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
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10(ESV)
Bobbie Lutz
College Station, TX
Galatians 5:22 NIV
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.”
(this is a “re-learn” verse) Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.” ESV
Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you 1Peter5:7 NIV
LisaT – Boonsboro, Md.
James 1:7,8 NIV84
That man should not think he will receive aything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
Vicksburg, MS
The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the days of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Nahum 1:7
NASB
SKay Fires, Possum Kingdom Lake, north central Texas
Psalm 139:11&12 NIV
“If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
Jamie, Crossett
“And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
James 1:4 NASB
Karin Smith
Pittsburgh, PA
Proverbs 16:3 NRSV
Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
Rebecca Alburn
Salem, OR
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”
2 Peter 1:3 NIV
We don’t look for things that can be seen but for things that can’t be seen. Things that can be seen are only temporary. But things that can’t be seen last forever.
2 Corinthians 4:18
Jude 10 (TNIV)Yet these people speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals – these are the fery things that destroy them.
Marianne-Carrollton, TX
Always be joyful. Keep on praying. 1Thessalonians 5:16-17
New Living translation
Fort Worth, TX— And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NASB)
Soozi, Lexington, KY. 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
Judy, Connersville, IN. 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
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Cor. 10:5 ESV
Amber from Manor, Texas: 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
Amber, Goshen, IN
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up. 4 After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin
Hebrews 12:1-4, NLT
Linda Greene, NY
I’m with Beth on this one!
1 Chronicles 29:11 NET
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
Kristen, Marble, NC
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
I Peter 2:9
Kristin, Austin, Texas
O, LORD, You are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt Yourself as ruler of all.
I Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
Britney– Concord, NC
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]
Sara from Virginia, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23, NIV)
Theresa
Plainfield, IN
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Pat, Hot Springs, AR.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 KJV
Trish
Paintsville KY
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:9
KJV
Amy, Washington DC: “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 NIV
Micah 6:8 NIV
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Carmela, Forney, TX: And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. (John 16:8-13 KJV)
Katharine Jonesboro, AR
NIV
“Wives be submissive to your husbands so that if any of them do not believe the Word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewlrey and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gently and quiet spirit. For this is the way the holy women of the past put their hope in God.” 1Peter 3 1-5a
Linda, Holts Summit,MO
Psalm 20:7 NIV
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Tajuana ~ Texas
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
Lisa Coody, Kathleen, GA
1 Chronicles 29:11 The NET Bible
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.
June 2, 2013 (Adding on to the previous 2 scriptures I chose last time)
I Corinthians 9:26-27 NIV
“Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”
Sandy, Vienna VA In their hearts humans plan their course,but the Lord establishes their steps.
–Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)
Marilyn from Missouri:
casting all your care upon Him,for He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 NKJV
Know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and a willing mind.
1 Chronicles 28:9 (NKJV)
Laurie, Milton, GA
Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:1 NAS
Mary Soisson, Barboursville, VA
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30 NIV
Juleann, Wayne PA, Titus 2:12 KJV “Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
Kelley, La Verne. Psalm 66:18 if I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. ESV
Sue, Wellington.
O Lord, you are great, might, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all. 1 Chronicles 20:11 NET
Carolyn, Springfield Missouri
You are Radiant with Light
More Majestic
than Mountains rich with Game
Psalm 76:4 NIV
Kristin, Archbold, OH
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
…while I’m swimming (posted on a propped up kickboard)…
Marsha R. Lexington Park, MD
Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the alter?
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
James 2: 21-22 NIV
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither
slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:4 (NIV)
Tessa
Nacogdoches TX
Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV)
For He Himself is our peace,
Who has made both one,
and has broken down the middle wall of separation
Patti, Fort Worth, Texas
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Linda from Wake Forest, N.C. says:
I John 1:9(NIV)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness.