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
April
Pittsburgh, PA
PROVERBS 14:1 NIV
A wise woman builds her house,
But with her own hands the foolish one tears it down.
Kari Flom: Amery. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91 NIV
Julie T, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
“The Lord shows his true love every day. At night I have a song, and I pray to my living God.” Psalm 42:8 (ICB-International Children’s Bible)
Jennifer, Kailua, HI:
Romans 8:5-Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires, but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Emma, Conifer, Colorado
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
I Corinthians 13:2
Traci, Vadnais Heights, MN.
Deut. 33:25-27 (NLT)
“May the bolts of your gates be of iron and bronze;
May you be secure all your days.
There is no one like the God of Israel!
He rides across the heavens to help you,
Across the skies in majestic splendor.
The eternal God is your refuge and His everlasting arms are under you!”
Pamela – Wilmington NC – (2 Corinthians 7:10 NIV) “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”
Sorry I’m so late posting. Problems with my device 🙁
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew 7:6 ESV)
Jes, Milton WV
“Then King David went in and sat before The Lord, and said, “Who am I, Oh Lord God? And what is my house, that you have brought me this far?”
2 Samuel 7:18 NKJV
Terri, Pleasant Hope, MO
It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.
2 Corinthians 4:13-14 (NIV1984)
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Erin
Cape Girardeau, MO
Sherry Smith from Marietta GA
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 NIV84
Monica, Long Island, NY.
“It is wonderful each morning to tell about Your love &
at night to announce how faithful You are.”
Psalm 92:2 (CEV)
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding:
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
Janice from Slidell, LA “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will fihd; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8
Robin, Springdale, Arkansas. For the sake of His great name the Lord will not reject his people because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. I Samuel 12:22 (NIV)
2 Timothy 2:23-24 (NIV)
“Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.”
Alicia ~ Rome, GA
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 HCSB
Marsha Gray from Jefferson, ME
“God, the one and only— I’ll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.” Psalm 62:5-6 The Message
Angela,Clyde, TX “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
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:1 (ASV)
Cheri
Louisville, KY
Lisa Campo
Blue Bell, PA
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:10 RSVCE
Hannah, Dickinson Center, NY:
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Proverbs 25:28, ESV
Stephanie Shelbyville , In. 2 Do not conform 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
Kathy Cupit
Hazlehurst, MS
Psalm 23:3(KJV)
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Cindy Gandy
Hazlehurst, MS
Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be filled.
Lois, Abilene, KS
“Do everything without complaining or arguing” Phil 2:14 (NIV)
Sabrina – Pikesville, MD.
I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 [NLT]
Christina, Nashville, TN
“6) And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. 7) Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7
NLT
Jessica from Fort Worth, TX
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14
and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands
Psalm 90:17 NKJ
Kristen, Marble, NC
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. John 15:4 NIV
Vanessa from Anderson, SC:
“Speak, for your servant is listening.” 1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV)
Dawn from Wellington, FL
“God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.” CEV
Dawn from Wellington, FL
“God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.” Philippians 2:13 CEV
Sara Brownlee, Pottsville, Arkansas
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Jo Ann, Philadelphia. “For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.” Ps. 27:5 (NASB)
Tammy, Mechanicsville, VA
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever.
John 14:15-16
KJV
Shelley, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
“Exalt The Lord our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!”
Psalm 99:5 (NLT)
James 1:22-25 (NIV)
22 Do not merely listen to the WORD and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the WORD but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and looking at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it–he will be blessed in what he does.
Cindy/Midland
Cynthia, Russellville, AR
Psalm 30:5 NKJV
“For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”
Galatians
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Tammy
Cincinnati
Darcy from Edwards AF Base
But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast,unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in the vain of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 KJV
Judy, Hoover, AL
“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)
Audrey Lenz Dickinson ND
Colossians 3:1-2 NIV
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Kat, NC There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18 – NIV
Whitney N., Nashville, TN.
Romans 12:2b, “…let God transform you into a new person.” (NLT)
Jessica, St. Catharines
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Colossians 3:2 (NIV)
Sarah Doll, Chattanooga, TN
Romans 3:23 ESV
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Danay’e – Spencer, Indiana
“In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
– Psalm 25:1 NIV
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalms1:3 nas