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!
Stephanie, Paris, Texas. “I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.” John 17:4, NIV
Martha McElhaney Ooltewah, TN
I am Yahweh, and there is no other Savior but me.
Isaiah 43: 11 HCSB
Tracey, Margaree Valley, NS
“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
Colleen, Cape Town, South Africa
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 9:10, ESV
Karen, Humble, Texas
I lift my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from? Psalm 121:1 NIV
Perri Lee, Shallowater, TX
Be still, and know that I am God!
~ Psalms 46:10 NLT
Annette, Columbus, Ohio
“He came as a witness to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.” John 1:7 (ESV)
Kristine from Welland ON
John 15:16 MSG
“You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit-bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. “
Phylis, Salisbury, MD
Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Colossians‬ â€3‬:â€23‬ NLT
Joanne Lee Westerville,OH
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord “He is my refuge and my fortress. My God, in Him I trust”.
Psalm 91:1-2 NKJ
Tess
Cartersville GA
Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (â€Colossians‬ â€1‬:â€10‬ ESV)
Phyllis Winn
Gilmer, Tx
NIV 2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore, we do not lose heart, though outwardly we are wasting away , yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Vickie Reynolds, Houston Texas
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2 NIV
Anna Lange, Mobile, AL
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (â€1 Peter‬ â€1‬:â€7‬ KJV)
Alice from Ooltewah, TN – ” For I know my transgressions and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight.” Psalm 51.3-4a (memorizing Psalm 51)
Joy, Iowa~ Don’t fool yourselves into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear & don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away & 2 minutes later have no idea who they are- what they look like. James 1:22-24 The Message
Camille Benson, Knoxville, TN
“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
Danielle, Beaver Dam, WI
“But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:11-12 (ESV)
Lori Leija -Austin, Tx 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 â€53‬:â€5‬ NIV
Katie, Warsaw, IN I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€13‬ NIV)
Emily Mechanicsville, VA
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
Proverbs 3:11 (NKJV)
My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor destest His correction;
Wilmington, North Carolina
Ephsians 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.”
James 1:22New International Version (NIV)
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Chris J., St. Louis
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’.
Psalm 91:1-2
Valerie Finch
Warrensburg, MO
“Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.” 1 Peter 3:3-4 NLT
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
—Hebrews 12:28–29 NIV
Lynn P., Fairview, OK. “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 ESV
Jann Sanicola Holtsville, NY
Psalm 37:23-24 NIV
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand”.
Melissa Davidson St. Louis, Mo
Psalm 27:1King James Version (KJV)
27 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Lisa Medina, Fort Worth, TX
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
Christene from London, Canada
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, “Come with Me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:31 NIV
Sharon from Van, TX
I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
Psalm 119:7. NIV
Eleanor
Memphis, TN
Psalm 119:1 ESV
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walks in the law of the Lord!
Carolyn Deevers, Dardenne Prairie, MO
Matthew 11:30 (NIV)
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Beverly Vance, Glasgow, KY.
This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17 NIV
Judy Gentry, Stigler, OK
Romans 12:16-17 “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17) Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.” ESV
1 John 1:7 NIV But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Linda Marty; Colorado Springs, CO
Romans 8:36 ESV
As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long: we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered”
Sharon,Somerville, AL, Therefore,prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13 NIV
Sara Sanders, Garden City, KS
and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (â€Isaiah‬ â€61‬:â€3‬a NIV)
Vicki, Wilmington, NC
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:11 NKJV
Toni Sidler, Argyle, TX
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. John 15:3-4, NASB
Cambridge, mn
Ephesians 4:2 NLT
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
Debbie
Orlando
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves,it is the gift of God-(9)not by works, so that no one can boast. (10) For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to so.” Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV
Jo Ellen Chance, Shawnee, Kansas
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:13. ESV
Jacqueline davidson Sarnia ON canada
Psalm 51:8 NIV
Let me hear joy and gladness let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Laura Grassi, Denver, CO
Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Amber Ball, Nicholasville, KY 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful, He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Tiffany Hunsbeger
Osceola, IN
And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 ESV