Girls, WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!! In fact, if you set your sights on our celebration in January and you’ve memorized all your verses so far, you have everything you need to qualify. HOWEVER, don’t quit now! If you can memorize 20 verses, you can memorize 24!
I think Lindsee told you in the previous post that I did a video blog for you guys on Tuesday as soon as I came into work after my LPL trip and that thing took until Wednesday night to download. I had missed y’all so much and was so in the mood to spend time with you in the Scriptures. At that point, however, we felt like it should wait until Monday since we had our SSMT post coming up right away. In between, we were ecstatic to extend to you a guest post from a dear sister in the faith, Crista Merrell, who leads women at Bayou City Fellowship where Lindsee and I serve. I hope it blessed you.
I will love Crista forever because she is one of the best friends my daughter Amanda has in the entire world. Pastors’ wives desperately need girlfriends that are trustworthy. And girlfriends that are fun. Crista is both. Crista is also a mighty woman of God. A warrior. She is a servant to the bone and has one of the neatest, most colorful families I’ve ever had the privilege to know. Jesus is gorgeous on them.
OK! On to our task! I’ve not memorized out of the HCSB before but it’s the version LifeWay (my Bible study publisher) asks its authors to use in our curriculum so I spend a great deal of time in it when I’m writing a study. I really love it. I just got in the habit of memorizing out of the ESV or NET. I came upon this verse today as I was cross referencing something for Children of the Day and I adored the translation. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
You better believe He is. In case my scribbling is too hard to read, it’s Deuteronomy 10:21 HCSB.
Ok, Sisters, I’m ready to hear yours! I love you so much. If you can carve out about 23 minutes toward the first of next week, we’ll get into the Scriptures together in the Monday post.
Tags: Scripture Memory 2013
Angela, Warsaw
After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. Acts 27:35 (NIV)
1 Peter 2:9 NIV
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.
No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with you God.
Micah 6:8 NLT
Joan G, Allentown, PA The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NIV
Linda Ney from Gahanna,Ohio
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
Psalm 139:21
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:28 (NRSV)
Hannah, Miramar Beach, He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen. Deut 10:21 NKJV
Sibley, LA
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
I Corin. 14:33
Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2Cor.10:5 NIV
Carrie Gill, Tyler, TX. “Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.” Psalm 91:3 NIV
Abbie, Omaha, NE
John 6:68 – 69 (ESV) “Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
Leigh Ann
Gallatin, TN
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
Psalm 20:7 NIV
Psalm 94:18-19 NASB If I should say, “My foot has slipped”, Your loving kindness, O Lord, will hold me up. When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.
Katie Euken
Muscatine, IA
“So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.” I Corinthians 15:58 NLT
Susan
Jersey Village, TX
“Finally brethren, whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable–if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy–
think about such things”
Philippians 4:8
(NIV)
DeeDee. Katy, Tx
When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen, says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 7:13
NIV
Staci
Columbus
ESV
Titus 2:11
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people”
Connie, Chariton, James 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.James 2:17 NKJV
Ah Lord God, You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard or too wonderful for you.
Jeremiah 32:17
Linda, Holts Summit, MO
Pslam 40:3 NIV
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see it and fear the Lord and put their trust in Him.
Jennifer, Sisters, OR
Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Romans 13:14 NIV
You have lived on earth in luxury and self indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you. Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. James 5:5-8 NIV 1984
Veronica atlanta georgia
I Corinthians 4:20
The kingdom of God. Is not just talking; it is living by God’s power.
2 Thes. 3:3
“But The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” NIV
Paulette
Nogalus Prairie, TX
“I lift up my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from?”
Psalm 121:1
HCSB
Carole in Webb City, MO: The grass withers, the flowers fade,
but the word of our God remains forever.” Isaiah 40:8 (HCSB)
Carrie Guion, Wentzville, Mo.
May The Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge, reward you fully for what you have done. Ruth 2:12
Beth, Toronto: “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.” Proverbs 8:34 NKJV
Sherri, Galena, OH:
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten…”
Joel 2:25 NIV
Cheryl, Midlothian Va
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
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Susan Sarver, St. George, Utah
“Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? This is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.” HCSB
(31) But those who trust in the LORD for helpwill find their strength renewed.They will rise on wings like eagles;they will run and not get weary;they will walk and not grow weak.—Isaiah 40:31 (GNT)
Sarah, Dallas
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1 NIV)
KJV Psalms 68:35 “O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is He that giveth strength and power unto His people. Blessed be God.”
Mary Soisson, Barboursville, VA
“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
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of your wings.
Psalms 17:8 NKJ
Cindy Nashville Tn “No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. ” (Micah 6:8 NLT)
Audrey from Fayetteville, AR:
“The grass withers and the flowers fade but the Word of our God remains forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 (HCSB)
Olda, Huntsville
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8 (The NET Bible)
Faye -Ocala
Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
Brenda, Collinston, La.
“You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them.” Philippians 2:15 NLT
Tracey Knight ~ Arkadelphia AR
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Susan, Wynne
Isaiah 26:3-4 (ESV)
3You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Kristy from Tallahassee, FL
“For everything God created is good,and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,”
1 Timothy 4:4 (HCSB)
1Chronicles 16-8. Give thanks to The Lord and Proclaim his greatness.Let the whole world know what he has done.
Staci, Holland, Mi
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:2, 3 NIV)
Brenda from Southern Maryland
The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.
Exodus 14:14 ESV
Lori, Toledo
Philipippians 4:6-7 Message
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Rejoice in hope,be patient in tribulation, and constant in prayer. Romans 12:12
Sherie
The Woodlands, TX
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 NLT