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
Joy from Lubbock, TX
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” Col. 3:23 NIV
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
Peg, Naperville, IL
“You drench its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its crops.” (Psalm 65:10) (NIV)
Christa from AZ
Psalm 27:14
“Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.”
Marie from Post Falls, Idaho –
“The Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost.” – Luke 19:10 (NKJV)
Jan, Marion IA,
For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another
1 John 3:11 NASB
Jane Williams, Van Buren,
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.” James 3:16(NAS)
Dawn, Dubuque, IA
“Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” John 6:29 NIV
But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded. 2 Chronicles 15:7 NLT
Psalm 90:12 (NIV)
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Cara Koski – Fridley, MN
“There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!”
Romans 5:3-5 (The Message)
Bette from Danville,PA
He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your eyes.
Deut. 10:21 NIV
Nicole Hudnall, Lymchburg, Va
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. (1 Chronicles 16:8 NLT)
Madeleine: Corrales: My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.2 Corintians 12-9 NIV
Hilary from Langley, Canada, says:
“Search me, O’God and know my heart
test me and know my anxious thoughts
See if there is any offensive way in me
and lead me in the way everlasting
Ps. 139:23-24 (NIV84)
Terry in Louisa, VA
“All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
I Peter 5:5b-7 NIV
Julia, Springfield, TN
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:19 NKJ
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV) Kristin, Florida
Sue, Kingsport, TN.
As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of The Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Psalm 18:30 NKJV
Dana Nance
Blue Ridge, TX
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Psalm 107:8-9 NIV
Christy, Lima
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other. John 15:15-17 (NIV)
Melanie Johnson from Georgetown, Tx
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
Betty from Waveland, IN “Man proposes, but God disposes.” Proverbs 19:21 The Living Bible
Lakeisha, Mays LandingNJ
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Surely God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, The Lord himself is my strength and my defense; he has becomes salvation.
Jodell, Frankfort, “Cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.” I Peter 5:7 NIV
Debbie, Marion, IN. “Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?” Psalm 139:21 NIV
Amy from Shorewood IL
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14 NIV)
Shawna, Longmont, CO
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)
Ps. 1:1-3 ESV
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Darcy, Pittsburgh
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance 1 Corinthians 13:7, NLT
Peggyann Calderwood from Crestview, Florida
And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6B NIV
Shannon, Mandeville: Ps. 16:6 TNIV “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance”.
Rebecca, Las Vegas Nevada, “We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NET)
ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find it, knock and the door will be opened to you. NIV Matthew 7:7
John 8:12 HCSB
Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
Tammy
Ingleside, TX
Marsha R. Lexington Park, MD
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 2:5 ESV
Linda Hammett from Wake Forest, N.C. says;
Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in
His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12(NIV)
Lisa S. in Montgomery, TX
1 John 3:18 NIV
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.
Chandel in Thailand; 1 Chronicles 16:27
Splendor and majesty are before him, strength and joy in his dwelling place.
Lord your love is beyond my deepest comprehension.
Leanne Miller from Eden Prairie, MN
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. (Colossians 3:15 NIV)
Susan, Knoxville, TN
For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29 ESV
Kelly, Glenwood MD, ”
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.” NASB
Kelly, Glenwood, MD- oops forgot the scripture reference– Romans 12:9-13
“He make me lie down in green pastures, heleads me beside quiet waters.” Ps 23:2 NIV
1 Cor 3:6 NLT
I planted the seed in your hearts, and Appollus watered it, but it was God who made it grow.
Loris, SC
Darcy, Rosenberg, Tx “For kingship belongs to the Lord, and He rules over the nations.” Psalm 22:28 ESV
Janet Long from Clinton, MO
A gentle answer deflects anger.
Proverbs 15:1, NLT
Philippians 1:27 (NIV)
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.
Deb, Littleton, CO: “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
James 1:21 NKJV
Vivian
Birmingham, Alabama
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