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!
Jennifer R. Houston, TX “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
Sheila Hughes Bismarck Arkansas John 16:33 NIV
I told you these things, so that you may have peace. In this world you’ll have trouble, TAKE HEART! I have overcome the world.
Wendy Davis
Oriental, NC
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:” Ephesians 1:1 NASB
Kim
Charlotte NC
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.
Ephesians 3:14-15 NKJV
Sarah Whitt, Fort Worth, TX
“Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,””
Colossians 3:23 HCSB
Utica, Ohio
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. Romans 12:2 ESV
Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
I Peter 4:11 NET
Raine M.
Sherman Oaks, CA
“even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. (by grace we have been saved)” Eph 2:5
Laura Stevens
El Paso, Texas
Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Belinda, Chesapeake, VA – I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. Psalm 119:15-16 (NIV)
Debra Taylor from Madison, MS.
Thank you Beth for the encouraging words from your video. God is right on time.
Psalm 73:26 (ESV) “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Noreen, Cleveland OH “For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, “Fear not, I will help you” Isaiah 41:13 NKJV
Cynda P
Newnan, GA
“For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.”
Romans 8:22 ESV
Mary Thomas — Lexington, KY
“A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.” -Ephesians 6:10 (NLT)
Lily Green, Madison, AL
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 28:15 (NIV)
Kelhe Hatfield – Larkspur, CO – For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. Proverbs 3:26 NIV
Jennifer Jones from Coweta, OK
1 Thess. 4-11-12a
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you. So that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders.
Carol Crabtree, Farmers Branch, TX
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever, Amen.
Ephesians 3:20 and 21, New King James
Janet, Lenoir, NC: But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
Luke 2:6
“While they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth.”
Joan Wetzel, New Orleans, LA, Luke 2:6 (NASB)
Cherie, Pocatello, ID “Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body” (Proverbs 16:24).
Rita
Splendora, Tx
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sines; for we also forgive every
one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptations; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 11: 2-4
Robin Wickman, Merriman, Ne – He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32 NIV)
Lisa Vinson, Abilene TX
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:3 NJKV
Addy Cianciotto,
“HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS.” ISIAH 53:5a ESV
DICKINSON, TX.
“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” Psalm 34:9 NIV
Connie Robbins, London, England
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
Gabby Cianciotto-Dickinson Texas
“The Lord loves the righteous.” Psalm 146:8b
Susan Stevens, Huntsville, AR
Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Cor. 16:14 NAS
Gail, Atascadero, CA
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
James 4:10 NIV
“Nevertheless God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are His, and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn a way from wickedness.” 2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV)
Melissa Turner, Senatobia, MS
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3, NLT
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 ESV
Jill Knight, Fort Ashby, WV
One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. (Psalm 27:4 NIVUK)
Van Alstyne, TX
“I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:8 (NIV)
Jennifer, Tomball, TX “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.” Psalm 145:8 (NIV)
For the next few verses:
El Padre Nuestro
9 “Ustedes, pues, oren de esta manera:
‘Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos,
Santificado sea Tu nombre.
10 Venga Tu reino.
Hágase Tu voluntad,
Así en la tierra como en el cielo.
11 Danos hoy el pan nuestro de cada día.
12 Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, como también nosotros hemos perdonado a nuestros deudores.
13 Y no nos metas en tentación, sino líbranos del mal. Porque Tuyo es el reino y el poder y la gloria para siempre. Amén.
Rona Howard, Fort Worth, 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)
Emily T – Kansas City, MO
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,. . .”
Ephesians 3:14-17 ESV
Selena – Cordele, GA
Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.
Matthew 10:29, HCSB
Sheryl Hanson, Neenah, WI. “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
Connie Colston, Waxahachie, TX
He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. (Psalms 62:6 NASB)
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
1 Peter 4:10 ESV
martha loyd
houston, tx
Laura, Greenbrier, AR “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” I Corinthians 5:14 NIV
And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 NIV
Jennifer Wilson, Brentwood, CA
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Gal 2:20 NIV
Blessed is the one who perseveres in trials because having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12
Carla, Pierre,SD
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
Luke 12:12 NIV
Debbie Nelson Hot Springs, Arkansas
For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say
Maria, Louisville, Ky. Ephesians 2:4-5 NKJV
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),