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!
Kimberly Barrett, Camden, Arkansas
“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
Connie
Greene, IA
I will not merely walk, but run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.
Psalm 119:32
AMP
Kari Turner
Charlottesville, VA
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, (Psalm 92:1-2 ESV)
Kathy, Bolivar, MO
Behold, God is my salvation;I will trust & will not be afraid;for the Lord God is my strength & my song, & He has become my salvation. Is. 12:2 ESV
Judy Conn , Ashland, ky:”for no matter how many promises God has made, they are YES in Christ. And so through him the ‘amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God”. 2 Corinthians 1:20, NIV
Sandy Bowers, Bryan, Ohio
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
Ephesians 1:7 (NIV)
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
Luke 1:49 NKJ
Sharon, Flowery Branch, GA “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;” Colossians 3:12 NKJV
Midge Miller, Snellville, GA
I pray “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
Those who control their tongue will have a long life, opening your mouth can ruin everything. NLT
Proverbs 13:3
Ginger Hawthorne, Houston, Texas
“But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen . . .'” Matthew 28:5-6 (ESV)
Hallelujah
Erica from MI
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18 (NIV)
Stephanie Hamburg Ar. Romans 3:23 (NLT) For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18 NIV
Eileen, Lancaster, PA
Carol Bruntlett
Albuquerque Nm
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
10- The name of the Lord is a fortified tower the righteous run into and they are safe
Stillwater, OK
Ephesians 3:14-15
14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named
Marsha R. Lexington Park, MD
He set them in place forever and ever;
he gave a decree that will never pass away.
Psalm 148:6 NIV
cathy from Keller, TX:
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. (Proverbs 2:11 NIV)
Lanette, Woodstock NY
Isaiah 50.4-5 NIV
The Sovereign Lord has given me His words of wisdom so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning He wakes me and opens my understanding to His will.
The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me:
I have listened
I have not rebelled or turned away.
Sulphur, LA
He will quiet you with His love. Zephaniah 3:17
Sarah B
Bonaire, GA
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
1 Corinthians 15:22
NASB
Roni – Demopolis, Alabama
“I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.” -NASB Psalms 51:3
Krista Fehr, Chickamauga, GA
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ESV For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal
Sarah, Brookhaven, MS
Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Kelly, Auburn Al, I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strenthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being. Ephesians 3:16 NIV
Pepper Edwards, midland, tx
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NLT Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
Danelle, Lamar, MO
Ephesians 3:14 (ESV)
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,”
I am leaving you with a gift, peace of mind & heart
Heart, and the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give
So do not be troubled or afraid. John 14:27, NLT
Debi, N.Chesterfield, VA
Kathy, Fort Smith, AR
Psalm 34:4-5 NIV
I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
Darlene Selinger, Grapevine, Texas – ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” (Luke 24:7 NIV)
Denise, Hernando Beach, FL
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Romans 8:25
Melinda, Montgomery, Alabama
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
Ephesians 3:15 ESV
Beth, Lansing, MI
Ephesians 3:14 ESV, “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father”
Had a little typo; it should say NASB not ESV…
And without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 NIV
Karen, Flower Mound, TX
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
Becky, Roswell, GA
“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
II Cor. 9:8, NIV
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 a hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Kristin, Fort Worth, TX
Kristi Longino Moira, NY
By this the love of God was manifest in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 1John 4:9
Kelly Sayle, Chattanooga, TN “As you have received Christ, Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in Union with and conformity to Him. Have the roots of your being firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 (Amp)
Susan Miles, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Ephesians 3:16, niv
That according to the riches of His Glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.
Martha, Georgetown, TX “Because You are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.” Psalm 63:7 NLT
Janet, Holmes Beach, FL
For the love of Christ urges us on,
because we are convinced that one has died for all;
therefore all have died.
And he died for all so that those who live might live no longer for themselves,
but for him who died and was raised for them.
2 Cor. 5:14-15 NRSV
Rebecca S, Fort Worth, Texas
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. John 15:8
Dametra S, Fort Worth, Texas
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. John 15:8
Megan, Barto, PA
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ Isaiah 58:9 ESV
Layla S, Fort Worth, Texas
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. John 15:8
Jennifer D, Fort Worth, Texas
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. John 15:8
Judy Dreeszen, Kansas, ‘For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” Philippians 2:13 (NLT)
Amy 7634
“Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him!”
Phil. 4:4a (MSG)
Frances, Orange, TX
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. Isaiah 40:8 NIV