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!
Julia Tillman, Clovis, NM
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Carolyn West, Ringgold,GA “He giveth powr to the faint; and to them that no might He increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29
Melody West Ringgld Georgia “Great is our Lord and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:5
Jan Hixson, Fayetteville, AR
Consider it all joy, brothers, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-3 NASB
Kristi S. Rogersville,Tn
Jeremiah 10:6 NASB
There is none like you O Lord You are great,
And great is your name in might
Amy M, Fifty Lakes MN
“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, “. Ephesians 3:17 (NIV)
Lou, Jenison, Michigan
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, Isaiah 57:18 (NASB)
Emma Gardner Cullman, AL
Psalm 135:13
“Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations.” (NIV)
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. BUt don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. (Galatians 5:13 NLT)
Laurie D from Dallas:
“I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs. I have set the Lord before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 16:7-8 ESV
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Luke 24:45 NIV
Gigi Parisi
Mullica Hill NJ
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Kay Wolfer, Buhler, KS
“After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.”
John 14:19
Sherri Bosely, Rolesville, NC
John 1:1-5 (ESV)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Nathalie Van Hoorebeke, Birmingham, UK
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Lam 3:22 NLT
Katelyn, Mitchell, IN. “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.” Matthew‬ â€6‬:â€14‬ NLT.
Karen from Goodyear, AZ. “May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” Ps. 20:4 NIV
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. Daniel 4:37 (NIV)
Sandy – Dodge City, KS
But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
Psalm 5:11 New International Version (NIV)
Janice from Wisconsin:
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 NIV
If we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8-9
Carol Boney, Wheaton. IL In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. Genesis 1:1 NLT
Tami J. Fall City, WA
“I say: The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:24 HCSB
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” -Philippians 2:3
Callee Maglothin, Houston, TX “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:33-34
Tammie Maier, Hillsboro KS
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
Psalm 139:7 (NIV)
Kim L., Colonial Heights, VA
“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
Beth Pierce, Columbia, MS
Galations 5:16(KJV)
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Gigi Parisi
Mullica Hill NJ
John 6:40 NIV
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
jennifer Madisonville ky 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. (â€Psalm‬ â€37‬:â€4-5‬ ESV)
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
Kimberly Montezuma,Indiana
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. Mark 16:6 NKJV
Valerie
Clinton, Me
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” ~ John 15:16 (NIV)
Brenda – Jordan, MN
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 3:23
Kerry Lewis , Durham NC
2 Timothy 4:5New King James Version (NKJV)
5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Vivian Looney, Stockton California
“Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11: 28-30 NIV
Robin Byrd Columbia SC
Ephesians 3:14 NIV
“For this reason I kneel before the Father”
Andrea S. Fort Worth, TX
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
Donna Rose. Jayess, MS. He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25:8 NLT
Kelly Jenkins, Reno, NV
Colossians 3:14 NLT
Above all, clothe yourselves with love which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
Linda Johnson, High Point, NC “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight”.
Proverbs 3:6 NIV
rhonda
gilmer
Philippians 2:3 NKJV)
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Brenda – Jordan, MN
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:23
Deanna, Harwood, MD. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
Ellen K., Chester, VA
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€14-15‬ ESV)
Sarah Juven, Fergus Falls MN. Romans 8:38 NIV
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Carrie Lagas, North Potomac, MD
“When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me” John 12:45 NIV
Kim in St. Charles, IL
1John3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1John3:18 kjv
Lori – Deer Park, WA
James 1:8 (HCSB)
An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father
Ephesians 3:14 ESV
Debbie
Portland, OR