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
“For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6
Wendy Smith, Plano TX So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. Heb 4:16 NLT
“So if you know the right way to live and ignore it, it is sin-plain and simple.” ~ James 4:17 (VOICE)
Alison from Southport, NC. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6. NKJV.
Lynn, Lancaster, KY
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who log for Him. Isaiah 40:18, HCSB
Let us then approach the 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 NLT
Nicole///Dallas//NLT//
Isaiah 6:10 “Harden the hearts of these people.
Plug their ears and shut their eyes.
That way, they will not see with their eyes,
nor hear with their ears,
nor understand with their hearts
and turn to me for healing.”
“Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts you double-minded.”
James 4:8. NLT
Sheryl Blake- Niles, MI “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” II Corinthians 3:18 NIV
Psalm 86: 4
Bring joy to your servant’s life, since I set my hope on You, Lord.
HCSB
Regina, Salado, TX
“For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.” 1 Peter 2:15 (NIV)
Kelly – Auburn, Al – “I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can so nothing.” John 15:5 NIV
But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. KJV Psalm 94:22
Vicki, Surprise AZ
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
Psalm 116:2 NIV
Rebecca, Chattanooga, TN
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
Psalm 130:5-6 ESV
Linda W. from Tomball, TX
“and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:5 (ESV)
Leslie Crawley, Flagstaff, AZ
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2
This is my second verse of a two-part verse. I did the first one last time.
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:21, NIV
Courtney, Houma, LA
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
Psalm 126:5-6, NLT
II Cor 10:4 (NIV)
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have the divine power to demolish strongholds.
emi, white house: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18 ESV
Vicki
Murfreesboro,TN
Matthew 5:16 (HCSB)
“In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in Heaven.”
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV
Pam Hendersonville NC
“O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt Thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Isaiah 35:1 KJV
Janice, Harrison, AR
“And I will betroth you to Me forever. I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.”
Hosea 2:19-20 ESV
Joanne, Callahan
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Psalm 25:4-5 (ESV)
Tami KC, MO
Deut. 30:6 NIV
The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
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)
Diane from Chesapeake, Va.
” Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.”
Romans 12:3 NIV
Nicole Turnquist from Selden, NY
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Melissa, LaGrange, GA Phillipians 2:13 (NIV)
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Berni, Albuquerque
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses,
so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
2Corinthians 12:9NET
Cathi, Morristown TN
Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted. (Ephesians 4:30, The Message)
Brianna from Huntsville, AL
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Job 13:15a (NKJV)
Jessica, Carlsbad, CA “She who belongs to God, hears what He says.” John 8:47a(NIV)
Eva, Knoxville- (cont.) Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent
and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
James 1:21 (NIV)
Rachel, Mt. Carmel, PA
2 Corinthians 2:14, NIV – “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.”
2 Timothy 4:3-5 (NRSV) “…for the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.”
Mei, Easley SC:
This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” Romans 4:22 NIV
Kristin, Searcy. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 (ESV)
Caitlin, McKinney, TX
“…If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV
Marilyn, Mission Viejo, CA
John 14:1 ESV
Your heart must not be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.
Lisa Mottin, Davidsville, PA
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
Dimy from Griffin, Ga.
“For in Him we live and move and have our being.”~Acts 17:28a (NIV)
Debbie Weaver, Cumming, Ga.
“In Him, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.” Ephesians 1:7-8 NIV
Whitney from Cape Girardeau, MO
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 NIV
Andrea Dublin, OH
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. NIV
Karla Dumal
Gulfport, MS
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:10 KJV
Donna Huneycutt, Mt. Pleasant NC
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
Jo Anne, Chicago
Call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.
Psalm 50:15 NIV