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!
Elmwood, Tennessee
“But those who trust in the LORD for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak.” Isaiah 40:31 (GNT)
Perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created. Esther 4:14
Marketa, South Portland, Maine.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD. Psalms‬ â€27‬:â€13-14‬ NASB
Mary Goins, Bluford, IL
in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? (â€Psalm‬ â€56‬:â€11‬ NIV)
Thanks! I needed that today. Getting prepared for my annual post-ob evaluation with my Boss.:)
The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent. Ex.14:14 NASB
Thanks! I needed that today. Getting prepared for my annual post-ob evaluation with my Boss.:)
Kathy, Albany, OR
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head. Psalm 3:3 ESV
Dottie, Spokane Valley, WA “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€6-7‬ NKJV)
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 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.
1 Peter 4:10-11
Sharon Riddle
New Braunfels, TX
Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in Heaven. Your faithfulness throughout all generations. You established the earth and it stands. They stand this day according to Your ordinances for all things are Your servants. Psalm 119:89-91 NASB
kristy, Louisiana
And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. (â€1 John‬ â€3‬:â€3‬ NASB)
Natalie, Houston
and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:6 NET
Sarah Philpott, Siloam Springs AR
“he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 25:8 (NIV)
Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. Romans 12:11 NLT
Isaiah 40:13 (NIV)
Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?
Lisa Landis
Castro Valley, CA
“He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.” Psalm 147:9 NIV
“Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Be very careful, then, how you live– not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:14-16
Colville WA. – Ps. 145:9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
Angie Hill, Jasper, Alabama “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10 NIV
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)
Joining Beth in Ephesians: Eph 3:16 “That according to the riches of this glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
Kimberly , Euless, Tx
For this reason I kneel before the Father, (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€14‬ NIV)
Psalm 145:6 NIV
They tell of the power of your awesome works—
and I will proclaim your great deeds.
June Greenstreet
Bradford, Ontario
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped” (â€Philippians‬ â€2‬:â€5-6‬ ESV)
Edelle Simmons, Long Beach, CA
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 NIV
Kent, Washington
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21
Sara Weick Jonesboro,AR
Proverbs 17:9 NLT
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Brandi Hunter, Memphis, TN.
Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.
Psalm 119:18 NASB
Natalie Dawes, Calgary, AB, Canada
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 58:5 (NIV)
Esther, Skaneateles,N.Y. ” Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go. For to You I lift up my soul.” Psalm 143:8 (NIV)
Kelly, CA, “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,” Ephesians 3:14-16 NIV
This God, His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord stands true;
He is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him.
~Psalm 18:30
From Sheldon, MO
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (â€Galatians‬ â€5‬:â€1‬ NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (â€Proverbs‬ â€3‬:â€5-6‬ ESV)
Melissa H., St. Louis, MO
“The Eternal will fight on your behalf while you watch in silence.”
Exodus 14:14 The Voice
Becky, Scottsdale, AZ
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12 (NASB)
Melissa, Augusta, GA
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalm 90:12 KJV
Shannon Davidson, San Juan Capistrano, CA “I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” Isaiah‬ â€45‬:â€3‬ NIV
Diane, Hemet, Ca
“Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory.”
Isaiah 43:6-7 ESV
Billie, Scottsdale, AZ
“He must become greater; I must become less.”
John 3:30 (NIV)
Susan L. (central IL) Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord. (Psalm 139:4, HCSB)
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16 (NIV 1984)
Connie Blaut Amarillo, Texas
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 NIV
Barbs, Harare, Zimbabwe
“I can do all this through Him who gives me strength”. Phil 4:13 NIV
For my friend, Karen, who is running the Two Oceans half marathon in Cape Town on 4 April after recovering from brain tumour surgery in Feb 2014.
Paula Rutherford, Decatur, Tx (Continuing through the book of Philippians) “Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.” Philippians 3:15-16 (KJV)
Kimberly Atkins, Garland, TX. “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 57 (NIV)
Lisa Crouse, Knightdale, NC ” Therfore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you”. James 4:7 NJKV
Judy, Simi Valley, CA
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV
Leigh Clemmons, Shorter, Alabama: Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14 NIV
Michelle Weihing – Frisco TX
Psalm 56:13 esv
For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Brenda Shaffer, Lubbock, Tx Hebrews 4:11 ESV ” Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in our time of need.”