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
Susan L. (central IL) No! Speaking the truth with love, we will grow up in every way into Christ, who is the head. (Ephesians 4:15, NCV)
Melissa, St. Mary’s County, MD “He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.” Deuteronomy 10:21 KJV
Okie Murray-Edisto Island, SC
“So then, faith cometh by hearing & hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17 KJ
Gail Dorn
San Antonio, TX
“Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and the earth?”, says The Lord.
Jeremiah 23:24b (NLT)
Vicki, Peoria,IL
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Hebrews 12:28 (NIV)
Jen Smith – Clearwater, FL
“Unless The Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless The Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for He gives to His beloved sleep.”
Psalm 127:1-2 ESV
Judy Pauley, Norfolk, Va.
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you those great and awesome works your eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:21 HCSB
Therefore, strengthen the hand that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
Hebrews 12:12 NASB
Meredith from Columbus, OH: So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. -2 Corinthians 4:16 (MSG)
Ann, SC
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Ps 139: 13 NIV
Diane J, Wood River, IL: “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NKJV)
Beth from Niamey
NIV
Romans 8:2
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Pushkala, Louisville, KY: He is your praise and He is your God, who had done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.(Deut 10:21, HCSB)
Lesley, Clinton, MS
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:1-2. NIV
Sharpsburg, Ga.
Ephesians 3:20 NKJV
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Redfield, AR
[9] Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.* And the God of peace* will be with you.
Philippians 4:9 (NIV)
Kathy, Festus MO Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done.
1 Chronicles 16:8
NLT
Dawn Vaughn, Highlands Ranch, CO
Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. (Psalms 62:5, 6 NLT)
Joni, Clarinda, IA
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit let us also walk by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-25 NASB
Romans 8:31 (KJV)
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Cindy, Las Cruces, NM
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Luke 6:38 KJV
Holly from Alpharetta, GA
O God, You cause abundant showers to fall on Your chosen people. When they are tired, You sustain them, for You live among them. Psalm 68:9-10a The NET Bible
By the grace of God, I am what I am.And His grace to me was not without effect. 1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV
Deuteronomy 10:21 ESV
‘He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for your these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.’
AMEN!! Thank you Father!!
Karen, Colchester VT
I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.
Psalm 62:1. NLT
I John 5:3 (NIV)
This is love for God: to obey His commands. And His commands are not burdensome.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
11 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.
Susan,Fairhope,AL- Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV)
Jessica from Sioux Falls, SD
Deuteronomy 8:3 NIV
3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:16-17 NKJV
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Paulette P. Mays
Elmer, La.
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
1 Peter 2:24 NIV
Alice, Dallas, TX: Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. I Cor. 6:17 ESV Cheryl, Huntington, WV
Kathy Bryson
Albuquerque, NM
Colossians 1:28-29
We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done.
1 Chronicles 16:8 NLT
Kelly Snodgrass
Rogersville, TN
Ephesians 5.20 ESV
give thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
*giving
…let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly father.
Matt 5:16 NLT
Dee Dee Fernandina Beach, Florida
…and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:18
Revelations 4:8
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.”
He is your praise and He is your God. Who has done for you these great and awesome works your eye have seen. Deut.10:21 (hcsb)
Christy from Holland, MI
“As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.” 2 Chronicles 26:5c, NIV
Patrice in ABQ
“Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
Punky Tolson, Dallas, TX
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—
1 Corinthians 1:4-5 (ESV)
Janae – Riverside, PA Haggai 2:5 (NKJ)
“According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remains among you; do not fear!”
Brenda C. Lee’s Summit, MO “Love must be sincere; hate what is evil, cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9NIV84
Sheila Miller, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, Psalm 90:12 NIV
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Misty Sanders, North Charleston, SC
Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done,
and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.
Galatians 6:4 NLT
Wynell
Athens, GA
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. I Corinthians 6:19 NIV
Stephanie from Woodward, OK
Psalm 17:8 (NIV)
Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
Missy S, Chapel Hill,NC
“O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” ~ Psalm 71:17-18 (ESV)