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!
Lisa Walton Port Saint Lucie,Fl
” The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me ,
because the LORD has anointed me to preach
good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the
captives and release from darkness for the
prisoners, ” Isaiah 61:1 NIV
Buffalo, OH
So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”-Hebrews‬ â€13‬:â€6‬ (ESV)
Morgan Myers from Chandler, OK
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.” (â€Deuteronomy‬ â€6‬:â€6‬ NKJV)
Christina Brown
Louisville, KY
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
Sallee Bonham
Belle, Missouri, USA
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 NIV
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them
on the tablet of your heart.
ESV Proverbs 3:3
Lindsey Buchanan St. Augustine, FL
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5 NIV
Angela Dhans Brooksville,Florida
Psalm102:1-2 (NKJ)
Hear my prayer oh Lord, And let my cry come to you,
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble
Incline your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer
me speedily.
Hurricane, WV
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. (â€Isaiah‬ â€55‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Bonny
Mitchell SD
If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Mary Fadel
Cordova, MD
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (ESV)
Cindy-Richmond,Tx-Phillippians 4:6-7 (NIV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,with thanksgiving ,present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Fullerton, CA
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2
Danyelle
Beavercreek, OH
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel‬ â€36‬:â€27‬ (NIV)
Jackie from Marietta, Ga “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” NAS
Jill Steele, Bridgeport,WV.
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV
Barb Duncan
Lakeland, FL
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 24:14 NIV
Portland , Texas
There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Brandy Metzger Bison SD
“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth-a stranger, and not your own lips”
Proverbs 27:2 HCSB
Veronica -Atlanta georgia
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;but a women is fears the lord is to be praised. proverbs 31:30 (KJV)
Alana, Beaver Falls, PA
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 NIV
Ravonne McCray, Little River, TX “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” Isaiah 40:29 (NLT)
Kristin Kellett, West Monroe, LA. So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said. Acts 27:25 (NLT)
Rachel Leslie | Edmond, OK
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the alter ?
James 2:21 NIV
Sharon Lee, Riverside, Ca.
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4 NIV
Dorelle Hogan, Hot Springs, AR, “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
Robin, Leo, IN, All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9 NIV
Janice – Topeka KS
psalm 27:1 ESV
The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
Salley Sutmiller, Tulsa
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, (â€2 Corinthians‬ â€4‬:â€17‬ ESV)
Joy Schilli
Anna, TX.
Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for-believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
Luke 11:24
Holman version
Pam Mayer from Apple Valley, MN: “So with you: now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” John 16:22 NIV
Michelle K, New Baltimore,MI:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Beth
Broadview Hts, Ohio
Ephesians 3:16 (ESV)
…that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Blessed Easter, all!
Ann, Pawleys Island, SC
I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 3:16 NIV
Julia, Redmond, OR
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 NIV
Brandi Mincey, Hope Mills, NC
You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.
Psalm 32:7
NLT
Emma Mierta Davison, MI Isaiah 43:1b “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
Alesha Culp
Creswell, Oregon
‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.’
Proverbs 3:5 ESV
Leigh Fincastle VA
This hope will not disappoint us {me}…..
Romans 5:5a HCSB
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV) “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ann, Pawleys Island, SC
I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16-17a NIV
Lori, Bushnell, Florida: For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. (â€1 Thessalonians‬ â€5‬:â€7‬ NIV)
Tempa, Palm Bay, Fl, “Be Joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5: 16-18 NIV
Santa Clarita, CA
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.
John 11:25-26 ESV
Liz Scherer, Fort Worth, TX
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians‬ â€15‬:â€55-57‬ NIV
Belinda Mullet, Belton, MO
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
James 1:2&3
Roxanne, Houghton Lake, MI
Psalm 94:19 NIV
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Carrie Donnell Tallmadge, OH
“Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope.”
Romans 5: 3-4 NIV