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!
Alice’ H. Pineville, LA “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” -Eph. 3: 20-21
Marcy, Garland, TX “Renewing your mind” How to: (continued)
In love of the brethren
be tenderly affectioned one to another;
in honor preferring one another.
Romans 12:10
Sarah M., St. Louis, MO
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33, NKJV
James 4:8
Come near to God and He will come near to you.
Lynne Priestley, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.
Proverbs 3:7-8 NLT
Danielle from Cedar Park, TX
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV)
Stephanie Murphy, College Station, TX
“But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.They will soar high on wings like eagles.They will run and not grow weary.They will walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Karen Nesbit, MS
Ephesians 3:16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Stephanie, Birmingham, AL
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:5-6 (NIV)
Linda Gammon, Blue Springs, MO
Psalm 36:8 ESV
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
John 14:27 NIV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.”
Ephesians 6:11 ESV
Glenda Jensen
Belgrade MT
And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1John 2:2 KJV
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
Vonore, TN
Debra Hamson – Dahlgren, IL
Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Kim S., Ridgeland, MS —
“Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” Proverbs 31:30 (NKJV)
Karen, Lynnwood, WA
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
Amy R. Chestertown, MD
Be on your guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything wih love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NLT)
Amy Harrison, Lubbock, TX
Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers,
You will take refuge under His wings.
His faithfulness will be a protective shield.
(I’ve been posting of Facebook, but couldn’t figure it out today, so switching back to blog. :-))
Suzanne Carlson – Ridgefield, WA
The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:8 NKJV
Streams of tears flow from eyes for your law is not
obeyed.
Psalm 119:36
Nancy- Yonges Island, SC
“And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God.”
Job 19:26 NKJ
Midlothian, Texas
For those who know your name will trust in you. For you , Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:10 NIV
Kelly in Lees Summit
Hebrews 11:6 NASB
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Glen Rock, PA. 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)
“Treat of others as you would like to be treated.”
Luke 6:31
#goldenrule
Janet Daytona Beach, FL
(Philippians 3:13 -14a) Brothers and Sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining towrad what is ahead, I press on…
Vickie Gainous, Cairo, GA
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NRSV
Dana Penley, Chicago IL
Acts 4:29 ESV
And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.
Nor height, nor depth, nor any creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 KJV
Jane Alexander – Geneseo, Illinois
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:9-10 NIV
Linda Jamison Whitesboro and Plano TX
“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
Abby Smith from Troy, OH (currently in Lafollette, TN).
My life purpose verse:
“So that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
~ Colossians 1:10 (NASB)
Felicia P, Carrollton, VA
2 Corinthians 10:12, NIV
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
Mary from Tiffin
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29
Margaret, Kingsport, TN
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
DORIS, Madison, MS:
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusted in thee. Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
Tammie Williams Utica MO
1John 5:13 (ESV)
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
Martha, Cocoa, FL
2 Chronicles 20:12 NIV
We have no power over this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.
Jacqui, Chester, UK
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
Jessica Sanders, Broken Arrow, OK
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 NIV
Mary Jo, Las Vegas, NV Psalms 139:4
4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all. (NASB)
Judy, Bayport NY
Romans 15:13
Mat God, the source of hope, fill me with joy and peace through my faith in him. Then
I will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
New Sharon, Iowa Psalms 119:26 I am completely discouraged–I lie the dust. Revive me by your word.
Candace, Wahpeton ND
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen
Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” 2 Cor. 7:10 NIV
Nell, Gallatin, Tn
1John 4:10-11 NIV
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear Friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Sarah, Montrose, CO:
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (ESV)
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visable.
Hebrews 11:3
NIV
Davina Denny San Diego, CA Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. Psalms 100:4 (NIV)