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, Athens, GA
“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
San Diego, Ca
“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deut 11:18 (NKJV)
Kendall- Tulsa, OK
“Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”
-Jeremiah 17:14 (NIV)
Kira, Springfield, IL:
Fear God and obey His commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, NLT
jeri Stillwater, Ok Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)
Katalla from Fairbanks, AK
“…so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,”
Philippians 1:10 NIV
Maryann, Norwood, MA, ” I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.” Psalm 145:1 NIV
Krystle from Chattanooga TN “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 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, the founder and perfecter of our faith…” Hebrews 12:1-2a (ESV)
Ashley from Dallas, Ga.
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him.”
John 1:10-11 (NIV)
Marie in North Richland Hills, Texas
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9 NIV)
“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
Rachel – Texas
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal lie in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 3:23
Rom 6:23 NKJV
Sandy, San Antonio, TX
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:17 NIV 84
Blair, Chattanooga, TN
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love,and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
1 John 4:16, ESV
Sue, Kingsport, TN. “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;”
Psalm 92:1 ESV
kate, harrisonburg, va | “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31:8, esv
Lisa, Boerne, Tx
“My flesh and my heart may fail but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalm 73:26 ESV
Erica G, Denver, CO:
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of of you has a grievance against someone.” Colossians 3:12-13, NIV
Noe’l, PA
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 26:4 ESV
Tina, Hampton, VA: Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trust in Him! Psalms 34:8 NKJV
Peggy, Berwyn,AB
In everything give thanks for this is the will of Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV
Indianapolis, IN
Ephesians 4:20-21 (Contemporary English Version)
But that isn’t what you were taught about Jesus Christ. He is the truth, and you heard about him and learned about him. 22 You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits. 23 Let the Spirit change your way of thinking 24 and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be truly holy.
I erroneously listed the verse numbers. That should be Ephesians 4:21-24. My sincerest apologies.
Belinda Blacklick, OH
John 1:33
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart, I have overcome the world.” (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 NET
Julie from Granbury, TX
“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
save me and I will be saved,
for You are the one I praise.”
Jeremiah 17:14 (NIV 84)
Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Dana
Boerne, TX
Glenna, Cumberland House, SK “Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. (Psalms 23:4 NLT)”
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts you. Trust in The Lord forever, for The Lord God is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4 (ESV)
Molly
St. Paul, MN
Sue
Woodbury, MN
John 14:1 (ESV)
Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Jennifer Grayson
Wilmington DE
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.”
Deuteronomy 29:29 (NIV)
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners. Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But he delights in the law of The Lord, And in His law meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not whiither; And whatever he does shall prosper. Psalm 1:1-3 (NKJV)
anna
kansas city
Jesus Responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” John 11:40 NLT
Beth from LaGrange GA
…he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
Myra H, St. Louis. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10, NKJV
Shawn Dell in AZ
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. James 5:20
mitzi from Brandon, MS
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this. Psalm 37:4-5 NIV
Kelly
Avon Park, FL
1 Timothy 6:12 NLT
Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.
Beth, Woodstock,GA. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
Jamie ~ Mobile, AL ~~ (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
Deb H from Pittsburgh
Ecclesiastes 12:13 NIV
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
Emily Jordan
Virginia Beach VA
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 (NAS)
After the sudden loss of my brother I find this verse to be the source of great strength … You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isa. 26:3 NLT
Who can discern his hidden errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
Psalm 19:12,13 NIV
Aimee, Houston, TX
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:2-4 NIV
The Lord will guide you always
He will satisfy your soul in a sunscorched land,
and he will strengthen your frame
You will be like a well-watered garden
like a spring whose waters never fail. ” Isa. 58:11, ESV
Amy Lee, Charleston SC
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13, NLT
Jean Brandon, FL “And to man He said, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.” Job 28:28 NKJV
Carol From Poplar Bluff
Proverbs 20:24 niv
The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?
Deborah, Pinewood, TN
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Lisa Stimpson, Munford, Tn., Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,… Hebrews 12:1- pt of 2