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
Sarah, Colorado Springs, CO
Song of Songs 4:1 NIV
Oh how beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful!
Vickie Henderson
Russellville Ar
HCSB
Ps 34:14
Turn away from evil and go what is good; seek peace and pursue it
Sandy, Clatskanie OR
Psalm 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; o let me not wander from thy commandments. (KJV)
Louisville, KY
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:15 HCSB
Shelley, from Bolivar, MO.
“For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 ESV
Ruth, Shawnee, KS
Psalm 112:7 (NIV) — They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
Tessa from Nacogdoches TX
Exodus 20:6 HCSB
but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commands.
Bethany, Spring, TX
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
Revelation 4:11, ESV
Mitzi from Long Beach
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For 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.
Romans 8: 37-38 NIV
Janice Victoria BC
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
Psalm 91:4 NAS
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his spirit. 1 John 4:14 NIV
Hebrews 10:23 – NIV – ( personalized )
( Oh, dear LORD, please help me ) to hold un-swervingly to the hope we ( I ) profess, for HE who promised IS
FAITHFUL !
Jennifer Olmstead
Janesville, Wisconsin
Jenn, Frederick, CO
Isaiah 32:18
My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,
in secure homes,
in undisturbed places of rest.
Odessa, TX
“Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in Youl
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life” Psalm 143:8 NIV
Nitsa, Eugene, OR “My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to Thy word.” Psalm 119:28 NAS
Beth, London, U.K. “That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.” (1 Timothy 4:10, NIV)
Katherine, Atlanta, GA
Psalm 100 – The Message
On your feet now—applaud God!
Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.
3 Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn’t make him.
We’re his people, his well-tended sheep.
4 Enter with the password: “Thank you!”
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.
5 For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.
Susan – Statesville, NC
For God has not given us a spirit of fear , but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Tim. 1:7
k.joy from Lancaster, PA
But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
Jeremiah 17:7 NLT
“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:34 (MSG)
I John 2:3
And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
Beth, Mansfield, Texas
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV)
Lisa from Waycross, GA
Donna from Albany, GA
Philippians 4:6-7 (HCSB)
“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Isaiah 26:4
Trust in The Lord forever, for The Lord, The Lord himself is the Rock eternal.
MaryJo, Indianapolis, IN
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
Margaret from Summerfield, FL
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Isaiah 26:3 – NIV
Kathi, Jacksonville, Fl “Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for him, for God is our refuge.”-Psalm 62:8 NIV
courtney, chicora. “Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return.” James 5:7 NLT
“It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness and the light dwells with Him.”
Daniel 2:22 NASB
Jayne- Frisco, TX
Jennifer, Cullman, AL
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. (Psalm 143:8 NIV)
Jen Lee, Ames, Iowa: “Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 (NET)
2 Corinthians 4:18
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. NIV
Dawn, West Monroe, LA
“He is your praise & He is your God, who has done for you those great & awesome works your eyes have seen. Deuteronomy 10:21 HCSB
Phyllis, Irvine, CA “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6 (NIV)
Robin Freeman~~Garland TX
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then. and do not let yourselves be burned again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5 :1
Mary Beth, Chiang Mai Thailand, Psalms 57:8 NIV Awake my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn!
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Ps. 90:12 ESV
Melissa, Columbus, OH
“Be joyful always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thess. 5:16-18 (NIV)
Allison L. Tulsa, OK
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV
“As the heavens are night than the Earth, so are My ways higher than yours,My thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9
…”those who promote peace have joy”. Proverbs 12:20
Johanna, Carlsbad CA
1 Timothy 1:6 (NIV)
“For godliness with contentment is great gain.”
Susan B. Chapin, SC
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV
Teresa, Orange City. For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is ti able to do so. Romans 8:6-7 NET
Lisa Walden from Grand Prairie Tx
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Natalie-Austin, Tx
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
NIV
Laurin, Harrisburg, NC – “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for The Lord has been good to you.” Psalm 116:7 NIV
Tshaka; Belgium; For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it.
Proverbs 8:11 NLT
“Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.” 1 Samuel 12:20
“A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.” Proverbs 22:16 NLT