Hey, all of you lovely things! It’s nearly Spring and we’re all the way to verse 6! You are doing fabulously, Sisters. We are still THOUSANDS strong on this Scripture memory team. Thousands of Swords drawn and in the hands of women who want to love and not hate, build up and not destroy, rejoice because our God is faithful and not throw ourselves in the nearest ditch because life is hard. And, boy, is it.
I think God has given me something that could be a tad fun to do this time around. Since we started off the week here on the blog talking about clothes, what do you say we end it that way? For those of you who want to come alongside this theme with me, I’m throwing out three different Scriptures about clothing ourselves. You are still welcome to do your own selections as always but, just in case some of you were still in decision-mode and this sounded fitting (pardon the pun), come along with me into the closet of Scripture and let’s come out some well-dressed women of God! I’m offering the first two selections to you in two different versions so you can choose which one resonates most.
Colossians 3:12-13 (NIV) — (As you can see, this one includes two Scriptures. You’d only need to choose one of these for Verse 6 but I thought just maybe somebody could use a fresh, strong exhortation to forgive as you’ve been forgiven. I don’t know about you but that verse is never wasted on me. If you’d like, you could do the first verse for #6 and the second verse for #7.)
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
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Now for the second set of verses on clothing ourselves. Sometimes we need to clothe ourselves in humility before we try clothing ourselves to no avail with compassion. Our pride is usually reason #1 that we don’t feel compassionate. At least it has been for me.
1 Peter 5:5 (NIV)
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5 (The NET Bible)
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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And you’ve just GOT to love Luke 24:49 in view of our clothing theme this week! Here’s the third selection out of the closet of Scripture, straight from the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Luke 24:49 NIV
I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.
Luke 24:49 The NET Bible
And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Power from on high! Bless His most holy Name.
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So there you have it! Three gorgeous jackets to wear. Which one do you need to wrap around you most right now? Do you need to be clothed with compassion? Humility? Power?? He’s got you covered. But just like we do each morning, we’ve got to get dressed on purpose.
Here’s what I’ve been thinking about in view of our clothing theme. Remember all those jackets in my 5+ Year Club? Several of them I’d had for ten solid years and I’m still wearing them. When it comes to tangible clothing, that can be good stewardship. But sometimes we can do the same kind of thing spiritually and emotionally and it’s not pretty. We can keep wearing the same old jacket…
…of anger
…or of bitterness
…or of negativity
…or of chronic disappointment
…or of sensuality
…or of desperation
and we’re so used to wearing it that we throw it on automatically, without giving a thought to the fact that we really could have a whole new wardrobe. It might be time we changed the way we dressed. And this whole new incredibly expensive wardrobe of compassion, humility, and anointing has already been paid for. And it’s in your size and mine.
Yep. I’m in the mood for some new clothes.
Beth, Houston. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others. Colossians 3:12-13 The NET Bible
OK, Sisters! Let’s have it! What are you memorizing this time around???
PS. LifeWay Women’s All Access Blog did the funniest thing. They dug into the Living Proof Live archives and pulled out pictures of every single one of those jackets in Monday’s post. Some of you might get a kick out of it. Here’s the link: The Proof Is In The Jacket.
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Maren from Dallas, TX
“but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. “(John 20:31 ESV)
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
Colossians 3:12 NKJV
Gloria, Cleveland, OH
Then you will call on me and come to pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NIV 84)
Diane – Spring, Tx
“Victory comes from you, O LORD. May you bless your people.” Ps. 3:8 NLT
Luk 1:45 And blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.KJV
Cori Maffett, West Palm Beach, FL
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
“dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” 1 John 3:18 Niv
Lori from Athens, Ga.:
Colossians 3:12-13 (NIV)
“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 you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
CandaceL, Lexington Park, MD
“but those that hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagle; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Laura, Katy, TX. 1Peter 1:8-9. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in Him, and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. NIV
karen buchanan, dover, arkansas KJV Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us”
MONDAY MARCH 18, 2013 7:34 AM
Tane Mcgehee Uvalde, Texas,John 14:1NIV “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God,trust also in me.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you have been doing.”
Jen (Prosper, TX)
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
Colossians 3:13 (NLT)
Cindy, Charleston, SC
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV
Becky
Westerville, Ohio
Following the verse from last time..
“Patient endurance is what you need now so you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.” Hebrews 12:36 NLT
Jenn Kicklighter, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Revelation 12:11 (NIV)
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Jina Patton
Leawood, KS
“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.” John 15:9 NLT
Cherilyn, High Point NC
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
1 Cor 13:4 NIV
Janet – Columbus, GA: “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” -Galatians 1:10, NIV
Elaine, Jefferson, Ga
Instead, they were longing for a better country-a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned
Heb. 11: 16-18
Kiersten Griffith, Wake Forest, NC
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set you mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1-2 (NKJV)
Gail Jones
Decatur, TX
Psalms 51:7 NIV
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
Alexis…Anderson, SC
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV
Kathy – Epsom NH
“So neither he who plants, nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” 1Cor 3:7 NIV
Jess, Columbia, MO
1 John 4:16 ESV
So we have come to know to believe the love that God has for us. God is love and whoever abides in love abides in God and God abodes in him.
Whitney from Mt. Vernon, TX…1 Corinthians 6:19-20…ESV…
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
Tatia, Carlisle, PA – “Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” James 3:18 NIV1984
Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your Presence and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-13 NASB
Matthew 6:34
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enought trouble of its own. NIV
Elaine,Baltimore
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Col 3:12 NIV
Nikki L. Littleton, CO
“Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
ESV – Psalm 27:14
Beth, Troy
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22(NIV)
Gina Webster,, Houston, Tx, Luke 24:49, NIV
I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.
anna cordes
kansas city
This is the only work he wants from you, believe in the one he has sent. John 6:29 NLT
Barb ~ St Cloud MN ~ 1 John 1:9 ‘If we confess out sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us for all unrighteousness.’
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. Eph 4:6
Roxy~Riverton, Ut
Phil 1:6 ESV
And I am sure if this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. 2 Chronicles 20:12. NIV
Alice H, Dallas, TX: “She opens her mouth with wisdom. And on her tongue is the law of kindness.” Proverbs 31:26 NKJV
Laura, O’Fallon, MO; Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” John 5:17 NIV
Brittney, San Angelo, TX
“By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” John 15:8 NASB
Jennifer Kirkes, Denham Springs, LA
“I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16, HCSB
Kelly, Manassas
“Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.”
Mark 4:27 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-12 NIV
Annie
Dallas, Texas
Romans 8:6
NIV
“The mind is sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.”
Brooke Southerland, GA Col 3:12-13 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
Jamie from Crossett:
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
James 5:16 NLT
Sorry to be late.
Teresa-Bessemer, Al-yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Hi. Isaiah 30:18 NIV.
Jan, Louisville, KY
1 Cor 1:18 NIV. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the POWER OF GOD! 😀