2013 Siesta Scripture Memory Team: Verse 6!

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.

Colossians 3:12-13 (Here are the same two verses in The NET Bible – I loved the wording “clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy.” As you’ll see later in the post, this is the one I’m going to choose for my verse this round.)

 

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.

 

 

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  1. 4701
    Sarah Cox says:

    Sarah from Jay, OK
    “Find rest O my soul in God alone; for He is the one who gives me confidence. He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
    Psalm 62:5-6

  2. 4702
    Georgana SanGiacomo says:

    Georgana, Leo, Indiana
    “Do not let your hearts be troubled.You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
    5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
    6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
    John 14:1-6 NIV

  3. 4703
    Ashley T says:

    Ashley T – Charlotte, NC – “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” Romans 11:33 NASB

  4. 4704
    Kelly says:

    Kelly
    Fort Smith, AR
    Colossians 3:13 “accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another.” HCSB

  5. 4705
    Pat Hannah says:

    Pat from Cleburne, Texas

    “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 NIV

  6. 4706
    Trechell says:

    Spring, Texas

    For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge, to knowledge, self-control; to self control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

    II Peter 1:5-7 (NET)

  7. 4707
    Nancy says:

    Nancy, Champaign, IL

    Ephesians 4:32

    New King James Version (NKJV)

    32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

  8. 4708
    Sara Elece says:

    “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD of God.” Psalm 20:7

  9. 4709
    Sarah Anderson says:

    Sarah, Kuwait

    The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him.

    Psalm 28:7 AMP

  10. 4710
    Christ says:

    Matthew 5:16 NIV
    “IN the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
    Edgerton, MN

  11. 4711
    Joani says:

    Joani, Jacksonville, FL (I think I forgot to post on the 15th)…Now faith is confidence in what we hoped for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

  12. 4712
    Mary says:

    Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation because as a flower of the field he will pass away. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass, its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. James 1:9-11 NKJV

  13. 4713
    Victoria Washington says:

    Victoria W., Bryant, AR
    “Love the Lord, all His faithful ones. The Lord protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant. Be strong and courageious,all you who put your hope in the Lord.”
    -Psalm 31:23-24 (HCSB)

  14. 4714
    Tamara says:

    Col. 2:6-7 (NIV)

    So then,just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

  15. 4715
    Ashlie Holt says:

    John 3:10-15; NIV
    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “yet, you do now know these things? I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, and you people still do not believe our testimony. I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe. How then will you believe when I speak to you of heavenly things? No one has gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven – the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so shall the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whoever believes in him will have eternal life.

  16. 4716
    Kathi Shamburg says:

    Kathi from Enid, Oklahoma.
    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge HIM and HE will direct thy ways.
    Proverbs 3:5-6

  17. 4717
    Leigh Ann Jones says:

    Leigh Ann
    Gallatin, TN
    “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” Ecclesiastes 11:1 KJV

  18. 4718
    Ruth C says:

    Ruth C, Atlanta

    This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

    Psalm 34:6 ESV

  19. 4719
    Carolyn says:

    Carolyn R.
    Houston, TX

    God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
    -1 Corinthians 1:9 NCV

  20. 4720
    Ali Roeschley says:

    Chandler, Arizona

    “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.” Colossians 3.12-13 (NIV)

  21. 4721
    Andrea says:

    Andrea, Greeley CO,

    “Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promised to her!”
    Luke 1:45 NIV

  22. 4722
    Marci says:

    Marci, chas. SC

    The heavens tell about the glory of God. The skies show that his hands created them.

    Psalm 19:1 NIV

  23. 4723
    Lori LeBlanc Grundy says:

    Lori LeBlanc Grundy, Vivian,LA
    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. (Psalms 23:5 NKJV)

  24. 4724
    Lori Scheetz says:

    Lori, Springfield, Mo. This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. Jn 1:30 (KJV)

  25. 4725
    Katie says:

    Katie from Pittsburgh
    I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 NIV

  26. 4726
    Dori Cook says:

    Micah 6:8 ESV

    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?

    Dori Cook
    Spring Hill, TN

  27. 4727
    Heather Williams says:

    Heather, Ooltewah, TN
    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 NET

  28. 4728
    Elizabeth says:

    Elizabeth
    Wilmette, IL

    But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

    Ephesians 2:13 NIV

  29. 4729
    Heidi says:

    Better late than never…

    Heidi, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Romans 12:3 (NIV)
    For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought but rather think of yourself with sober judgement in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each one of you.

  30. 4730
    Charlotte Good says:

    Charlotte
    Mesquite, Tx

    If you declare with your mough”Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
    Romans 10:9 NIV

  31. 4731
    Cheryl says:

    Cheryl Adams
    Hephzibah, Ga.
    And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:39, 40 NKJV

  32. 4732
    Katrina says:

    Isaiah 40:31 NIV
    Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

  33. 4733
    Ellen K says:

    Ellen K in Findlay, Ohio

    Psalms 103:1 NASB

    “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and that is within me bless His holy name.”

  34. 4734
    Sheri says:

    Sheri – Milwaukee, WI

    But someone will say, “You have faith: I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.”

    james 2:18 NIV

  35. 4735
    Nicole says:

    Nicole from Gilbert, now Chandler. 🙂

    Isaiah 26:4 NIV

    Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

    Sorry I’m so late on this!

  36. 4736

    Tonya, Searcy, AR

    “The LORD says, “Forget what happened before, and do not think about the past. Look at the new thing I am going to do. It is already happening. Don’t you see it?'”

    Isaiah 43:18-19a (NCV)

  37. 4737
    Sheilah says:

    I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13 NKJV

  38. 4738
    Lauren Thomas says:

    Lauren, Bonner Springs

    Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.
    Psalm 121:4 HCSB

  39. 4739
    Carolee Jefferson says:

    Make me to know your ways O Lord, teach me your path. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation: for you I wait all the day long Psalm 25:4-5 (ESV)

  40. 4740
    Nancy says:

    Nancy from Meridian, Idaho
    “May these worlds of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord my rock and my redeemer.”
    Psalm 19:14 NIV

  41. 4741
    Sherry says:

    Sherry
    Oklahoma

    Psalm 28:7 NLT
    “The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.”

  42. 4742
    Charlotte says:

    Charlotte, Frankston, Texas
    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings as eagles;they shall run and not be weary; They shall walk and not grow faint. Isaiah 40:31 NKJ

  43. 4743
    Beverly S says:

    Beverly from Amarillo, TX Rom.12:2 NIV
    Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transfomed 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.

  44. 4744
    Rae Deal says:

    Rae from Greenwood, AR. “Let the morning bring me 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.” NIV

  45. 4745
    Joy says:

    Joy, Warrior, AL
    Romans8:13-15 esv
    For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

  46. 4746
    Erica says:

    Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:12 NIV

  47. 4747
    Charlotte Kiel says:

    Charlotte, Tomball, TX, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,” I Peter 1:6, NKJV

  48. 4748
    Charity says:

    Chats worth, Ga
    “But the holy spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against these things!” Galatians 5:22-23 NLT

  49. 4749
    Kathy Watson says:

    3/15 Memory Verse

    ” Be still and know that I am GOD, I will be exalted among nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
    NIV

  50. 4750
    Jennifer Braxton says:

    Jennifer Haslet, Tx

    2 Corinthians 4:16-17 NIV

    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.

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