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
Karen – Nampa, ID – “Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 NIV
Kathy, Birmingham
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2 NIV
Rachel H., Alabama (Picked my verse, but forgot to post lol)
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28, 29 ESV)
Julie from Granbury, TX
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16 NIV)
pamela t., Fairmont, NC Hebrews 2:14-15 (NASB)
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
James 4:7 (NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ashley Pointer from Spring, Texas
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 NIV
All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2Timothy 3:16 NIV
Jennifer, Kailua, HI:
Psalm 77:16-The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
Moreen, Sydney Australia
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] (Philippians 3:10 AMP)
All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of the Lord stands forever. I Peter 1:24 NIV
Lisa, Mauldin, SC
He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the King.
Daniel 2: 22-23 (NIV)
Sarah, Lincoln, NE
“For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.” James 1:24 (HCSB)
Charm is deceptive and beauty does not last, but a women who fears the LORD will be greatly praised. Proverbs 31:30 NLT
Nicole A- Parrish, FL
It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
Deut. 13:4 (NIV)
Megan – Goodlettsville, TN
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
James 1:17 (NIV)
Shelley, Fort Walton Beach
“I thank and praise you, O God of my Fathers; you have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.”
Daniel 2:23(NIV)
Psalm 103:17-18(ESV)
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
Cindy, Biloxi, MS
May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Psalm 20:4 NIV
Toni, Greer, SC (Sorry it’s late!) I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry. 1 Timothy 1:12 NIV
Dawn Kornelson, Airdre, Alberta, Canada
Romans 5:1 NIV
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
JoAnn Columbus
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the gory of God. NIV
Laura
San Antonio, TX
James 5:16-18 NASB
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the sky poured rain, and the earth produced its fruit.”
Elizabeth, Gainesville, GA
“1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the word of life. 2. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with The Father, and has appeared to us. 3. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with The Father and with His son, Jesus Christ. 4. We write this to make our joy complete.”
I John 1:1-4, NIV
Psalm 54:6-7 ESV
“With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good. For he has delivered me from every trouble and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.”
Debbie, Fort Thomas, KY
“And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:19 NIV
Kim, Corning, NY. Luke 11:35 ESV “Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is healthy, your body is full of light; but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.”
Michelle – Chesapeake, VA
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 (NIV)
Kim from Bloomington, IL
The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”
— Numbers 11:23 NASB
But God shows His great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 NCV
Vicki, Lubbock, TX
The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
Psalm 126:3 NIV
Pam Houston ~ Buena Park, CA
“Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You:”
Psalms 139:21
Linda G. , Richmond, VA
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James 2: 26
Keaton Lovell McCurtain OK
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:13 NLT
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern whhat is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV
Amanda L.-Clinton, MO
“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:13 NIV
Christy, Jonesboro, AR
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Annette- Reno, NV
For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.
Psalm 103:14 NASB
Donalda, Osler, SK
Isaiah 54:10 (NIV)
“‘Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
Megan, Stow, OH No eye has see. No ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those that love Him. I Cor. 2:9 NIV
Angie
Anniston, Alabama
“Be still before The Lord and wait patiently for Him.”
Psalm37:7, NIV
Jamie, Crossett
“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ”
Ephesians 4:30 NASB
Kim Eshelman Lewisburg, PA
“He’s the one you must praise, He’s your God who has done such great and amazing things for you, as you’ve seen with your own eyes.” Deuteronomy 10:21`
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:4-5 NKJV
Donna, Fort Wayne, IN
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35 ESV)
Kim Safina
California
Peace Makers Who Sow In Peace Raise A Harvest Of Righteousness. James 3:18
Have A Blessed LPL This Weekend!Praying
Molly, Gainesville, GA
“with a view to an administration suitable to the fulless of the times,that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.”
Ephesians 1:10 NASB
Carolyn
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mark 10:9 BOOKS
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Wendy
Vero Beach
“With me (wisdom) are riches and honor,
enduring wealth and
prosperity.”
Proverbs 8:18
NIV – parentheses mine
NORTH FORT MYERS, FL
Set a guard over my mouth, o Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
PSALM 141:3 NIV