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!
Sue-Iron Mountain, MI
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. Jeremiah 17:7 (NLT)
Brenda Lenz, Georgetown, TX – “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” – James 5:16 (NLT)
Jenn, Frederick CO
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Romans 10:23 (NIV)
Sissy Youngblood, Ruston La
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in
Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
Morgan, Arlington, VA
“This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth, For, there is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity–the man Christ Jesus. He gave His life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time”
1 Timothy 2:3-6 (NLT)
Holly Smith
Monument, CO
Colossians 1:23 ESV
“if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.”
Rebecca Benston
Springfield, OH
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.~2 Peter 3:8(NIV)
My first thought this morning was, “AAAHHH! I didn’t post my scripture!” Please forgive me.
Janet Anderson
Edmond, Oklahoma
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
Psalm 94:19 (NIV)
Kerrah Fabacher
New Orleans, LA
“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!- Matthew 21:9b (ESV)
Donna, Tampa, FL
Psalm 25:10 NIV(working on memorizing the chapter)
All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
“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
Jenn
Cyress, TX
Natalie Macek, from Damascus, MD: “To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.” Isaiah 61:3, NKJV
Susan Canham, Bismarck ND
“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”
-Ephesians 6:13 NIV
Stephanie, Tucson, AZ “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV)
Julie, Alliance, NE “But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.” Isaiah 53:5-6 NLT
Carroll- Shreveport, LA
Matthew 18:3-4 (NIV)
3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Polly Wright, Bixby, OK
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Cor. 13:4
Maureen Chabot, St. Clair Shores, MI. “Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.” (Proverbs 31:8 GNT)
Jana Fields – Wills Point, TX
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6 KJV
Darlyn Sknapp – Singer,LA – “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)
Madeleine Corrales: endurance produces proven character and proven character produces hope. This hope will not disappoint us because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:4-5 HCSB
Peace I leave with you ;my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 NIV
Robin Murray
Arlington, TX
And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart. 2 Chronicles 25:2 (NKJV)
Cathy Pernsteiner, Clarkston, WA “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Corpus Christi, TX
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Bowling Green, KY
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.
Nehemiah 13:14 (NASB)
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest —
11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man. Prov 6:6-11 NIV
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]
Matthew 22 36-39
Caitlyn Marlin, Leavittsburg, OH
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.” 1 John 4:18 (NIV)
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore put on the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground and after you have done everything, to stand.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” I Peter 5:6
**One hand over me & one hand under me!! Whoop! Whoop!**
Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. (James 4:8 NLT)
Kalispell, Montana,
Delight Yourself in the LORD, and He will give You the
Dreams of Your Heart. Psalm 37: 4 NIV
Ahhh, I’m late! shew!
Amanda, Westfield, NC
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. -Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIV)
Mitzi Garrett, Bulverde, Tx; “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 NIV
Emily Griffin, Tifton, GA. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NIV
Barb * St Cloud MN * Psalm 33:3 NIV “Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”
Lisa Godwin Alpharetta, GA
14) And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15) And let the peace of Christ rule your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:14-15 (ESV)
Vickie Kalinovich
Greenville, SC
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10(NIV)
Whitney Fearing – Mesa, AZ
“Who keeps loving kindness for thousands who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Exodus 36:7 NASB
Susan Knowles, Bradenton, FL
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
Eph. 3:16 NLT
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV
Nadine from High Point, NC
For this reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to your goodness knowledge; and to your knowledge self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
2Peter 1:5 NIV
Christy, Jonesboro, AR
John 15:5(NIV)
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
Amy DeBoer, Kalamazoo, Michigan
I’m going to try to do a chunk of scripture over the next several months. Romans 5. Starting with verses 1-2. “Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in the hope of the glory of God.”
Donna Banks from Franklin, TN:
”Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”
1 Timothy 4:7-8
Kathy Jasper Mo.
I am behind in posting my verses so please forgive me.
March 1st- When I am afraid I will put my trust in Thee. Psalm 56:3 NASB
March 15th- Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. Proverbs 12:1 NASB
April 1st- If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 NASB
Kristi Skeen; Katy, TX
In peace, I will lie down and sleep, for you alone LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8