Hey, Everybody! I am jotting this post several days in advance because I’ll be at a Living Proof Live in Atlanta, Georgia the day this goes up. In fact, if you read this before 11:15 CST (12:15 Atlanta time) on Saturday, we’d be incredibly blessed if you’d pray for our remaining time to be so flooded with the presence of God that we can hardly bear the glory.
I’m so proud of you for making it this far in our Scripture memory process! Sisters, you have worked hard. Let yourself feel the holy nod of God. He has tremendous joy in seeing His children esteem His Word highly enough to store it like treasures in the vault of their hearts. We’ve arrived at a milestone of sorts in this journey. June is tremendously significant for our team because this is the month we come to the halfway marker. Once we get into July and August we have less memorization in front of us than we have behind us. That’s a big deal.
This time around I’m choosing a verse that I’ll be challenging the attendees to memorize at the Atlanta Living Proof Live. I’m not sure a verse could be more fitting for the pure act of praise. I love Scriptures that not only speak about God but speak straight to God. Get a load of this one:
Beth, Houston. O Lord, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
Any of us who memorize a fair amount of Scripture have certain go-to approaches that have helped us along. If you’ve got a method that is working, by all means, go with it! But, if you’re interested in memorizing the same verse and would like some suggestions about how to tackle it, I’ll share what works for me. Keep in mind that the methods of Blonder Than She Pays To Be could be madness to someone else so take this or leave it depending on your learning style.
With any verse, I start looking almost immediately for how I can reason out the word order. The first thing I’m going to notice in 1 Chronicles 29:11 is that there are 6 rapid-fire descriptions of God in the first sentence. In this verse, I’d reason that it’s fitting for the word “great” to be first among the descriptions because many of us are accustomed to using the terminology that God (or the Lord, in this case) is great. It’s an easy, accessible word. The next three descriptions all begin with “M”: mighty, majestic, magnificent. As I prepare for Atlanta, I’ll be saying those three words over and over in that order so that they’ll get ingrained in my thinking. They have an amplifying rhythm to them, too, because the first one (mighty) is two syllables, the second one (majestic) is three syllables, and the third one (magnificent) is four syllables. Does that help at all with the word order and how they roll off your tongue? Say them until you feel the syllables build and you might latch onto them pretty quickly.
After the beginning “G” (great) and the 3 “M’s”, we have another “G.” This time it stands for “glorious.” That’s a word I love to say so I’m hoping I can remember it pretty easily. G-M-M-M-G. Are you beginning to catch on? (I think I just heard somebody yell “NO!” Was that you?? I tried to warn you that I can make things harder than they have to be. Laughing. You might need to be the one telling your sisters here how to tackle a wordy verse. Just give me an “E” for effort here and maybe an “A” for affection. I do so seriously love you.)
The last of the 6 descriptions is “sovereign.” To me, that’s always the final word on anything that has to do with God. If I’m confused or I can’t fit in my brain why this happened or why God approached a particular thing a particular way, I finally come to a measure of peace by stating this biblical truth: He is sovereign over all things. In the exact words of 1 Chronicles 29:11, “over all the sky and earth.” I love visual language and that, Sister, is plenty visual. Span the galaxies in the universe with your imagination then put your scope on our planet and zero in. (I know I’m really pushing it right now with some of you but the way I’d keep it straight that “sky” comes before “earth” is that it starts with an “S” like “sovereign” right before it. If I’m getting on your last nerve, never mind.)
Then put the finishing touches on the verse with this: You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all!
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not expecting that we’d have it down pat in the brief amount of time it’s taken us to walk through those few paragraphs but what about 15 days? That’s how long we’d have to get those words steeped into our souls. Could we get them down over the course of two weeks? Yes, ma’am, I do believe we can! And, if not word-for-word, just think how much we’ve meditated on descriptions of our God! That is time NEVER wasted. Let’s ask God to give us the supernatural unction to accomplish this memorization and remind Him how much glory He could receive from our being able to extol His preeminence like that over and over while we’re…
praying…
driving…
walking through our neighborhoods…
on our treadmills…
rocking our babies…
getting chemotherapy…
getting physical therapy…
sitting with an elderly loved one…
healing from a heartbreak…
or so happy that we need some way to tell Him how marvelous we think He is before we burst.
