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
Amy, Lawrenceville, GA
John 8:12 NIV I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.
Sharon
Glennville, GA
Psalm 31:7 NIV
I will be glad and rejoice in your live,
For you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
Connie from Fairhope, AL Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 NLT
Sara- Atlanta, GA
“Thought you have not seen him, you love him. Thought you do not see him now, you believe in Him & rejoice with joy that is inexpressible & filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
1 Peter 1:8-9
Sandy K, Elizabethtown, Pa
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
Jariza, alburtis pa
No temptation has seized you except what yes common to man, and God is faithful, he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but when tempted He will provide a way out so that you may endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
Nevertheless , I am continually with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel and afterward you will receive me to glory Ps 73: 23-24 ESV
Christa, Memphis TN
So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.
-Hebrews 10:23 (AMP)
Aja Speights
Houston, Tx
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.” Isaiah 55:8 NIV
Spring, TX
Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity.
Hebrews 6:1a (NET)
Tami,Decatur,Tx.says,
“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.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Jennifer, Denham Springs, LA
“…I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.” Deut. 32:3, KJV
Rose of Kansas City, MO
“God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit wiring me.” Psalm 51:10 HCSB
Verse should hv said “within me” not “wiring me”! Still works in a funny way. 🙂
Johnine
Murfreesboro, TN
Like newborn babies, crave spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:2 NIV
Tonya, Searcy, AR
Psalm 40:2
“He lifted me out of the pit of destruction,
out of the sticky mud.
He stood me on a rock
and made my feet steady.”
NCV
Kaydi from Arlington, TX
Psalms 65:4 ESV
Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
Kym Witt, Tulsa, Ok
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God” ~Luke 18:27 (NIV)
Julie, Tallassee,AL
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:7-8 NIV
Jamie Lee Roanoke VA
Micah 6:8
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
ESV
Kalonni, Van Meter, Iowa: “Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. Se 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
Ginger, Tulsa, OK
I Thessalonians 5:18 – In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
(biblestudytools.com)
Candace C
East TN
Psalm 119:35, NIV
“Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.”
I’m going to memorize several from Psalm 119 and I’m taking your advice and splitting it up into short verses each time so I’m not overwhelmed. 🙂
Connie Willis, Knoxville, TN
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My way, declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8 ESV
Kate from Tacoma, WA
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:16, 17 NIV
Linda – LPM – Houston
James 1:5 (ETRV) Do any of you need wisdom? Ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to everyone. So he will give you wisdom.
Peggy, Bangor, Maine: “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strenghten you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand”. Isaiah 41:10 (NIV84)
Leanne, Georgetown TN, (NIV)~ Jeremiah 24:7 “I will give them a new heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me Roth all their heart.”
Jennifer from Brandon, MS
“HIs divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of HIm who called us by His own glory and goodness.” 2 Peter 1:3
Ann Unruh, Denver, PA – It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
Psalm 92:1 ESV
Lindsay from Tampa, Florida
“Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD.”
Psalms 146:1
Lindsay from Tampa, Florida
“Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD.”
Psalms 146:1 (NLT)
Mark 10:27 (NIV)
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
Annette-Richmond, Virginia
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:5-6 NIV
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13 NIV)
April, Lake Charles, LA
“He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all – how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (NIV)
Riverton, UT
03-01-13 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16 NIV)
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Jesus Christ.
Cindy, Alton NH Ephesians 2:10 NIV
For we are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Sherrese from Fairmount Heights Maryland, Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand. Proverbs 29:21 NASB
Carri, PA
Isaiah 55:11 NLT
It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Julie, Waco
“The Lord will work out His plans for my life-for Your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.”
-Psalm 138:8 (NLT)
Jenae – Hawesville, Kentucky
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7 NIV)
Erin, Charlotte, NC
“The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8
Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
Jonah 2:8 NIV (84)
Olivia, Tennessee
My cup brims with blessing. Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. Psalm 23:5-6 MSG
Laurie D., Dallas ” The name of The Lord is a Strong tower;
the righteous one runs into it and is safe.”
Proverbs 18:10
Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.
Hosea 6:3 (NIV)
Sarah, Lambertville ,MI
Karen, Hartselle, AL
“It [love] does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 15:5
Sarah, Oklahoma City
‘You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.’ Psalm 92:4 NLV
Julia, Springfield, TN
Romans 1:16 (NIV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.
Kristi Webb, Scottsdale, AZ
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6, 7 NIV)