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
Kristen, Largo, FL Psalm 34:4 “I prayed to the Lord and He answered me, setting me free from all my fears.”
Melanie – Decatur, AL
2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
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
Allison Crook
Albuquerque, NM
“To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.”
Colossians 1:29 (NIV84)
For you bless the godly man, O Lord; you protect him with your shield of love.
Psalm 5:12 TLB
Debbie
Portland, OR
Beth P, Roswell, GA
“Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless His holy name!”
Psalm 103:1 ESV
Susan, Fort Worth, TX
Romans 12:18 NIV
[18] If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Karen Edlund
Rochester, MN
Isaiah 61:10a The Message
“I will sing for joy in GOD — explode in praise from deep in my soul!”
Andrea, Woodstock, GA
I have been crucified in Christ. I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galations 2:20 NIV
from Stanley, WI
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. I Corn. 15:3 NIV
Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Ps. 46:10 NIV
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. (Psalms 115:1 NLT)
Evansville, IN
“…so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God.” Phil 1:10-11 (NIV)
“Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.”
John 1:40-42a (NIV)
Catherine ~ Grants Pass, Oregon
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:13 (NIV)
Susan from Clinton, MS
Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he. I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4 NIV
Lezli Oklahoma City. OK
“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” Colossians 4:2 NLT
Atlanta, GA
“Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power.”
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
Tiffany, Summerville, SC
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God”. Matthew 5:9 NIV
Mikala from Boston
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4.8-9 NIV
Rita – Alva, Florida
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
Isaiah 43:2-3 (NLT)
Stephanie King – Richardson, TX
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hears and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 NIV
Geri
Deer Park, TX
2 Cor. 4:15 ESV
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God!
Maureen, St. Clair Shores, “God’s angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray”. (Psalm 34:7 Msg)
Judith, Orillia, Canada
2 Tim 1:8 (NIV)
So do not be ashaned of the testimony about our Lord or of me His prisoner.
Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
Lacie | Seattle
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
Laura, League City, TX:
The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14
Karen J from Westminster, MD
My soul finds rest in God alone, my salvation comes from Him.
Psalm 62:1 NIV
John 6:48 NIV
I am the bread of life.
Amanda C
Derby, KS
1 John 1:9. NIV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Vicki from Lake Jackson Texas
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever!
Psalm 71:26 NIV
Elsie – Scottsbluff, NE
Phil 1:20 (NASB)
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Nancy Coffey
Barboursville WV
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17 NIV
“Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.” Isaiah 30:18 NAS
Morag, Bishop, CA
“Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.”
Ephesians 1:11 (NLT)
Landry, Georgetown, TX
Proverbs 4:26 NIV
“Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.”
Connor, San Marcos, TX
Psalm 116:5-6 NIV
The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The Lord protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
Mary Ellen in Laurel, MT
“Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.” PS 66:16 NIV
Kathleen, Georgetown, TX
2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Nancy from Evansville, IN
The Spirit of The Lord will rest on him –
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power,
the Spirit of knowledge and fear of The Lord
Isaiah 11:2 NIV
Elaine
McVeytown
Psalm 91:1 NLT
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer though Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 NASB
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
Psalm 19:8 NIV
“The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.”
Concetta, White Oak, Isaiah 46:4 (NLT) “I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.”
Joan A., Dousman, WI
The Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.”
Jeremiah 1:9 NIV
Carol from The Woodlands, TX
“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.” James 1:27 NIV
Betty, Austin, Texas Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. NIV
Whitney Caves
Clinton, MS
Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he. I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you
who directs you in the way that you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17
Romona, Rosewood Heights,
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 ESV
Lori, Owasso, OK
Proverbs 31:27
New Living Translation (NLT)
27 She carefully watches everything in her household
and suffers nothing from laziness.