Of course, most of you have your own Scripture selections and I have just put you through the wringer for nothing! So, whether you’re sharing 1 Chronicles 29:11 or bringing your own verse to the table, let’s see them! I’m blessed almost out of my bleached blond mind to get to do this with you, Sister. You are a tremendous joy to me.
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Megan from Potlatch, Idaho says, “Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.” Psalm 111:3 (NIV)
The Woodlands, TX Thanks Beth, this one is perfect; as I don’t want to ask Him for anything, just give praise and honor from my knees…
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:11 NIV
Norma
Leander, TX
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea 10:12 ESV
Kay S.
Lake Lure, NC
Patient endurance is what you need, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. (NLT)
Michelle Parma Ohio
O Lord, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
Michelle K., Warner Robins, GA
” O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.” 1 Chronicles 29:11
Marla from Dixon, IL Psalm 19:14 (KJV)
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Tisha
Pilot Mtn, NC
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; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
Suzy, Wheelersburg, OH- Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV
1Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand rim. Let nothing move you.
Alta Sharpsville, In
Above all else, guard your hearts, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 NASB
Tabitha Schenkel
Liberty, NC
Matthew 11:28 NLT
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
Linda, Mandeville, LA
For we live by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)
Linda:Longview,
It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
Psalm 32:8 NIV
Hannah from Albuquerque!
You keep [her] in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because [she] trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 ESV
O Lord, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
Kerry, Jackson, TN
O Lord, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all.
1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
Marie, Post Falls, Idaho –
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.'” – John 8:12 (NKJV)
Brandi, Ft. Worth, TX
Isaiah 41:13 NASBIsaiah 41:13 NASB
“For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
Melanie, San Antonio, Tx
Titus 2:3-5 (ESV)
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Kolene
Enola, pa
1 Peter 5:7
Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.
Kate K.
Lafayette, Indiana
“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted…to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion–to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.”
Isaiah 61: small section of 1; 2b-3a (NIV)
CHRISTIE, Graham, WA –
“Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:12 NASB
Janice, Harrison, AR
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”. 1 John 3: 2-3 KJV
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk—indeed all malice.
Ephesians 4:30-31 (NET)
Carol, Belleville, ON
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain…”
Rev 21:4a&b NIV
Alicia, Gulfport
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” (Psalm 139:11 NIV)
Carolyn, St. Catharines, ON
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Cor 4:8-9 (NIV)
Michelle, Warner Robins GA
O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all. (1 Chronicles 29:11 NET)
Could choose no other verse after this weekend!!!
DeeDee in Tallahassee – “After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore, encourage one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18, NIV
Robin Freeman~~Garland Tx
God is our refuge and strength and ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1
Lisa Pack, Charleston, WV
I have stored up up your word in my heart, let me not sin against you. Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
Cindy Psalm 36:3. Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. HCSB. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Deanne Johnson, Laguna Hills, CA
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 NIV
Kristin, Searcy. A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man holds it in check. Proverbs 29:11 (HCSB)
Dawn in Monett, MO
Jeremiah 7:23 NIV
but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you , that it may go well with you.
Rebecca Benston, Springfield, OH~
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 17:10 NKJV
Nicole, Tucson: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 NIV
Love this, Beth! You are at treasure and a precious gift to the body of Christ. I thank God for you.
Jennifer, Cullman, AL
O Lord, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as the ruler of all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
So blessed to be at Living Proof Live Atlanta this weekend. Thank you Beth and the Living Proof team for an amazing God filled experience that I will never forget. God Bless you.
Angie, Lee’s Summit,
Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ. Philippians 3:8 NLT
Cheri, Savage, MN
Phillipians 1:27a NIV
Whatever happens, conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a right rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. James 1:26 NIV
Laura R., Gonzales, LA
“The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace” Romans 8:6 NIV
Nancy, Lee’s Summi, MO
For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded and it stood fast.
Psalm 33:9 NKJV
Marsha Fort Smith
Come to terms with him to be at peace. In this shall good come to you.
Job 22:21 NAB
Ericka, Tampa, FL: “But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him” (1 John 2:5 NIV)
Amy–Savannah, GA
Malachi 3:10 NRSV
“Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and our down for you an overflowing blessing.”
Jonda, Shakopee, MN
O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.
1 Chronicles 29:11 (NET Bible)
I can do everything through him who give me strength.
Phillippians 4:13
King James
Castle Pines, Colorado