Hey, you Scripture memory friends! We have made it all the way to verse 7! I felt like doing another little video for you this time around. It just feels warmer to me this way even if a written post is far more orderly and includes far less rambling. These videos are rough and unpolished but they are from the heart. I’m so proud of your hard work and your perseverance. Often when I read through your entries, I wonder if I’m getting a little clue about some of your circumstances and challenges. I don’t miss how many of you are memorizing Scriptures that encourage you to forgive someone. I am also deeply moved as I see many memorize Scriptures that remind you that YOU are forgiven and that you have been completely cleansed and that the power of Christ’s cross extends to YOU. Other times I smile seeing countless women selecting verses to help them keep their mouths shut in situations. Still other times I sense through your selections how very much you want to love people the way Christ has called you to love. AND IT’S HARD.
Maybe I’m reading too much into all of this. Maybe what’s resonating with me about your selections is that I myself am desperate for them. I have people to forgive. I need to believe and know without a doubt that I am completely forgiven and cleansed. I absolutely need to shut my mouth more often. And I want to love the way Christ has called me to love and, yes, sometimes it is the hardest thing on earth for me.
Nothing is like the Word of God. He leaves nothing out.
Ok, Girls! I am continuing a segment of Ephesians 3 so here is my entry this time around:
Beth Moore, Houston. “That according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.” Ephesians 3:16 ESV
I sure love all of you and I am blessed beyond words to serve you! Press on and keep up your memory work!
April Anstey, St. John’s, NL, Canada
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
Psalm 130:5 (NIV)
*From a Sister, trying to find “my place”, I listened to that video this morning with tears on my cheeks and chills over my body – thank you.
Melissa Morrow, Pike Road, AL
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 32:8 ESV
Michelle, West Des Moines, IA
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 NLT
Barb from Richardson, TX. Psalm 119:92 the message “If Your revelation hadn’t delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.” 119:92
Cherie, Lakeland FL
Psalm 68:19 NIV
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
Who daily bears our burdens.
Margie Snyder, Groveland FL
Proverbs 3:3 (NIV)
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Janet Bell
Pinson, AL
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 150:6. NIV
Heather: Hempstead, TX”
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (NIV)
betty jane pedigo
franklin ky
NIV “Finally be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.” Eph.6:10
Carrie, Liberty, TX
“Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults…”
Ephesians 4:2 (TLB)
Correction–(NLT), not (TLB)
Melissa, Vicksburg, MS “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” Psalm 57:2 ESV
Bonnie, Alexandria, LA
“Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.” Habakkuk 2:4 NLT
Natalie, Houston,TX
Seek the Lord all you humble of the land, you who do what He commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility
Zephaniah 2:3 (NIV)
Judy, Satellite Beach, FL
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever! Psalm 111:10 (ESV)
Missy, Fuquay Varina, NC
“I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.”
(Psalm 130:5, NIV)
Sally Morton, Canon City, CO
Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
I forgot to add 1 Thessalonians 5:16
1thessalonians 5:16-18 🙂
Tara G.
Sherwood, AR
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin. Ps 17:3 (NIV)
Ashley Roth, Peachtree City, Ga.
When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 10:19 NAS
Rose, Ingleside, Texas For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a strong mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
Teach me thy way, O Yahweh; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Yahweh my Elohim, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest grave.
Psalm 86:11-13 RSB (Restoration Study Bible)
Laura, from Apopka, FL
God saved you by His grace when you believed. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.
Connie Walker, Houston, TX,
Galatians 2:20 NLT
My old self has been crucified with Christ.
It is no longer I who live,
but Christ lives in me.
So I live in this earthly body
by trusting in the Son of God,
who loved me
and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 NLT
Cullman,Al
It is God’s will that you should be sanctified(â€1 Thessalonians‬ â€4‬:â€3‬ NIV)
Gerie – Spring Grove, II. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 NIV
Today’s Verse 7 selection will be special for me, for it is my Birthday. May I continually remember the deep trust God faithfully offers for us to have in Him and may I live out of it and unto His love always. Big hearty blessings to the entire LPM community!! You make a difference!
Julia Posel, Munich, Germany. “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in Yahweh [the Lord] with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 AMP (adapted to the original Name of the Lord)
Much love to you all from across the big blue pond!
Dawn Skramstad, Saratoga Springs, NY “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near” Isaiah 55:6 ESV
Lisa, Abilene, TX
So teach us to number our days that we may present to you a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 (NASB)
Hi Lisa! This was my first verse this year. It’s a good one!
Dayton, Ohio
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
John 12:46 (NIV)
Valerie Maddox – Humble, Texas
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. (â€James‬ â€4‬:â€1-2‬ ESV)
I found your post! 🙂
Ginger, Charlotte, NC
“And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 (NIV)
Jill Greer, Medina, TN
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV
Scarlett N. – Savannah, GA
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (ESV)
Sherry Hayes – Raleigh, NC
` See , God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. Isaiah 12:2 NLT
Rebecca Enriquez, Orlando, FL
“Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.” Genesis‬ â€35‬:â€2-3‬, NIV
Judy of Marietta, Ga says: Peace I leave you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27
Laura, from Apopka , FL (once more with the reference!)
God saved you by His grace when you believed. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. Eph 2:8-10, NLT
Psaln 91:1-2
The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say to the Lord “My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
Debbie Robson. London, Ontario, Canada
For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 ESV
cathy moody
Newark, OH
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11 ESV
Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Dee Dee Fernanduna Beach, Florida
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Romans 12:13 ESV
Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. James 2:12 NET Laura, Englewood,
Emily McAnear, Corona, California
“The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.”
Proverbs 12:5, NIV
Mary Beth- Hudsonville, MI
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, Ephesians 3:14-16 NIV
Cindy Beam
Rogers, AR
“Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 (NIV)
Debbie Hernandez, Atascocita, Texas
“For this reason I kneel before the Father,” Eph. 3:14 NIV
I’m a little late to memorizing this passage but hearing it again today made we want to memorize it. I was so excited this morning when I was able to pray all 6 of my previous scriptures back to the Lord in my personal prayer time. My heart is full of Him.
Barbara Ford, Troy, MO
For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7 (NIV)
John 1:3 (RSV)
All things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made.
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to me except through the Father.” John 14:6 (NIV)