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!
Vicky, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
“In the day when I cried out you answered me and made me bold with strength in my soul.”
Psalm 138:3 NKJV
The Lord will give strength to his people the Lord will bless his people with peace palms 29:11 NKJV
Mary, Lilburn GA. Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Ps 90:12 ESV
Julie, Columbia City IN
Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Colossians 3:14-15 NLT
Jackie, Deltona, FL
What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You
Psalms 56:3 AMP
Anne Boone, Chesterfield, MI
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
Vivienne B, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Hebrews 4:16 (NLT)
Kristi Monroe, NY
“Oh, that we might know the lord ! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Hosea 6:3 NLT
Kim McCool. Columbus NC. Psalm 119:165 ESV
“Great peace have those who love your law, nothing can make them stumble.”
Lauren, Pittsburgh, PA. “In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:6 NIV
Candie – Waterloo, Iowa
If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. Isaiah 58:10 (ESV)
Andrea, Havelock, NC
“Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6, NET
Lori Johnson Auburn, MA This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a child-like “What’s next, Papa?”
Romans 8:15 MSG
Susan Peaslee Somerville Maine
“Recompense to man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.” Romans 12:17 KJV
Arla, Benron, AR
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. (â€Ephesians‬ â€6‬:â€12‬ ESV)
Christy Billingsley, Terry, MS
“If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.”
Psalm 130:3-4 NIV
Cherie, Savannah, GA
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 NASB
Beth, Concord, NC “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and earth derives its name.” Ephesians 3:14-15 NIV
Cheri, Louisville, Kentucky,
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.” 2 Timothy 4:8 ESV
Lora Faircloth, Fayetteville,NC
But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. I Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
Rebecca in Durham: the sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom so that I may know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakes me and opens my understanding to his will. (Isaiah 50:4, NLT)
Jennifer, Michigan
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)
Linda Hall, Salem, VA “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2 NIV
Cris ,Virginia Beach VA
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up
against the knowledge of God , and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ
2 Cor 10:5 NIV
Dana Meade, Oxford, PA “therefore brother (and sisters!) by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 HCSB
Jana Stroud, Houston TX
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
Stacy Baker detroit, Michigan
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?”Matthew 6:25 NIV
Olda, Huntsville, AL
When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. Luke 9:51 ESV
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. (â€Revelation‬ â€21‬:â€3‬ ESV)
Linda, Xenia,Ohio
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,” Ephesians 3:14-15 ESV
Hey SMTT sisters! I didn’t catch last month’s video so I’m a little behind. I love how God works- I already planned to memorize Ephesians 3:20-21 this month. However, I’m backing things up a bit and going to join everyone who is working on Ephesians 3:14-21. I believe God has something He wants to do ! I can’t wait to find out!
Kathy from Pennsylvania… “…He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by his wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
First Peter 2:24 to 25 NASB
michelle McAnulty
Ulsan, South Korea
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You took away the guilt of my sin. Psalms‬ â€32‬:â€5‬ HCSB
Robin T. Laureldale, PA
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 (NIV)
Nancy Chattanooga, TN
Romans 14:19 (NIrV)
“So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build each other up.”
Forgot my name the first time! 🙂
Amy, Miamisburg, OH
When words abound, transgression is inevitable but the one who restrains his words is wise.
Proverbs 10:19 NET
Lynn Bennett, Stowe, Vt.
Finally, brothers and sisters, 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. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€8‬ NIV)
North East, PA
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 (ESV)
Linda Proffitt – Louisville, KY
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (â€2 Corinthians‬ â€5‬:â€21‬ ESV)
Carole From Kingwood Psalm 59:9New International Version (NIV) You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,
Coral Springs, FL. ” O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is your name in all the earth.” Psalm 8:1 NIV
Kathleen–Amman, Jordan: “For through the law, I died to the law, that I might live to God” (Galatians 2:19).
Tammy Martinez, Burleson, TX, For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. Ephesians 3:14-15 (NIV)
Robyn Wong, Roswell Georgia. For I am confident of this very thing that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NASB
Ashley Schenck, Fishers, IN
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
1Peter 5:7
NIV
Lisa Barber. Taylorsville NC KJV
John 10:27-28
John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Rebecca Dohoda, Murfreesboro, TN
“In you Lord, my God, I put my trust” Psalm 25:1 NIV
Isaiah 53:12, ESV, “Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.”
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Cor. 5:21 NLT
Barbara, Fisherville: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Col 3:23-24 NIV.
Moulton, Alabama: “And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Psalm 50:15 ESV