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
Christina, Tyler,TX
The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how t comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. Isaiah 50:4 (NLT)
Karen from Norfolk, VA: Do I not hate those who hate you, O God, and abhor those who rise up against you? Psalm 139:21 (NIV)
Terri from Mechanicsville, VA:
‘Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.’
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Lauren, Charlotte, NC. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
Erin Sheldon
Savannah, GA
And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. (Romans 8:17 NLT)
Lisa, Greensburg, PA.
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”
Colossians 3:15 (RSV)
Connie, Pickerington, OH There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears. Philippians 1:6 The Message
Pamela from Shelby Township MI
But I say to you, love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.
Matthew 5:44 NCV
Judy, Oswego, NY
Psalm 25:11 NLT
For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.
Missie, Marble Falls, TX
“But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.” 2 Thess 3:3 ESV
Becky, Vicksburg, MS
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8 NIV
Dallas, GA
“Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washes with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-23 NIV
Vanessa from Victoria, Texas,
Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” Luke 7:48 NIV
Kathleen Saint Joseph, MI
Romans:12:9
Don’t pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tight to what is good.
NLT
Kim Cliatt, Loganville, GA
“Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”
Ephesians 6:17-18 (NIV)
Deb in Winsor, CT:
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:8-10, NIV
Becky, Roswell, GA
“He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.”
Psalm 62:2, NLT
Kim
New Port Richey, FL
Acts 20:24 AKJV
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”
Ronda, Tennessee
Deuteronony 10:21 HCSB
“He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen”
Kathleen D.
Bernardsville, NJ
1 Thessalonians 5:24 NIV
“The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”
Deut. 10:21 HCSB and personal application
I need to “hold on” to this promise through the next months!!! thank you
YOU are my praise and MY God, who has done for my loved ones and me Great and awesome works my eyes have seen and will see. Amen
Sherry, Winston-Salem, NC
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the Lord.
Lamentations 3:25-26
HCSB
kathy from leesville, la who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion Psalm 103:3-4 NIV
Psalm 25:14 NIV
“The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes covenant known to them.
Psalm 91(KJV)He/She that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High God
Leslie G-Warner Robins, Ga
Proverbs 3:26 (NIV)
for the Lord will be at your side
and will keep your foot from being snared.
MiChal in College Station, TX
“You are a hiding place for me; You preserve me from trouble.
You surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah.”
Psalm 32:7 ESV
Diane, Wedgefield, SC – Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that confess His name. Hebrews 13:15, NIV 1984
Lori, Flower Mound, TX
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed in you because he trust in you.
Olivia, Madison, MS:
1 Peter 5:10-11 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ESV
Candy in St Louis
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. (Isaiah 43:2 ESV)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:6, 7 NET)
Kathy, Danvers
1 Corinthians 1:9 NIV
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
Lynn, Lake Villa, IL
Isaiah 26:3 NLT
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.
Rebecca, Louisa, VA: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. ~ Philippians 1:21 (NIV)
Sarah, Bracknell, UK
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:10 NASB
Sabrina from Morristown, Tennessee
“Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This is not a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in… And don’t you think the Father who conceived you in love will give the Holy Spirit when you ask Him?”
Luke 11:10, 13 MSG
“The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.” Psalm 146:17 NASB
Keely from Hermann, MO, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-24 NIV
Julie, Hawaii
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding,
Proverbs 3:5 nkjv
Marianne from Carrollton, Texas
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. (Psalm 136:1 NIV)
Becky, Lynchburg, VA
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5 NIV)
Melissa Emma, Scarborough, Maine: “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.” Ephesians 1:11 MSG
He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Deuteronomy 10:21 NIV
Kelley Mansfield, Sharpsburg, GA
Psalm 105:4 NIV
Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Deuteronomy 10:21
Mitzi from Midland, TX
Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13 NET)
Andria from northern virginia
John 8:32 then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. NIV