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!
Karen Green, Valrico, FL
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.
Acts 4:12 HCSB
Connie-Fulton, KY
Then he said to them all; “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 NIV 1984
Robyn Cross
Blue Springs Mo
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (â€Galatians‬ â€5‬:â€1‬ ESV)
colfax, LA-Psalm 18:16 “He reached down from heaven and rescued me. He drew me out of deep water” (NIV)
Rhonda Nelson, Grapevine, TX
“Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He will strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14 NKJV
Tina Crouch
Waxahachie, Texas
Romans 12:12 NIV
Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Keri Lynn Smith, Macon
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults,in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10, NIV
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NKJV
Sue, from Wolfeboro, NH
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Lauralee Courtney
Austin, TX
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. Ephesians 3:14-15 NIV
Lisa Walden – Grand Prairie Tx
Matthew 13:58 NIV
[58] And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
Jessica Lance, Shelby, NC, “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:22 NKJ
“Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.” ~ Nehemiah 4:14b ESV
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Philippians 4:4-5 NLT
Carol, Conyers , GA
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:13 (NIV)
Vonda, Thorntown, IN
Psalm 141:3 NIV
“Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.”
Colossians 3:13 ESV
“Bearing with one another and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as The Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive”
Evelyn Anne from Macon, GA
It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:5-7, ESV
Karen Stark
Tallahassee,FL
6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7 ESV
Tapanga Bois, Bradenton Florida. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
Claire Veronie, Tomball, TX
“Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.” Psalm 116:7 NASB
Rhonda McKamie, Oklahoma City
Ephesians 5:14, NIV
for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:
“Wake up, O sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Karin
Medina, MN
“This is what The Lord says:
Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Jeremiah 6:16 NIV
MiChal Hall, College Station, TX — “In You, LORD my God, I put my trust…Show me Your ways , LORD, teach me Your paths.” (Psalm 25:1,4 NIV)
Leslyn, Houston, TX
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.”
Lamentations 3:22 NLT
Betty Murphrey, Wendell, NC
Psalm 33:20-22 HCSB
We wait for Yahweh;
He is our help and shield.
For our hearts rejoice in Him
because we trust in His holy name.
May your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,
for we put our hope in You.
Rachel D., Clawson, MI
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Valarie, Cincinnati, OH “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have the power together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Eph 3:17-18 NIV
Heather Hart, Seymour, TX – “Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” ~ James 4:17 ESV
Vanessa from Calgary
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV
Kathie Dini -Alburtis, Pa I Chronicles16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. NIV
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Exodus 14:14 (NIV) “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Patty Pierce
Searcy, AR
Psalm 116: 1-2 NLT
I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! (â€Psalms‬ â€116‬:â€1-2‬ NLT)
Andi Crumrine, Rockwall, TX
“for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
1 Peter‬ â€1‬:â€9‬ NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares The Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a Hope and a Future.” -Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Hannah Hancock from Winter Haven, FL
“does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;”
1 Corinthians 13:6
(NKJV)
Deb H from E TN
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 HCSB
Stephanie and 12 yr old daughter Madison, Louisville, KY
Eph 3:16 (rsv)
“that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened in might through His Spirit in the inner man”
Amy, from Petal, MS
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.”
Nahum 1:7 (HCSB)
Michelle Wynne, Spokane, WA
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7 NIV
Kerry Devlin, Winona Lake Indiana
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:11 NIV
Eveline Jansen – Swifterbant- The Netherlands
Luke 22:42-43New King James Version (NKJV)
42 saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” 43 Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.
Boise, ID
Psalm 62:5. KJV
“My soul, waits thou ONLY on God; for MY EXPECTATION is from Him.”
Psalm 139:7
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?”
Lynn Hildenbrand, Easton, MD
Proverbs 31:20 NIV
She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
Mary, Frisco, TX 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Berni, Albuquerque
“Jesus refused, again backing his refusal with Deuteronomy:
‘Worship the Lord your God and only the Lord your God.
Serve him with absolute single-heartedness'” Luke 4:8 MSG
Pat Jones, Springfield, MO “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
Dawn, Orland Park, IL: “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.” Luke 6:40 (NIV)