, Glendale, AZ:
“For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you. Isaiah 54:10 NLT
Becky
Westerville, Ohio
“Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you!” Heberews 10:35 NLT
(1) It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; ESV
Brooke Wood, Bulverde, TX
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
-Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
Devote yourselves to prayer being watchful and thankful.
Col 4:2
NIV
Josie, Bossier City, LA. “In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:3, NLT
Cristi, Ocala, Fl
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
Carol
Carthage, NY
One thing God has spoken,
two things have I heard:
that you, O God, are strong,
and that you, O Lord are loving.
Psalm 62:11-12a NIV