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!
Meagan Dowler Fairbanks, AK Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. Psalm 19:2 ESV
Jeni Smith, Winfield, TN
“My meditation of Him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord.” Psalm 104:34
Carol O’Keefe, Sewickley, PA
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for out iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. ESV
Dawn Deare – Lafayette, LA
1 Peter 3:10-11 (NIV 1984)
For, Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Emily Bowden, Augusta, GA
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
John 3:30 ESV
Crystal. Livonia. Michigan
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.”
Ephesians 3:16. Kjv
Susanna Greenville, TX
This is my work and I can do it only because Christ’s mighty energy is at work within me. Colossians 1.29 TLB
All things are lawful for me but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me but I will not be enslaved by anything.
1 Corinthians 6:12
NIV
Lenoir City, TN
But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint
Isaiah 40:31
Heather Rattray-Louisville, KY
“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit; joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Kim Haines, Ashland, ME
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your thruth; give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name. Psalm 86:11 (NIV)
Elaine, Poplar Bluff, MO
“When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father”.
John 15:8 NLT
Angelyn Ingram, Crossville, TN
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. II Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV
Rebecca M., Clifton, NJ. “So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.” Psalm 63:2, ESV
Keep your eyes upon Jesus, who started and finished this race we are in. study how he did it.
Hebrews 12:2 Message
Sometimes, may times I loose focus while running the race. I need to keep focused on Jesus!
Yancey Bradley, Savannah GA
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 your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB)
Jeanni, Westland, MI
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
Dunnellon,Florida Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith,When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. KJV
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13
Christy, St. Clements, Ontario
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” Lamentations 3:22 NIV.
Amy, Westminster MD 1 John 1:9 “if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” NIV
Ruth Moore. Winston Salem, NC
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. (Isaiah 61:3 NASB)
Julie Fitch
Ann Arbor, MI
But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (NASB)
Lori, Edenton, NC
For You are my hiding place; You protect me from trouble, You surround me with songs of victory.
Psalm 32:7 NLT
Dallas, GA
The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zeph. 3:17
Gwyn Tidwell of Haslet Tx
And this is the testimony: God has given us external life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12 (NIV84)
Judy, Oswego, NY
Phillipians 4:8 NLT: ‘Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Carol Stainbrook, Kimberling City, MO
“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” Philippians 2:13 NLT
“From the fulness of His grace, we have all received one blessing after another.” NIV
John 1:16
Maren Breitwieser, Indianapolis, “But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,” Deuteronomy 30:17
Wendy, West Monroe, La
The grass withers and the flowers fade; but, the word of our Lord endures forever. Isaiah40:8 NIV
Paula Hale, Brownwood, Tx
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
Ephesians 3:14 NLT
Cathy, Birmingham, al
1 Peter 4:10 NIV
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
Dacia Edmonson, Bullard, Texas
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV
Paige Storlie, Amarillo, TX
“Be joyful always; pray continually;”
I Thessalonians 5:16-17 (NIV)
Nancy from Jayess, MS
Romans 12:12 (ESV)
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Amy Cobb, Murfreesboro, TN. “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NIV
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 ESV
Romans 14:18 NIrV
So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build each other up.
Sallie Russ, Greenwood, SC
They said to on e another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 NASB
Michelle, Hart, MI
1st Chronicles 16:11
Seek the Lord and His strengt;
Seek His face continually.
Carolyn, Conroe, TX
“If I then, the Lord and Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.”
– John 13:14-15 (NASB)
Clara, Springfield MO
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: because of the Lord’s great love for us we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Lamentations 3:21-22
Lori, Toledo
Joshua 3:5, “Joshua told the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.’” (NIV)
“…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)
Catherine Reeves
Pineland, TX
Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Colossians 3:23 NLT
Sumrall, MS
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 ESV)
London Sommer, Denham Springs, LA
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7 NIV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Cor 12:9 (NIV)