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!
Carol Hosaflook, Abilene, TX Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7:15 KJV
Connie Tyler, Texas
“See I lay a stone in Zion, a precious cornerstone, and the one who trust in him will never be put to shame.” 1 Peter 2:6 NIV
Michelle B. McComb, MS
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV)
Amy from North Wales:
For I know the plans I have for you,”declares the Lord,”plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Erica Maynard Quincy, Illinois Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6 NIV)
Cynthia T. ~ O’Fallon, MO ~ If you need wisdom, ask our generous God and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 (NLT)
Lynn Greene, Shelby, NC. “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. I John 4:18 NIV
Lori D., Elk Grove, CA
Taste and see that The Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8 NIV
Christine Richardson Vienna, VA
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:23. NLT
Heidi B, Cheyenne WY: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end.” Lamentations 3:22 NSRV
Robin Elliott, Mobile, AL:
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 27:13 (NIV)
Psalm 33:22 NIV
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
Stacie K.
Springfield, VA
Psalm 33:22 NIV
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
Amy R., Fort Collins, CO —
“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.” ~ Ps. 34:8
Jennifer – Milford, OH
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)
Shirley Hilbert, Spring Hill, TN
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. [John 15:15 KJV]
Virginia Beach, VA
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)
Nancy, Junction City,AR.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” John 11:25 NKJ
Jennfer, Center Point,IA
1 John 1:2 NIV
“The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.”
Katie, Wheatland, Mo Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Susie Handy
Swampers, LA
“Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love.”
1 Corinthians 16:13,14 NLT
Stephanie Sanchez, from Richardson, TX
Ezekiel 11-20a ESV
“And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them.”
Kristin Smoot, Wahiawa, HI
Matthew 6:33 (ESV) “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Kathi Houtcooper, phoenix, AZ.
So I pray that God, who gives you hope,will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 16:13 NLT
Kathy, Los Gatos, CA Matthew 9:10-13 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Zara, Seoul, South Korea
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28 ESV
Jennae, Clovis CA, NIV Proverbs 31:17-18 “she sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.”
Ephesians 5:29 NLT
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
Patti, Clemmons, NC
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:17, KJV
Jennifer Sterk, Tehachapi, CA
“Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.” –Isaiah 53:11 ESV
ACTS 28:31-31 (NIV)
FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS PAUL STAYED THERE IN HIS OWN RENTED HOUSE AND WECOMED ALL WHO CAME TO SEE HIM. BOLDLY AND WITHOUT HINDRANCE HE PREACHED THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TAUGHT ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HELEN MAGANA, SAN BERNARDINO, CA
ACTS 28:31-31 (NIV)
FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS PAUL STAYED THERE IN HIS OWN RENTED HOUSE AND WECOMED ALL WHO CAME TO SEE HIM. BOLDLY AND WITHOUT HINDRANCE HE PREACHED THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TAUGHT ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Margie, Starks, La
“May The Lord be praised!
Day after day He bears our
burdens; God is our salvation, selah
Psalm 68:19 HCSB
7-Lamentations 3:40 NLT
Let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. (John 14:1 ESV)
Caitlin Long, Demopolis, AL
“O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” Psalm 63:1 ESV
Dee – Jacksonville, Florida
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
Sheryl Ponsness, PDX OR, “He will not let your foot slip – He who watches over you will not slumber” Psalm 121:3 (NIV)
Georgia Wight, Tucson AZ
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:10-11 NKJV
Renee P – Hebrew 13:8 (NIV) – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Jeanne Gammon, Renton, WA – “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. (Jeremiah 17:7 NASB)
Leslie Miller, Christiansburg, VA
NIV
Psalm 46:10
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Stephanie Teahn, Lafayette, OR
Ephesians 3:14 (NIV)
For this reason I kneel before the Father.
Kristi – Clovis, CA.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
MaryJo ~ Plainfield, IN
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25 (NIV)
Stephanie Reynolds, Austin, “When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.” Psalm 69:32 ESV
Julie B, Chesterland, OH
” For We all stumble in many ways….but He gives more grace”
James 3:2a, 4:5b ESV
Tammy Minnick Vilonia AR
My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. (Psalms 62:7 NLT)
Alicia Thompson, Davao City, Philippines
Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways.” Haggai 1:7 (ESV)
Gina Hollis, Canton, Ga
“Mat the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”. Hebrews 13: 20-21 NIV