I AM SO PROUD OF YOU I COULD DO TEN CARTWHEELS!!!!!
LET YOURSELF FEEL THE HOLY NOD OF GOD THIS WONDERFUL DAY, MY BELOVED SISTER.
YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT HE ESTEEMS AS TREASURE BEYOND PRICE.
HE HAS LISTENED INTENTLY EVERY TIME YOU’VE SAID A VERSE OUT LOUD AND RECOGNIZED THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE WITH DEEP AFFECTION.
HE HAS BEHELD YOUR RADIANT FACE, DAUGHTER OF GOD, AND FOUND YOU SO LOVELY.
LET YOURSELF HEAR HIS COMMENDATION THIS DAY.
LET HIM SAY “WELL DONE” TO YOU.
Oh, Jesus was so worthy of all this work, wasn’t He, Sister???
You have been a stellar group and you’ve kept to the exact instructions with every single entry, limiting them to the verse alone. This time when you leave your verse, you get to leave a comment with it. Testify! Boast in the Lord! Tell us a specific way God used this year of Scripture memory in your priceless life.
THEN, click this!
Beth, Houston. Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:2b-3 ESV
I love you so much I could cry. Thank you for the privilege to serve you.Â
Melissa, Augusta, GA
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints.
Ephesians 1:18, NIV
Phyllis
Gilmer, Tx
NIV Genesis 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”
Noreen
Calgary, AB
“My salvation and my honour depend on God, he is my mighty rock, my refuge.”
Psalm 62:7 (NIV)
As I look at my 24 verses written on index cards and taped to my mirror in my bathroom I am amazed and so grateful to The Lord for the journey of this past year and the verses that have become so meaningful to me! They have been my structure, my soundtrack, and my undergirding! Some of them are not as solidly engrained in my memory as I would like, but I will continue to work on them. Praise God for his Word that is living and active and sharper than a two-edged sword! Hallelujah indeed!!!
Deborah from Calgary Canada …Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
I have been asking The Lord to show me how to love like He loves and the scriptures that were brought to mind each two weeks were a direct answer to that prayer of mine. He has showed me rich and lush pastures of how to love. Amazing God!!!
Janet Long Clinton, MO
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 NLV
Paula, Brownwood, Texas
I will hurry, without delay, to obey Your commands.
Psalm 119:60. NLT
my mind is being renewed, and I can see the benefits of “healthy” thinking in my everyday life! His presence is so much closer. (I am so much closer to His presence). Thank you for leading us in this wonderful adventure and discipline.
Natalie Dawes, Calgary, AB, Canada
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
1 Cor. 10:31 (NIV)
The thing I loved the most was experiencing in such a real way one of the key promises I learned in the Believing God study: God’s word is alive and active in me!
Can’t wait to meet many siestas in Houston this January! Merry Christmas and God’s richest blessings on you and yours in 2014.
Joanne Orange Tx
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James1:17 NIV
Barbara, Birmingham, Al
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us
Romans 5:8 NIV
Thank you, Beth, for challenging us and motivating us to do this! I also enjoy reading the verses posted by others in this group!
Psalm 62:7 NIV
My salvation and my honor depend on God; His is my mighty rock, my refuge. .
Thank you Beth, for loving women like no one else can. Merry Christmas all of you ladies out there!!
CHRISTIE – Graham, WA
“Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God to receive glory and honor and power, for Thou didst create all things and because of Thy will they existed and were created.”
Rev. 4:11 NASB
I’ve fallen in love with His Word afresh this past year by memorizing it consistently…and God has convicted my heart that He is asking me to keep up this blessed commitment of hiding a verse in my heart very two weeks until I go home.
Sherry
Oklahoma
Ps. 91:15-16 NLT
15 “When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.”
16 “I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”
“Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he [she] has done.” ~ Revelation 22:12 NIV
God used this year of Scripture memory to help me keep my focus on Him, instead of all that was going on in my life and the lives of my family. Truly a blessing!
Judy Sommerville, Fairmont, MN
Sing to God, sing praise to His name, extol Him who rides on the clouds – His name is the Lord – and rejoice before Him. Psalm 68:4 (NIV)
This is the first time I have memorized scripture since 40 years ago at summer camp. I am TOTALLY amazed that I actually did it!
I decided to focus mostly on verses that had to do with fear and God’s love for me — two things I struggle with. Oh boy – what a year I had and how I needed to fall back on those verses. My mom had heart problems late summer and I shared a verse with her over the phone when she was in the hospital. Then she had a serious stroke in September. I have prayed those verses for myself and said them to my mom when she was in the hospital. She has squeezed my hand in thanks. She cannot talk, but it’s obvious how God’s word speaks to her. I hope to continue to use these verses to encourage my mom and my dad.
(See you in January!)
Emily, Topeka, Kansas
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:11 (NIV)
Terri from Winchester, Va
“For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:37
I have truly been “transformed by the renewing of my mind”!
Marta, Anchorage
6Â For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
What a wonderful community! I have appreciated the accountability and another way to claim victory in the morning. Thru a year of significant change and twins due in early Feb, I am grateful for the ‘conditioning’ and encouragement of this discipline. Thanks be to God and His many hands and feet serving here!
Bethany, Spring, TX
“See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily.”
Colossians 2:8-9, ESV
Terri, Papua New Guinea. “the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121:8, NIV.
