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
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 NIV
Crystal, Phoenix
Acts 4:19-20 NIV
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Gina from Ruston, LA
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. Zechariah 4:6 NIV
Valerie, Clinton, Me
“There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.” Deuteronomy 33:26 NIV
Donna
Franklin, TN
“…those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”
Proverbs 11:25 (NLT)
Becca, Camp Pendleton, CA.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” ~ Matthew 6:21 NIV
Judy Heindl – Cottageville WV
Isaiah 33:6 KJV “and wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation:
the fear of the LORD is his treasure.”
Faye from Calgary AB,Canada
“I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed.” Ezekiel 36:26 MSG
Jeri of Missouri City, Tx
John 17:17 (NIV)
Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.
Joretta W.,
Waxahachie, TX
“For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace”
NASB
Leah, KCMO
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Deuteronomy 10:12 NKJV
Paula from Denver, Co
Isaiah 41:10 N.I.V.
So, do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will stregthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Soozi, Lexington, KY.
1 John 4:4 (ESV) Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Amy, Seattle, “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 NIV
O God, you are my God. Earnestly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NIV
Southlake, TX
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be” Matthew 6:21 NIV
For this is what the master, the LORD, the Holy One of Israel says: “If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.” Isaiah 30:15, NET
“The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.” (Isaiah 58:11a)
NLT
Corley in Conway, AR:
“Though she may stumble,
She will not fall,
For the Lord upholds her
with his hand.”
Psalm 37.24, NIV
Leigh Ann
Gallatin, TN
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5 NIV)
Amy
Flint, TX
O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go.” whether to the right or to the left.
Isaiah 30:19 & 21 NLT
Allison Moldenhauer – Huntsville, TX
James 5:5-8 (NIV)
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Tracy, Kountze, Tx.
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, Ephesians 3:20 NASB
Diane E, Charleston, IL
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Philippians 4:12 NIV
Michelle W
Boynton Beach, FL
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. I Timothy 1:17 NKJV
Suzanne, Birmingham: “Remember every road that GOD led you on for those forty years in the wilderness, pushing you to your limits, testing you so that he would know what you were made of, whether you would keep his commandments or not.” Deuteronomy 8:2 MSG
Lisa Braun
Warman, SK Canada
Be very careful then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise.
Ephesians 5:15 NIV
We just had Mary Kasian speak at our annual women’s conference this past weekend and what a great word for us!
Leanne, Billings, MT
“The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”
Proverbs 22:4
Virginia in Elgin, Tx
2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV)
Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.
My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Ps. 73:26 (NIV)
Sue
Carmel, IN
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16-17a
Karessa, Peoria IL: 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
Caitlin Long
Demopolis, AL
“You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.” 1 Corinthians 7:23 NIV
Skeet from Monroe, GA.
James 2:8 (NIV)
If you really keep the royal law found in scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself”, you are doing right.
Donna, Odessa, FL
Psalm 4:8
I will lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O LORD,make me dwell in safety.
Stacy
Houston, Tx
“Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
Galatians 5:1, HCSB)
Jana, Brenham, TX
1 Thessalonians 2:8
“Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.”
Tisha
Pilot Mtn, NC
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
Isaiah 26:3 KJV
Ps 100:4 NIV
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalm 103:13-14 NIV 84
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
Glo in Houston says:
Forsake not Wisdom, and she will keep, defend, and
protect you; Love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 4:6 (TAB)
Trinna, Covington, “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 NIV
Blanche, Pearland, TX
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
I John 5:11-13 KJV
Kim, Pearland, TX
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wiat for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:13-14 NIV
Dayna, Bedford, VA
because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
Romans 6:7 NIV
Edmond, OK
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. (Romans 12:11 NIV)
Julie Hanford, ca. Stand your ground putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of Gids righteousness. Ephesians 6:14
Becky, Stromsburg, NE
Psalm 29:11 KJV
The Lord will give strength unto his people;
the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Rebecca Stewart
Julian, NC
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Tanya, from Lorton, VA
21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
I Corinthians 1:21-22 (NIV)