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!
Kokomo,IN
Exodus 33:14
And He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Codie Chevalier, Loudon, NH
“Seek The Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually.”
1 Chronicles 16:11, ESV
John 13:16 (NIV) I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Teresa Taylor -Roanoke, VA
The Lord executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
He revealed His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in faithful love.
He will not always accuse us or be angry forever.
He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our offenses.
Psalm 103:6-10 – HCSB
Gail Ouimette, Tumalo. OR
And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Exodus 33:19 NIV
Jackie | Plano, TX
Romans 15:13 NIV – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Courtney, Seattle, WA
Romans 5:9-13 (ESV)
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
Gail Hinshaw, Summerville, OR
Psalm 100:4 NKJV
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Auburn, AL
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 15:11 (ESV)
Jane, Waukee IA.
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.” Luke 6:35 (NASB)
Jessica Bellefonte, PA
“The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth.” Psalm 145:18 NLT
Kate K., Lafayette, IN
“Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:7 NLT
Jennifer, Topeka, Ks.
“O LORD, You have searched me and known me.”
Psalms 139:1 (NASB)
Courteney Hilton from Metairie LA
” And Jesus came and said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold I am with you always, to the end of the age. ”
Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
Kim Williams, Colmesneil, TX
No temptation has overtaken you except what is comman 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. 1Corinthians 10:13. NIV
Laura ~ Plainfield, IN
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 NIV
Anne Chen, Cerritos, CA “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 NKJV
Becky, Vicksburg, MS
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 (NIV).
With God all things are possible. Matthew 19.26 NAB
Julie-Rose Tedrick, Missouri- “have I not commanded you? be strong and courageous. do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NIV
Sonya Burtis, Cullman, AL
A person without self-control
is like a city with broken-down walls.
Proverbs 25:28 (NLT)
Dover-Foxcroft, ME KJV Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Ephesians 6:10
Leslie Young
Wisner, La.
Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;
no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
Psalm 34:5 NLT
Just what I needed! Love you, Sister! Happy Resurrection Weekend!
Duvall, WA
Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. Deuteronomy 26:10
Tami G.
Franklin, TN
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my hear be pleasing in your sight,Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14NIV
Jenni Banicki, Elk Grove, CA, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18 (NAB)
Jackie Brantley Rockledge FL
I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€12‬ NLT)
Kimberly Balles Rolling Meadows, IL
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
Isaiah 41:13 NIV
For I am the LORD, your GOD, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Katie in Jamestown, RI
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Angie Shockney Lafayette, IN
Philippians 4:10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, NIV
Amy, Crown Point, Indiana
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people: once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy”.
1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV
Tensie Palmer – Los Angeles, CA
“That according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
Adria A., Jackson, TN
“His glorious power will make you patient and strong enough to endure anything and you will be truly happy.” Col 1:11 (NLV)
Courtney Rohloff, Morris, MN “I will offer You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and will worship the Lord.” Psalm 116:17
M. Sangster, Simpsonville, KY
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in The Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” KJV
Terra Haisley, Albany, Indiana: “What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.” Matthew 10:27 HCSB
Cassie Davis, Orange City, FL
O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. (â€Psalm‬ â€139‬:â€1-2‬ ESV)
Bethany – huntington,wv
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger” James 1:19 esv
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
Pati, Macomb, MI.
And the man of God answered,”The LORD has much more to give you than this.”
2Chronicles 25:9 (NASB)
Bert M. Rio Rancho,NM
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Psalm 129:6-7.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:11 NIV
Psalm 139:5-6
” You hem me in – behind and before, You have laid Your upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.”
Lori Smith
Little Rock Ar
Exodus 14:21 NIV
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and all night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.
Erika, celebration Florida
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
(â€Matthew‬ â€21‬:â€22‬ ESV)
Lois, Southbury, CT
Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
Jonah 2:8 NIV
Britt Burlile, Morrow Ohio
Philippians 4:6 NKJV
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God
Sherry Lee, Owensboro, KY
ISA 43:19 NLT
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.
Susie McNeely Russellville AR
Psalm 119:11 ESV
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.