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!
Shannon Pate
Little Rock, Arkansas
1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
“Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things He has done for you.”
Beatrice Brackin, Chattanooga, TN. “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 NIV.
“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you My power and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16 NIV
Ephesians 3:14-16 ESV
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
that according to the riches of His glory
He may grant you to be strengthened with power
through His Spirit in your inner being.
The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy.
Psalm 126:3 NIV
Anne Thompson, Pella, IA “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;” Psalm 130:5 (ESV)
Beth- you are such a blessing to me personally!! Thank you:)
Joy- Georgetown, TX “Lord, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.” Psalm 30:7 NIV
Beth Heneghan, Boston. “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, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” Ephesians 3:14-16 NIV
Kay, Sheridan
The Lord is my strength and song. And He has become my salvation.
Psalm 118:14 NKJV
Christine Caine Sydney Australia But God-so rich is He in his mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which he loved us — Ephesians 2:4 (NIV)
Iris Stinson Carlisle PA
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being Eph 3:16 NIV
Love you too Sister Beth! i want to tell you I praise God for your gifts to lift us into His presence. May He continue to do a mighty work in you. God bless and keep you! Happy Easter – He has risen indeed!
Kayley Hibbert • Camp Point, IL
Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
Ingrid, Oldfield, MO
Psalm 103:15 ESV
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
Pat Wagar, Jekyll Island, GA
“Do everything without complaining and arguing.”
Philippians 2:14 NLT
Denise Wilkin
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
KJV
Jeanna Romans, Bel Air, MD
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Denise, Gambier Ohio: Teach us to number our days
that we may gain a heart of wisdom
Psalm 90:12 NIV
#7 “Out of the fullness of His grace He has blessed us all; giving us one blessing after another.” Jn 1:16 GNT
Tracy Pratz Las Cruces, NM
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
Psalm 61 1-3 NIV
Kristin Temecula , Ca
Ephesians 5:2 NIV
“And walk in the way if love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to Gid.”
Teri Moss, Browns Summit NC
Romans 5:8 King James Version
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Sandra Larranaga Bowe San Jon NM
Hebrews 10:23 ESV
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
Without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Stacey Mills, Warner Robins, GA
“Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 NIV
Amanda Jones – Austin, Tx, “put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Ephesians 6:11, NIV
Jennifer from Jackson, MO.
Psalm 62:6 NKJV – “He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved”
Vicki, Surprise AZ
I will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
Deuteronomy 32:3 NIV
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (â€Psalm‬ â€23‬:â€1-3‬ ESV)
Aldergrove, BC
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 NIV
Do not put out the Spirit’s fire. Do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.
Erica, Lancaster, PA
John 15:6 NIV
“If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.”
Polly from Pottsville, Pa
Eph. 6:16-18, NASB
In addition to all,Taking up the shield if faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.
Kim Lee, Faison, NC. But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)
This is what the Sovereign Lord the Holy One of Israel says:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,”
but you would have none of it.
Isaiah 30:15, NIV
Jan, Cypress, TX
Philippians 3:19-20
…many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, BELIEVE that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 NIV
Sabrina
Lincoln Nebraska
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Jenny, Central Asia, Psalm 119:92, ESV, “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.” **I do love the way the Message puts it, too: “If your revelation hadn’t delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.” Amen!!
April Hughes, Escondido, Ca. “Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25 ESV
Pennie Marshall, Lincoln, NE
“The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV
Emily C, Bothell WA
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7, JB Phillips
Diane-Golinda, TX
April1, 2015
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. (â€Isaiah‬ â€44‬:â€3‬ NIV)
Elaine Brady, Jefferson, GA
Because You are my helper; I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
Ps. 63:7, HCSB
Lee Ann Kelley, Fairhope, AL
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV
Kezia Lewis, Krabi, Thailand “Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.” Psalm 34:13 (NKJV)
From Tishomingo, Oklahoma
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:5 (NIV)
Galatians 6:9 NIV
[9] Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Lisa from Robinson Township Pennsylvania
Sandy E.; Kansas City, Missouri; ” I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:13-14 NIV
Psalm 130:5 NIV
I will wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
Lori- Mountain View, WY
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your strength. ~ Deu. 6:5 (NIV)
Rachel , McKinney, TX
“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.” (â€Matthew‬ â€20‬:â€28‬ NIV)
Janell Dixon, Virginia Beach, VA
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30 NIV