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!
Cathy, Russellville, AR
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (ESV)
Keely Hagan, Sturgis,KY “so teach us to number our days, that we may present to you a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (NASB)
Donna Lange, Mobile, AL
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:6 (KJV)
Elizabeth Marchman Blue Ridge, GA
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.
Psalm 107:29-30 niv
1 Samuel 15:22 ESV
“… Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams…”
emi, white house,tn: “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,” Ephesians 2:4 ESV
Chris Wheeler Bend, OR In all your ways suit to him, and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3:6
Guinevere, South Bend, IN
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Lisa Atkinson, Chappell Hill TX
“I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 (NIV)
Hi friend!
Kandi Miller; Colton, SD
Philippians 4:9 ESV
“What you have learned and recieved, and heard and seen in me – Practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Julie Kauth, Goodyear, AZ
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”
Joel 2:25 KJV
Brenda Gerber from Grafton, Ohio
Psalm 32:7 (NIV)
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Peggy, Sweetwater, TN
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Proverbs 25:28 ESV
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4
Linda from Enumclaw
I John 5:15. ESV
And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked of Him.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6 KJV
Caitlin, McKinney, TX
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…” Hebrews 12:1, ESV
Jean Crawford-Boring, OR
In the morning, Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:3/NIV
Cathy
Lebanon, OH
“I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!” Psalm 139:7 NLT
Windsor , CO.
Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways knowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”
Marcia Smith – Portland,OR
Daniel 4:17 NIV . . .the holy ones declare the verdict so that the the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.
Suzanne, St. Petersburg, FL: “I have come that they might have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 RSV
Karla
Katy, TX
“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise.”
Jeremiah 17:14 NIV
Jill Miller, Akron, IN “So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?'” Hebrews 13:6 NIV
Rebecca, Ft Wayne IN: “So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” Psalms 90:12, NASB
Anita Vogelaar, Ede, Holland
Laat de Heer uw vreugde blijven; ik zeg u nogmaals: wees altijd verheugd.
Filip. 4:4 NBV
Debbie, Valley Falls, NY
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 (ESV)
“Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the Throne….You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slain and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
Revelation 5:6,9 NIV
Shannon, Columbia, SC
“I waited patiently for the Lord;
He turned to me and heard my cry.”
Psalm 40:1 (NIV)
Psalm 51:10New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me.
Rachel- Cumming, GA
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Proverbs 31:26 (NIV)
Marla Richardson, B/CS, Tx
For I am the Lord, I do not change…
Malachi 3:6. AMP
Karen Gilstrap, Deer Park, WA
Revelation 16: 5&7 NRSV “And I heard the angel of the waters say, ‘You are just, O Holy One, who are and were,for you have judged these things;’…And I heard the altar respond, ‘Yes, O LORD God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just!'”
Rebecca
Helena, Alabama
“The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.”
Exodus 14:14.
NIV
1 Peter 4:11 NIV
Linda Jewell
Sedona, AZ
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
Charlotte , Claremore, Okla.
1 Samuel 12:24, NIV
“Be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart;consider what great things he has done for you.”
Mary Joy S., Dayton, OH.
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Heb 11:1 (ESV).
Lake Forest, CA
Ephesians 4:1 “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” NIV
Jennifer Tinsley, Indianapolis, IN. “But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NLT
Diane Welch Corinth TX “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” Ephesians 5:2 NIV
Nell Brinkley. Chattanooga tn. In my father’s house are many rooms. If it were not do, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? John 14;2. Esv
Ashley, Royal Oak, MI
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” – Luke 11:9-10 (NIV)
Kim Kobayashi
Monroe, WA
“but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.”
Romans 15:21 ESV
Denise from Snowcreek, VA. Proverbs 19:2 NIV It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.
Joyce Davidson, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
“…and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;” 2 Peter 1:6 NIV
Lisa H, Bloomington, IN
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me: yet not my will, but yours be done.” Luke 22:42 NIV
connie thornton
elberton ga
phil 4 vs 6
KJV
Be careful for nothing;but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known unto God.
KatyTX
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.
Hebrews 12:11
Karen Edlund
Rochester, MN
Luke 1:74-75 NLT
We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.
Amelia Maijala, White Bear Lake, MN
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6 NIV