Amy; Milton, WA
“Your Savior is born today in the town of David, he is Christ, the Lord.”
Luke 2:11, NCV
Amy, Houston:
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. He will send from heaven & save me; He will put to shame him who tramples me. God will send out His steadfast love & faithfulness!
(Psalm 57:2-3 ESV)
Kathleen, Tallahassee,FL:
“Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
Who is the King of glory?
The LORD of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah”
Psalm 24:9&10 (NASB)
Kathleen, Tallahassee, FL:
These scriptures have gone with me on my morning walks with the Lord. They have inspired another sister in Christ to make a spiral notebook and memorize scriptures, too this year. I praise the LORD and King of glory! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Sherri from Albuquerque, “Honor and majesty are found in His presence, strength and joy are found in His sanctuary.” 1 Chron. 16:27 (AMP)
Sharon, Modesto, Ca.
Micah 7:7 NIV
But a for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior my God will hear me!!!!
God hears my prayers and the scripture I’ve learned testifies to His faithfulness!! Each verse has spoken to me and sometimes months later as I reviewed it. God is my source!!! :o)
THank you for offering this opportunity it has been a great blessing!
Julia, Whidbey Island, WA: “Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:2b-3 ESV
Sooo grateful for the “Scripture-brain-washing” the SSMT did for me this year! Glory!
Deb, Loveland, Colorado – “Now, this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us!” I John 5:14 (NKJV)
Emily, Loveland, Colorado – “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12 (ESV)
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)
Thank you so much, Beth, for putting together the SSMT – what a blessing it has been in my life this past year!! The Lord always knows exactly what we need and I thank Him for bringing this into my life at the perfect time!!
Sarah, Bracknell, UK
“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.”
Hebrews 4v15 NAS
Kim, Valdosta, GA
Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. Hebrews 12:1-4, NJKV
Jill, Williamsburg
Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:2b-3 ESV
I love memorizing scripture with you all. See you in Jan.!
Paula Stemple, Marlinton, WV
He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. (Psalms 147:3 NKJV)
Psalm 91:2 NIV
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
We are blessed beyond measure. Why are we chosen to receive such mercy and grace?! Thank you, friends in Christ, for this opportunity to grow in his word. Thank you, Jesus!
Kimberly, Watha, Revelation 3:20 NKJV
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Thank you for the opportunity to do this. Even though I have not kept up with my verses as well as I would like, it has encouraged me to be in the Word, and look to the Lord. Also, as I haven’t had a church this year, this has been like a women’s group for me. So encouraging to hear Beth’s encouragement in the Lord each time, and to have a sense of Christian fellowship. Thank you again!
Paula, O’Fallon.
May be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are. Ephesians 3:18 RcV
What a fitting verse to end on as I journey through Ephesians. It takes all of us together to apprehend the vastness of God. Thank you all for being part of one of the communities in which I enjoy knowing Him more.
Heather-Louisville
“but one is tempted by one’ sown desire, being lured and enticed by it; then when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and that sin when it is fully grown gives birth to death. Do not be deceived, my beloved.”
James 1:14-16 (NRSV)
Love having the word hidden in my heart!
Marie-Franklin, TN
I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
Isaiah 45:3 WEB
Olda, Huntsville
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Â
(Philippians 2:9-11) ESV
Roxanne, Hummelstown, Pa
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
(ESV 1Peter:9-10)
Melody
Myrtle Beach, SC
“And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Luke 1:47
Like many other siestas, I’ve “run into” my memory verses in other places (devotions, friends, Bible studies, church sermons, etc) and it makes His Word come alive even more! The Lord has taught me this year through my circumstances that He was there all along, that He’s FAITHFUL! And I believe that memorizing these Scriptures has been a training for me in being faithful and committed to Him. I can’t believe I finished this time! Glory to Him!
Julia Stevens Hill — Anniston, Alabama
Isaiah 58:11 NIV
The LORD will guide you always;
He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land;
He will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind. I Cor. 14:15 NIV
Donna, Odessa, fl
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in The Lord always, again I will say rejoice.
Habakkuk 3:18
I will still be glad in The Lord; I will rejoice in my God, my Savior.
Britt, Burlington, NC. A man’s wisdom gives him patience, it is to his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 NIV. This is the FIRST time I have memorized scripture verses in my life- I am 34. It has been wonderful! At first I had no idea what verse to choose, so I usually memorized Beth’s, but now I am flooded with verses and have a hard time choosing which one. I found myself finding time to practice saying them during time that otherwise would have been wasted: driving or waiting in lines at stores. God bless you Beth and all the staff at Living Proof ministries for bringing this idea to me in a new way… a way that would help me to actually do it!
Vanessa from Victoria, TX
The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. (Romans 4:23, 24 NIV)
Jill, Fort Worth, TX.
‘The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.’
Exodus 14:14
Thank You Lord for this ministry and the wonderful women supporting me during this trying month. I know you have a great plan; I will be still and wait for your victory. Amen
Linda, little rock, AR. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and it’s flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. James 1:11. NASBU
Stacey in Mount Pleasant, SC
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 NIV
This has been a wonderful experience and will be everlasting in my mind as I hear the Lord speak to me through these verses. Thank you ladies for giving me a great verse at times when I could not choose one on my own 🙂