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
April Jones, Springfield, IL
Romans 8:39
No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
NLT
AMEN!
Lindsay from Boston, MA: “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 NIV
Beth,Troy
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.” Isaiah 12:2(NIV)
Danielle from Cedar Park, TX
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Marcia – Portland OR
2 Corinthians 3:6 ASB (Part2)
. . . who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit give life.
Suzanne Bailey, Harrisville
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
James 3:16 NIV
WendyC – Cheyenne, WY.
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT
Cindy – Houston
He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. – Deuteronomy 10:21 NIV
Fay, Springfield, MO
Isaiah 45:3 NLT
And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness–secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am The Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
Jane from Geneseo,Illinois
Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and lofty One says– he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
(NIV)
Temple, TX
Phillipians 2: 3 & 4 NIV
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Dianne Jones, Fairfield, CA – “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.” (2 Chronicles 20:17 ESV)
Kristin Cho; Northville, Michigan
John 10:14, 27-28 NIV
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
no one can snatch them out of my hand.”
Amen
Chris, Seattle, WA
Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Sheryl, PA
But thanks to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
2 Cor. 2:14
Melissa, Katy, TX, 2 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
Amy from Everett, WA
I have set the LORD always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
Psalm 16:8 (NKJV)
Gail Tyler,TX
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.
Revelation 21:4 NKJV
Sara, Sioux City
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
And in His word I do hope.
Psalm 130:5 NKJV
Sarah Whitt Fort Worth TX
“Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: Yahweh — Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,”
Exodus 34:6 HCSB
Gail, McDonough, Ga
He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.
Deuteronomy 10:21 (NIV)
“He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out roots by the stream.
It does not fear when the heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:8 NIV
Linda, Fort Collins, CO
Judy from Lake Charles, LA
“The wicked borrow and do not repay, but
the righteous give generously;”
Psalms 37:21 (NIV)
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light” Ephesians 5:8 NIV
Patti, Phoenix AZ Haggai 1:5 [NIV] “Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.”
Chyrll, Cordova, TN: But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me. John 15:21 NASB
Barb~St Cloud, MN~”For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Kay Martin
Tupelo, MS
“But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.”
Psalm 52:8 NIV
Sandy E. from Kansas City, Missouri: But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 AMP
Melissa, Greensburg, Kentucky – “For God hath NOT given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. “- II Timothy 1:7, KJV
Sacramento, CA
Taste and see that the Lord
is good;
Blessed is the man who takes refuge
in him.
Psalm 34:8 NIV
De Anna- Greenville SC
(can yall believe we are almost to the end of this year!!!)
1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
Elaine, Littleton, CO
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
The Lord your God is with you, he is might to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Angie W. from Liberty, Missouri: But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 AMP
Heather
Little Rock, AR
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me.” (John 10:27, 28 NLT)
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
1 Cor. 14:33A. (NKJV)
For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.
Rene’, Cape Girardeau, MO
I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:1-3 NIV
Delores O.
Lake Stevens, WA
But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:43-45 NLT
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
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.
Lamentations 3: 22-23 (NIV)
Diana, East Peoria, IL
…love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life…
Deuteronomy 30:20 NIV
Colleen, Glen Ellyn, IL
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:25
ESV
Gena Gilbert, Rowlett, Texas
“You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar”
Psalm 139:2 NIV
Zoe L. from Oklahoma City
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
Thanks, Beth!
Annette, Stouffville ON Canada
Psalm 109:30
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.
NKJV
Terry, Washington, IL
Deuteronomy 10:21 HCSB
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.
Debra, San Antonio, TX.
“God is good to one and all; everything He does is suffused with grace.”
Psalm 145:9 MSG
suffused: to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light.
Betty, Wendell, NC
Philippians 3:12-14 PH
Yet, my brothers, I do not consider myself to have “arrived” spiritually, nor do I consider myself already perfect. But I keep going on, grasping ever more firmly that purpose for which Christ grasped me. My brothers, I do not consider myself to have fully grasped it even now. But I do concentrate on this: I leave the past behind and with hands outstretched to whatever lies ahead I go straight for the goal–my reward the honour of being called by God in Christ.
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
I Peter 1: 8-9
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
“Come to me all you who are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28