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!
Harlene Coshocton,Ohio.Ephesians 2:8,9 [NASB]For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of GOD,not as a result of works,so that no one may boast.
Sheila, Conroe, TX
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
Psalm 27:13,14
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lordin the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord
NIV
Lisa Zink
Chickasha, Oklahoma
“Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.”
1 John 1:5 NIV
Brittany Mabe, San Diego, CA,
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5, ESV
Kristen Apache junction Az
1 John 3:18 NLT
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
Lisa Griffin, Lincoln City, OR:
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews‬ â€10‬:â€39‬ (ESV)
Tammy Disch, Garland, TX
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Linda: Reno, NV
Romans 12:2 ESV
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Dianne Wade Maineville, Oh
Ephesianes 3 : 17
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have the power together with God’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is love of Christ.
Jane from Calgary, Alberta. “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” Ephesians 6:16 (NIV)
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Galations 5:13 NIV
Marianna Behrends, San Angelo, TX. Luke 21:13 But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me. NLT
J Wakeham
Cypress, Tx
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah‬ â€3‬:â€17‬ ESV
Lou Ann Smith, McAllen, 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
Valerie Geib Yucaipa CA
Romans 8:18 ESV
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Michelle Green: Fort Worth, Texas “And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
Val Parker Dequincy,LA I will never forget your commandments, for by them you give me life. (â€Psalms‬ â€119‬:â€93‬ NLT)
Bison, SD
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NIV)
Janine – Ojai, CA
For the Word of GOD is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
Rachael Heard San Antonio, TX Psalms 130:5-6 NASB
I wait for the L ord , my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope. My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.
Tracey Boynton, Kingsburg, CA
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
Meghan DeHart, hatch, NM
1 Thessalonians 5:18
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
ESV
Wendy Houston, Rockin CA
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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. Philippians 4:6-7
Cindy, Deming, NM
We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2 HCSB
Gretchen Sawyer, Tomball, TX
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (â€Romans‬ â€8‬:â€28‬ NIV)
Trina Combs, Fayetteville, AR
“I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”
Psalm 16:8 (NKJV)
Gabriella Houston, Rocklin CA
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgement are mine; I have insight, I have power. Proverbs 8:12-14 Faith Girlz NIV
Rachel – Nashville, TN
“The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an over-flowing spring.”
– Isaiah 58:11 (NLT)
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 KJV
Mitzi from Long Beach
Whatever work you do, do it with all your heart. Do it for the Lord and not for men.
Colossians 3:23 NLV
Jennie Spearin Granite Bay CA
“For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow- of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth- and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Farther” Philippians 2:9-11
Susan Turner, Shelby, NC
I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! (â€Psalms‬ â€116‬:â€1-2‬ NLT)
Susan from Huntsville, TX
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
John 11:25 NASB
Martha Roberson
Warrensburg, MO
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. (â€Psalm‬ â€4‬:â€7‬ ESV)
Romans 8:38. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ESV
Bobbie, Litchfield, MN
He who 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.”
Psalms 91:1-2 (NIV)
Sally Bradford, Mayfield, KY. Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom to many. Matthew 20:28 NIV
He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. Psalm 91:4 (NKJV)
You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 ESV
Tanja, Edmonton, Alberta
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given to me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ…
Ephesians 3:7-8
Emily Miceli, Glendale, CA
Blessed is the one who has regard for the poor;
in the day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.
Psalm 41:1
Oops! LEB translation
Emily, Loveland, CO – “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)
Kayla Braun Bismarck ND
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 NIV
Jill Lynch, Mission Viejo, CA
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” Psalm 143:10 NIV
Deb, Loveland, CO – “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.” I Thess. 4:13 (NKJV)
Donna, Houston, TX
I will bless the Lord at all times;his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34 ESV
Hutchins, Tx
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
Ephesians 3:14 ESV
Karen, New Prague, MN
“How great is the 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.”
1John 3:1 NIV
Nicole Blake, Severance, CO
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (NKJV)