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!
Meredith in Columbus, Ohio: I know, dear God, that you care nothing for the surface- you want us, our true selves- and so I have given from the heart, honestly and happily. – 1 Chronicles 29:17 (MSG)
Mandy Blake, Proctor, WV
“if you seek if like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and discover the knowledge of God” Proverbs 2:4-5 (HCSB)
*if you seek it like silver*
Ginger – West Virginia
Romans 8:15 NCV
The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”
Amy from Big Lake, MN
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the 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.”
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.
1 Peter 5:6 NASB
Tatiana, Houston, TX. “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:22 NIV
Memphis, Tn. Philippians 4:1 ESV
“Therefore my brothers*(*my brothers and sisters) whom I love and long for, my joy and crown,
stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. “
Karen A. Minot,ND
Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within,the unfolding beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 1 Peter 3:3-4
Yates Center, KS
Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
2 Timothy 4:8 NKJV
Anita Siecker, Purcellville, VA
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
Galatians 3:3 NIV84
“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 hope and a future.” Jer. 29:11 NIV
April 1, 2015
Audrey from Monongahela, “So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 KJV
Catherine Lesley – Waterdown,Ontario
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
Jamie C. Irvine, ky.
But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. (â€Psalms‬ â€13‬:â€5‬ NLT)
Alice, Chesapeake Va.
Psalm 71:5 NLT
O Lord, You alone are my hope. I’ve trusted You, O Lord, from childhood.
Guatemala
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB
Abigail Dubbe, Red Lion PA, Proverbs 31:10 (NIV) “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
Christy, Cape Girardeau, MO. This I know, that God is for me. Psalm 56:9b (ESV)
Karen Bell, Hendersonville, TN
“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
Your video was true MINISTRY for my circumstance, thank you!!!
Kathy, Austin
John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you are truly set free
Ep. 3:16ESV That according to the riches of his Glory, He may grant me to be strengthened with power through his spirit in my INNER BEING
Lamentations 3:40New International Version (NIV)
40 Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the Lord.
Elburn, Il
Rita, Sevierville, TN
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matt 20:28
Rebecca from Birmingham, Alabama
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. (â€Isaiah‬ â€58‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Cathy, Hot Springs Village, AR. “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.” Psalm 112:7
Kaylee Taylor; Stephenville TX
Isaiah 58:7 NIV
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wandering with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
psalms 40:4 NAS
How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
Christine, Bozeman, Mt
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
Wendy Tunison Caldwell, Idaho
16. 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
Sharon West, Miller, Missouri
For this reason I kneel before the Father,
Ephesians 3:14 NIV
Donene O’Dell, El Paso, TX
“Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
John 14:21 (ESV)
Micki
Prairie Village,JS
God Himself will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order has passed away.
Rev. 21:4. NIV
Rebecca Sprenger, Marana AZ
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (â€Proverbs‬ â€3‬:â€6‬ NKJV)
Sue Big Rapids, MI
Nahum 1:7 NASB The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Lisa Wiesman Spring TX
Matthew 10:32-33 NKJV
“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.”
Jamie, Dallas, TX.
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power or His might.”
Ephesians 6:10 NKJV
Liz Kester
Keller, Texas
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 NIV
Brenda Elser, Livermore, CA
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Colossians 3:1 & 2 NIV
Ann Thiede: Searcy, Arkansas-
You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)
College Station, TX
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.
Philippians 2:14-15 (NIV)
Judy Mullins, Maple Valley, WA
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Heb 7:25
Kelly
Menomonie, WI
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Gal. 6:9 ESV
Bethany, Pensacola FL
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'” 2 Cor. 12:9a (ESV)
Gal 4:29 NIV
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Patty Lincoln,Columbia, SC: “And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it .” Col. 3:14 MSG
Laura, Minneapolis. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (â€Galatians‬ â€5‬:â€22-23‬ ESV)
Ps.96:7&8 NKJV
Give to the Lord, Or you families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into his courts. Ps.96:7&8 NKJV.
Lori McGahey, Nashville, TN
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” Colossians 1:13 NKJV
Andrea, Highlands Ranch, CO
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as ransom to many” Matthew 20:28 NIV
Melissa Fancher, Marble, AR – “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:44-45 NIV
Debbie Shankle, Johnson City, TN. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king. Daniel 2:23 KJV