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
“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him, he will produce much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.” JOHN 15:5 HCSB
Kelly W., Fowler CA
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
Isaiah 33:6 (NIV)
Patti, Clemmons, NC
II Corinthians 5:21 KJV
“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. (Isaiah 43:18, 19 NIV)
Kerry from Houston, TX
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
John 6:35 (NASB)
Jess R, Katy, TX
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. -1 Peter 4:8
Dorothy, San Diego
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:5-6 (NKJV)
Hannah, Lake Charles, LA
“So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.”
Colossians 3:12-14 The Message
Judy of Marietta says: “Dear brothers and sisters, be patien as you wait for the Lord’s return.” James 5:7 NLT
Ginger from Phoenix, AZ
“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.’ But I prayed, ‘Now strengthen my hands.'” (Nehemiah 6:9, NIV)
Richmond, TX
Proverbs 16:9 NIV
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.”
Carrie Jones
Ontario, Canada
Micah 7:19
“Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Megan from Potlatch, Idaho: He reveals deep and hidden things; and he knows what lies in darkness; and light dwells in him. Daniel 2:22 (NIV)
Erin B., League City, Tx
“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.” Prov 13:3 niv
Andi Crumrine, Rockwall, TX
“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.”
Psalm 94:19 NKJV
Michelle Parma, Ohio
James 4:2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. NLT
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”
– James 1:5-6
Kathy from Lake Jackson, Texas
My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow Your instruction.
Psalm 119:136 HCSB
Romans 8:37-39 NIV84
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pam in Texas
The grass withers, the flower fades, but
the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8 (ESV)
Mary, Atlanta – Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
Paula, Houston, TX
Jesus Christ is te same yesterday and today and forever,
(Hebrews 13:8, NIV-1984)
Amy. Hood River OR:
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. (2 Thess. 1:11, NIV)
Karen, Clarksville, “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. Therefore honor God with your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Becky, Oklahoma City
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
Colossians 2:6-7 NIV
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as LORD, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Sharon, McKinney, TX
Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Neh. 8:10b NIV
Cheryl, Redlands, CA:
1 Corinthians 13:3 (NIV)
“If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
Stephanie, La Habra, CA “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26 NIV
Philippians 4:9 NIV
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.
Melissa from Flemington, NJ. II Corinthians 12:8-9, “For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Kaye from AR
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power, is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
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Alesha, Charlotte, NC
It is ·no use [in vain; without purpose] for you to get up early
    and stay up late,
·working for a living [ eating the bread of hardship/pain].
    The Lord ·gives sleep to those he loves [or provides for those he loves while they sleep].
Psalm 127:2 Expanded Bible
Johnnie, Wake Forest, NC
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. Deut. 7:9 ESV
Angie Smith
Waxhaw, NC
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. (Hebrews 4:16 NLT)
Wendy Ft Walton Beach, FL
Luke 6:37 NIV
Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Kate K.
Lafayette, IN
Return to your rest, my soul,for the Lord has been good to you.
Psalm 116:7 NIV
Therefore, let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. Romans 14:3 ESV
Stacey DeYoung- Morocco,In.
Romans 5:5 GW
“We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. “
Amy in Waipahu, Hawaii
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says, “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.”
Isaiah 30:15 NLT
Brandy A., Cross Anchor, SC
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
Kristi B.
Houston, TX
1 Peter 5:10 NIV
“And that God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.”
Blair from Harrisburg, NC
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
Martha from Corpus Christi
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 NIV
Joy – Georgetown, TX “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” 2 Corinthians 3:3 NIV
Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. (Psalm 115:1 NIV)
Fran
Eden Prairie, MN
Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. (Psalm 38:15 NIV)
Pamela, Mechanicsville, VA.
The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled
with joy. Psalm 126:3 NIV
Christy, Conifer, Colorado
I Kings 19:11-12 NKJV
11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Martha, Georgetown, TX, “You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.” Psalm 16:11 NLT