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!
Dede Mitchell Jacksonville FL
Psalm 71:20-22New Living Translation (NLT)
20 You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,
but you will restore me to life again
and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
21 You will restore me to even greater honor
and comfort me once again.
22 Then I will praise you with music on the harp,
because you are faithful to your promises, O my God.
Ann, St. Louis, MO
Luke 20:38 NIV
“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
Dawn Whiteford – Batavia, OH
Matthew 28:19 (NIV)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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)
Cynthia
Dallas, TX
Proverbs 8:34 (NASB)
“Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
Angie Martens, Charlotte, NC,
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalm 40:1 (ESV)
Susan Smith, Helena, MT
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Col. 3:12
Sandra
Springville, Al
Blessed are those who keep his statutes
—-and seek him with all your heart—-
PSALM 119:2
NIV
Cindy, Fort Worth, TX
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matt. 12:34 ESV
Kelly in Arkansas
“Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.”
Revelation 4:8b NIV
Debbie W. of Prattville, AL
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.
1 Corinthians 10:13
NLT
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV
Jennifer, Harrisburg, PA:
For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. (â€Romans‬ â€5‬:â€17‬ NLT)
Kathy S, Westerville, OH
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.
Psalm 30:11 (NASB)
Julie Jones Knoxville, TN “I know that a man’s life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.” Jeremiah 10:23 NIV
Patti from Birmingham
“The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
Delores Perley, El Cajon, CA “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” 2 Corinthians‬ â€4‬:â€7‬ ESV
Redfield, AR
Colossians 3:14 (NKJV)
[14]Â But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Dawn, Eugene, OR
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 NIV
Amen! Words to live by!
Teresa, Cartersville GA
Do not worry about anything, instead pray about everything.
Proverbs 4:6
Elizabeth Hughes, Berrien Springs,MI, “Listen, daughter, pay attention and consider: forget your people and your fathers house, and the king will desire your beauty. Bow down to him for he is your lord.” (Psalm 45:10-11HCSB),
Becky, Elkhart, KS
My soul can say ‘The LORD Is my lot in life. That is why I find hope in him.’
Lamentations 3:24 GOD’S WORD translation
Anna Yancey, Fort Collins, CO
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor the sinners in the congregation of the righteous; Psalm 1:5 ESV
All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. II Timothy 3:16-17 HCSB
Cindy Wilbur from Clifton, VA
John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” NIV
Claudia, Durham, NC
“Every word of God proves true; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.”
Proverbs 30:5 ESV
Laura Dvorkin, Los Angeles, California
Psalm 51:12 NET
Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance!
Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
Barbara, Medina, Oh
If service, in our serving;
the one who teaches in his teaching
Rom 12:7 ESV
Cynthia Simmons, Mount Vernon, NY “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 NKJV
Faye from Calgary AB, Canada
“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 unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.” 1 Peter 3:3-4 (NLT)
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) Twyla McAmis, Cleveland, Tennessee.
Dana
Clarksville, TN
“The LORD is my strength and my salvation; He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my Father’s God, and I will exalt Him.”
Exodus 15:2 NIV
Pamela Guins, Taylorsville NC
2 Timothy 1:9 (NIV)
He has saved us and called us to a holy life –
not because of anything we have done
but because of his own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
Proverbs 8:20 & 21 NKJV
“I traverse the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
That I may cause those who love me
to inherit wealth, that I may fill
their treasuries.”
“And we know that all things work together for good to those that love the Lord and are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)
Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:24-25)
Robin, Chambersburg, PA
When the wicked came against me to eat my flesh,
my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 27:2 NKJV
Hannibal NY. Psalm 118:5-8
In my distress I prayed to the LORD, and the LORD answered me and set me free. The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me? Yes, the LORD is for me; he will help me. I will look in triumph at those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in people.
So I replied by sending this message to them; “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”
Nehemiah 6:3
NLT
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)
Sandi Bentz, Anchorage
Psalm 139:7English Standard Version (ESV)
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Tracey from Shawnee, KS
In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be worn over without a word by the behavior of their wives.
1 Peter 3:1 (NASB)
Emma, Alaska,
“That we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear.”
Luke 1:74 ESV
Ann, Prior Lake, MN
“The LORD is (rigidly) righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works. The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.”
Psalm 145:17-18 Amplified Bible
Ann Seaney, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, “A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.” Mark 15:21 NIV
Tammy in Deer Park, WA
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For is you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Romans 8:12-13, ESV
Jackie Siple rockledge FL
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (â€Psalms‬ â€23‬:â€1‬ NKJV)
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.”
Matthew 20:28 NIV
Marrie Gardner Cullman, AL
1 John 4:16
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” (NIV)
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” (â€Exodus‬ â€20‬:â€17‬ ESV)