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
Danielle S.
Garden City, KS
Phil. 4:5 (NIV)
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Lindy I. White of OK City
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6, NIV
James 4:10 (NIV)
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 5:8 (NIV)
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Ange & Bitsy Girl, Idaho: 2 peter 3:18 (Kid adapted) Grow in the Grace and Knowledge of God.
Ruth Hency from Oran, Mo. “In my father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:2-3 KJV
Rita Brown
Midland, TX
And God is able to bless you abundantly,
so that in all things at all times,
having all that you need,
you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
Kirby from Parsons, KS
“I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who do not need to repent.” Luke 15:7 NIV
Natalie from Frisco, TX
“No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in may see the light.” Luke 11:33 NIV
Karen, Nampa, Id “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.” Romans 12:17 NIV
Concetta, White Oak, Isaiah 33:2 (CEV)
“Please, Lord, be kind to us! We depend on you. Make us strong each morning, and come to save us when we are in trouble.”
Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. (John 16:24 NASB)
Shelly Wilson, Fort Worth, TX
Galatians 5:17 (HCSB) – For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.
Sherry
Oklahoma
Psalms 91:11 NLT
“For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.”
Riverton UT
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17
Laura , Katy! TX. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles, so we can comfort those in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV
stephanie, houston
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord, and abhor those who rise up against you?
Psalm 139:21 NIV
Sharon
Modesto, CA.
Ps. 119:73 YOUR hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
Sharron
Spring, TX
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.
Phil 4:8 NIV
Carol Wilson
Choctaw, OK
Ps. 42:1. – As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, God. Holman
Rena, Tulsa. “…God chooses people according to his own purposes; he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.” -Romans 9:11b-12a NLT
Peggy from Homer, IL
Psalm 63:2-3
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
Inez Barnes
Hamburg, AR
James 4:8 NIV
Come near to God and He will come near to you.
Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double minded
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:11-12 NIV
Cheryl Primeaux, Pensacola, FL
Matthew 6:21 NIV
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Marcia Jordon, Fulton, MO
2 Corinthians 4:13
It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore we speak.
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Phil. 4:5 (NIV)
Matt 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Psalm 37:4 NIV
“Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Bethany, Frisco, TX
Exodus 14:14 (NIV)
The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.
Alicia, Riverton, Utah
Ezekiel 36:26, ESV
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Billie, Greenville, KY “If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.” 1 Corinthians 8:2 ESV
This God – His way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him. Ps. 18:30, ESV
Gina, Tulsa
..love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 peter 1:22 NIV
Cherilyn M., Colfax NC
For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it with good things.
Psalm 81:10 NLT
Paula, Maine
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 NLT
Humble yourselves before the Lord,
and he will lift you up.
James 4:10 NIV
Alicia, Gulfport, MS
Do I not hate those who hate you O Lord, and abhor those who rise against you? Psalm 139:21NIV
Acts 16:31 NKJV
So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Matia, Fort Worth, TX
“My dearly loved brothers, understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,” James 1:19 HCSB
Angela, Greenville OH
No may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situations. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Isaiah 40:28-29
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God; the creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Georgine
Austin, Texas
Angie M – Macon, MS
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10, NKJV
Kathy French,Austin,
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself, “the Lord is my portion, therefore will I wait for Him. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:22-25 NIV
Natalie
Austin, Tx
In his heart a man plans his course, but The Lord determines his steps.
Prov. 16:9 NIV
Emily Byrd; Baton Rouge, LA
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:21
Emily Byrd; Baton Rouge, LA
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 10:21 (NASB)
Lise Ode, Cumming, GA
And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 NAS
Ephesians 1:23
…which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.
Mary
Woodway, Texas
“There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.”
Ecclesiastes 3:4 NLT