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!
Carola, Missoula, MT
Side Note: Since I found ScriptureTyper memorizing has become a breeze! Love it!
Ephesians 1:18-20(ESV)
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Chrissy Hilliard, Gardner, Kansas
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”
-Ephesians 6:10 (NIV)
Sheila Oakes
Cary, NC
Job 38:10-11 NLT
For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. I said, This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!
From San Jacinto, CA ” Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightended, and do not be dismayed; for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 ESV
Hillary, Plano, TX. “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through His spirit in your inner being” Ephesians 3:16, NIV
Karen Sanders, Burleson, TX “For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.” 1 John 5: 7-8 NIV
Meghann DeLong, Lawton, OK “pray continually” 1Thessalonians 5:17
Karlys, La Place, LA
In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. Colossians 3:7 ESV
Joann Thompson, Coos Bay, Oregon
“There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.”
(â€John‬ â€1‬:â€9‬ ASV)
Melissa Enid, OK/Parker, CO: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 ESV.
Jamie McClary, Columbus, OH
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions– it is by grace you have been saved. Eph 2:4-5 NIV
Beth Cabiness – Cowpens, SC
“Let brotherly love continue.” – Hebrews 13:1 (ESV)
Betsey Reed, Plano, TX. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Eph. 2:10
Sharla Robertson, Granbury, TX
I brought glory to You here on earth by completing the work You gave me to do. (â€John‬ â€17‬:â€4‬ NLT)
“After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.”
Acts 1:3(NIV)
Claire C., Boone, NC
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Psalm 50:10 NSRV
Georgia from North Vancouver
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. Luke 17:6 KJV
Sonia Kibe in Morrilton, AR
“Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Thessalonians 5:18
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Cara Baird, Fountain, CO
Psalm 119:93 ESV
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.
Tesa Mayer, Suffolk, VA “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.” James 1:1, ESV
Freida, Chatham, La “Above all, love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:8 NIV
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul firm and secure
Hebrews 6:19 (NIV)
Jesus anchors my soul everyday keeping focused on God’s plan for me so that I don’t go adrift and wind up in deep water.
Charlene Sarver, Cookeville, TN
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, Ephesians 3:14-15 (ESV)
Romans 8:9 ESV (continuing a memory of the whole chapter of Rom. 8
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.”
Melissa ~ Black Creek, GA
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€16‬ ESV)
Leah Kuor, Salem, OR
“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,” Philippians 2:5-6 (NASB)
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. (â€Habakkuk‬ â€3‬:â€17-18‬ NIV)
Psalms 18:16 HCSB
He reached down from heaven and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters.
Debby Conway
Clinton, Mississippi
Proverbs 2:8 KJ2K
He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the way of his saints.
Robin Ivey Meridian, MS ” Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.” I Corinthians 13:5
New Century Version
John 4:24 NIV
“God is Spirit and His worshippers must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.”
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever. Psalm 52:8
Kimberly Kleimann, Chico, CA
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 KJV
Carolyn Tragesser, Orofino, Idaho
All you saints! Sing your hearts out to God! Psalm 30:4a MSG
…let grateful music fill the air and bless His name. Psalm 30:4b. The Voice Bible
(Like Beth is memorizing chunks of Ephesians, I feel lead to the praises in this Psalm, which I used in SSMT verse 5 but not 6.)
Kyleene Anderson, Yucaipa, CA.
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and mighty things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Janeth O’Dell, Neoga, IL,
“For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.” Ephesians 3:14-15 NIV
Michelle, Fort Collins, CO
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, now you are God’s people, once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2:9-10, NRSV
Jill Moss, N. Scituate, RI “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:13 NKJV
Deborah Flora Sawyer, Kansas
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV
Melissa, Cabot Pa.
Humble yourselvs, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV
Psalms 33:5 NIV The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Carolyn Medlin Oceanside Ca
The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my savior.
II Samuel 22:47
N. Seattle, WA: Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies And your right hand will save me. Psalm 138:7 (NASB)
Mary Hunter, Larned, Kansas
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6 NIV
Maggie, Atlanta, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NIV
Kristy McIntyre, Eugene, OR
This you know my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19 NASB
Jacquie Terada from Mt. Vernon WA
So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. Hebrews 4:14 NLT
Shonda Vielbig, Ventura, CA
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Heb 4:12 NIV
Becky, cleveland tn
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. (â€Jeremiah‬ â€29‬:â€11‬ NIV)