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
Johannah , Alexandria, LA
“For You, O Lord, have made me HAPPY by Your work. I will sing for joy because of what You have done.” Psalm 92:4 The NET Bible
Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23 NET
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV)
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. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Colossians 3:2 NIV
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Susie H., McKinney, TX
Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls —
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3: 17-18 (NKJV)
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer Romans 12:12 NIV
“The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.”
Ecclesiastes 9:17 ESV
“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there be any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise,
Think about these things.”
Philippians 4:8 NRSV
Corinne in Chehalis, Washington
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2Corinthians 10:4-5 NIV
Alicia, Mesa AZ
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God; in Him will I trust. Kjv
Julie, Gresham, OR
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 (NKJ)
Angie, Markham, ON
Come now , you who say , ” Today or tomorrow
we will go into this or that town and spend a
year there and do business and make a profit.”
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your
life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears
for a short time and then vanishes.
James 4:13-14 NET
Lisa A, Frisco, TX
‘Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.’ 1 Peter 5:7, NIV
Lisa from Huntsville, AL –
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God you will receive what he has promised. – Heb 10:35-36 NIV84
Rebecca, Springfield, OH-Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him,we will also live with him;2 Timothy 2:11 NIV
Linda, Longview:
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 11:19 NIV
Lori – Concordia Ks
Mark 4:24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you–and even more.
Emily, Loveland, CO – “Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4 (NASB)
Deb, Loveland, CO – “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? Jeremiah 32:27 (NKJV)
Jen, Houston
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” – 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)
Ally from Searcy, AR
NIV James 1:19
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
Heather G.
Fredericksburg, VA
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you
these great and awesome works your eyes have seen. Deut 10:21 HCSB
Beth, Story City, IA
“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10, NKJ
“How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.” Proverbs 16:16 (NASB)
Tera Ferguson, Gardendale
John 14:5-6 KJV
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ashleigh, Lewistown, MT “Her husband trusts her completely. With her, he has everything he needs. She does him good and not harm for as long as she lives. (Proverbs 31:11, 12 NCV)
Natalie, Grand Prairie, TX
Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
Psalm 116:7 NIV
Bonnie Port Orchard, WA
Proverbs 3:24 (NIV
When you lie down you will not be afraid;
when you lie down your sleep will be sweet.
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24 ESV
From Tejas:
Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the counsel of the Lord, it will stand.” NAS
(In some sweet, foreign land, it is still 11/1, right? 🙂 )
Debbie, Ringgold, GA. – “And GOD is Able, to make all grace a abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Sharon, Riverside, Ca.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 13:34,35 NIV
Amy, Washington DC, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.” Proverbs 25:11ESV
Marie Franse, Albuquerque, nm: Boldly and without hinderance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about The Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 28:31
Laurie, Gibsonville, NC
“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45 (NIV)
Carol
Woodbridge, CA
“Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 5:20. New Century Version
Leah Cullen – Ramona, CA
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. – Isaiah 32:17 (ESV)
Judy, Beaumont, California
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:21 NAS
Anita Livingston – Odem, Texas
2 Corinthians 9:15 TEV
Let us thank God for His priceless gift!
linda, colorado springs.
set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
colossians 3:2 (niv)
Sue, Texarkana, TX “Who among the gods is like you, O Lord? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” Exodus15:11 NIV
Andrea, Havelock, NC
“For The Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.”
Deut. 10:17-18
Myra, London, England
“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days – you would not believe it if you were told.” Habakkuk 1:5 NAS
Kim, Valdosta, GA
Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:1-3, NKJV
Colleen, Cape Town, South Africa
He is your praise; He is your God, who performed for you these great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.
Deut 10:21, NIV
Philippians 2:3 NIV
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
LisaT from Boonsboro, Md.
James 1:26-27 NIV
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Terri, Papua New Guinea. “The Lord watches over you–the Lord is your shade at your right hand;” Psalm 121:5, NIV.
Ann. Centerville
I sought The Lord, and Je answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Ps. 34:4 NIV
Pat S., Lago Vista, TX
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:21 HCSB