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!
Roswell, GA
She opens her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness. Proverbs 31:26 NKJV
Marybeth Pettitt
Connell, WA
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes
Romans 1:16 NIV
Mary Saul
Houston, TX
Psalm 25:7 NIV Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom
Psalm 90:12 NASB
Paula Rockwood, Brunswick, ME
“Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence?” Psalm 139:7 ESV
Ricole Rice, Minot ND
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
NIV
Susan Brown, Mandeville, LA,
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 NIV
Lee, Argyle,Tx
Luke 17:21
The Kingdom of God is within you.
Karen Roberson, Cullman, Alabama
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:5
Micki Maddux, Goodlettsville, Tn
He has showed you,oh man, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and
to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 NIV
Sherry Struck, Springfield, IL. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Philippians 4:12 NIV
Sandra, Rock Hill, SC
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Matt. 21:22 NIV
Izora Browning. Midland, Texas. April 1, 2015
God is our refuge and strength,an ever present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 NIV.
Christine Vaughan, Ozark, Mo
Isaiah 40:31 HCSB
but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint.
Patrice in Albuquerque
“God, I love you. You make me strong.” Psalm 18:1 (The Message)
Liji Oommen, Columbus, OH
“In those days and at that time, I will make a righteous branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The Lord our Righteous Savior.” – Jeremiah 33: 15-16 (NIV)
Helena from Paradise PA ~~
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” — Colossians 3:23
Judy Berey Mandeville, LA “I will lie down In peace and sleep, for you alone, O LORD make me dwell in safety.” NKJV
Aimee Taylor, Hemet, CA: but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” I Peter 1:15 NKJV
Tara
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray continually. NIV
Jeanne Warner Robins, GA
Psalm 14:1
New International Version
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
My verse this time is the same as yours, Beth! I’m going to work thru verses 16-19, but a different version.
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength thru his Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 3:16 (NLT)
Jan Cleburne, Texas
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV)
Charlene Morgan–Lincoln City, Oregon
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10 NIV
Beth Bellow, Houston, NIV – Psalm 139:17-18
17 How precious to me are your thoughts O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake I am still with you.
Houston, TX. Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 (ESV)
Theresa, Glendale AZ- “Therefore the Lord. Will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.” Isaiah 30:18 NKJV
Ali C., Pleasanton, CA- 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV)
Jamie Wagner, Billings MT:
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” (Isaiah 26:3-4, ESV)
Farmington, NM
Do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:35-36 NIV
Lorie Herinckx, Portland, OR
“For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.”
Romans 6:6 NIV
Bethany Sullivan from Converse, IN. I’m so thankful for you, Beth! This is John 15:10-12 NASB
“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept the Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. This isn’t commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.”
alison springfield MO “The lord is a refuge for the oppressed a stronghold in times of trouble” Psalm 9:9 NIV
Sarah Greenberg, Lewistown, MT
“I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.” Psalm 71:7 ESV
Kelei Liggett NIV
Jeremiah 29:13
you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Carol Kirby-Amarillo, TX
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was on him,and by his wounds we are healed. NIV
Wendy Karabensh
Vero Beach
(Working on 27-31)
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?
Isaiah 40:27
NIV
Melanie
Midland, MI
Lord, You will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from You.
Isaiah 26:12 NLT
Dianne from Fitzwilliam, NH
John 15:12-15 (ESV)
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
Dottie Morrow, Mansfield, TX
“For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.”
Hebrews 12:3 NKJV
Downtown Tonya Brown from Watauga, Tx:
“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
Rhonda McCollough
Oakdale, La
Psalm 51:11 (KJV)
Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Kelli Hall ~ Sherwood, Oregon
“Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22
Linda Pierson, Las Vegas, NV, “…pray continually,” I Thessalonians 5:27 NIV.
Kendra from Fort Wayne, IN “for what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited as righteusness.” Rom. 4:3 NASB
Nancy Kourmoulis, Birmimgham, AL
Glory in his holy name, let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 1 Chronicles 16:10 niv
Riverside, CA
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. (Colossians 4:6) NIV
Hannah Rodriguez, Dallas, Tx. “Praise Him for His mighty acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness.” – Psalm 150:2 (KJV)
Amy, Schwenksville, PA
“Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,”
I Corinthians 15:51 ESV