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!
Jamie, Wichita, KS
[Love] takes pleasure in the flowering of truth
Puts up with anything
Trusts God always…
1 Corinthians 13:7a The Message
Smithfield, NC
Phillipians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Colette, Mesa, AZ
“But I will not take my love from him,
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.”
Psalm 88:33 NIV
Psalm 89:33 NOT 88:33
Lori, Louisville, Ky
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, present your requests to God and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7
Jenni S from Pittsburgh, PA
Matthew 7:12-14 ESV
“So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Giovana Cavarretta, Boca Raton, FL
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.” (NLT)
Michelle from Waterloo, ON, Canada
Turn your worries over to the Lord. He will keep you going. He will never let godly people be shaken. Psalm 55:22 NIRV
Broken Arrow, OK, because You are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings. I follow close to You; Your right hand holds on to me. (Psalms 63:7-8 HCSB)
Lynette, Nashville, TN
I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. (Psalms 119:93 NASB)
Kim Bunting, Colfax, LA
Be joyful 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
Betsy Roberts – Antwerp, Ohio
“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
Deuteronomy 2:2-3 ESV
Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward.
Vanessa Thompson-Texarkana,Tx.
I love you, God!
You make me strong !
Psalm 18:1
Brielle, from Loma Linda, CA
Psalm 94:18-19 (NIV)
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.
Bethany,La. 1 Peter 1:13 prepare your minds for action; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Pam, Wassenaar, The Netherlands. Isaiah 26:3 (NIV) You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
James 1:19-20 “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”
Sara McPeek, Decatur, TX
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9 NIV
Savannah Beard
Cullman, Alabama
” For God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”
1 Corinthians 6:20
Brenda, Ottawa, ON, Canada – 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
Jessica, Meriden, CT
Deuteronomy 11:7-8 (NLT)
But you have seen all the LORD’s mighty deeds with your own eyes!
8 Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and occupy the land you are about to enter.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. (Micah 7:8 NIV)
Auburn, AL
Walker, LA:
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV)
Janice
Arcanum, OH
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12 NASB)
Bobbi, Lake City, FL. “For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. Psalm 84:11(NLT)
Kasyn Peacock, Longview, Texas
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10b (ESV)
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce if the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. Habakkuk 3:17-19 ESV
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with praises, psalms and hymns of thanksgiving to God. Whatever you do, do in the name of the Lord!
Col 3:16-17
Inge Hoogerhuis, Carme, IN
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NIV
Susan in Grand Rapids, Michigan
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 ESV
Joan, New Windsor, Maryland
Memorizing the Romans Road so I have 2 this time as they are short.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 NIV
For the wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Donna Garvin, Eldorado, Texas: He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:6 (NIV ’84)
Jody from Sarcoxie says:
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10 NIV
Stacy from Carmel
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come”. And let the one who hears say “Come”. And let the one who is thirsty come, Let the one who desires take the water of life without price. Revelation 22:17 ESV
Chandra J. Centerton, AR
Call him Jesus for it is he who will save his people.
Matthew 1:21 (niv)
Whitney Holder, Wilmington, NC. “the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.” (Ephesians 3:15 NLT)
Courtney of Fort Collins, CO: “who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.” Psalm 15:5 NIV
Crystal in Colorado Springs, CO
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
Kris, Treasure Island Fl
“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and it grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Kris
Correction: “not” grow weary
Christine Thurston, Gypsum CO
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. (Ephesians 5:2 NKJV)
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
Job 19:26
NIV
Shelly Slagle, Mount Ulla, NC
yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:18 ESV)
d’Ann from Moultrie, Georgia
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heartand lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight.
Samantha
Marion, IN
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,”
Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Jeannine from Pelican Rapids, MN
Philippians 2:13, ESV
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Barb of Indiana 1 Peter 4: 14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Terry in Louisa, VA
Colossians 3:12 NIV
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Isaiah 43:1
The Lord who created you O Isreal says, “Do not be afraid
I have ransomed you. I have called you by name and you are mine.”
Cathy Clark, Umatilla, FL
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (NIV)
Denise Ciofani, Lexington, NC. “For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.” Ephesians 5:23.