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!
Romans 6:14New International Version (NIV)
14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
liz
gladstone or
Terry, Odessa, FL
“Don’t treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.” Galatians 2:21, NLT
“And now LORD, for what do I wait?
My Hope is in YOU!” Psalm 39:7 NASB
verse 7
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalms 62:5-6 NIV
Whitney, Little Elm, TX
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world. Phil. 2:14-15 NASB
Jennifer Haglund; Story City, IA
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.” – Psalms 51:10 (AMP)
Jenni, Birmingham, AL
“In a loud voice they were saying: ‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!’ ”
Revelation 5:12, NIV
Rebecca- eagle point, oregon. “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit.” Matt 27:50 ESV
Michelle, Warner Robins, GA
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. Psalm 16:11 NASB
Beth Barron
Rome, GA
Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him! You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh, for those who fear Him lack nothing. Psalm 34:8-9 HCSB
Jackie Houser, Pikeville, NC: “The Lord works righteousness and just for all the oppressed.” Psalm 103:6 NIV.
Proverbs 12:25 “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up” NIV
Lesa from Garden City, Kansas
Ephesians 3:14 & 15 ESV
For this reason I bow my knee before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
Shauna, Aurora, NE
“Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28, ESV
In my father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2-3 (KJV)
Lisa
Hendersonville,TN
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing, and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV
Jewel from Florien:
Deut. 31:8 And the Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. Deuteronomy. 31:8 KJV
The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20 hcsb
Psalm 98:1
Sing a new song to the LORD;
he has done wonderful things.
By his own power and his holy strength
he has won the victory.
Good News Bible
I am memorizing this in honor of the Easter season and because I need God’s help to progress toward a personal victory. I want to be mindful to praise Him as well as petition him.
Jennifer Lancaster, PA
2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT
We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
Louisville, Ky. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you–guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. II Timothy 1:14 NIV
Ephesians 3:14-15 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in Heaven and on Earth derives it’s name.”
Becky Bell
Westerville, Ohio
To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy. Jude 24 NIV
Katie Davila, Tomball, TX
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 (ESV)
I am late getting mine in!!
LuAnn, Winfield, Eph 2:4-5 HCSB BUT GOD, who is rich in mercy because of His great love that he had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were yet dead in trespasses. You are saved by GRACE!!
Jana Troy, Kansas Max Lucado Devotional Bible
Ephesians 2:10 “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works,, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.”
Beth Sova, Clarkston MI “The Lord is my Shepherd; I have everything I need. Psalm 23 verse 1 New Living Translation
Laura Sumpter-Salem,Oregon
Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will
entrust their souls to the faithful Creator while doing
good. I Peter 4:19 ESV
Anne, Cupertino, CA
“… because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world.This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.” 1 John 5:4 (NET)
Terri from Winchester, VA
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. ”
Colossians 3:15 ESV
Stephanie; Frankfort, KY: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live.” (John 11:25 NRSV)
Becky Brittingham, Medway, OH
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, (â€Philippians‬ â€2‬:â€14‬ NIV)
Gay Beck
Plain City, OH
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 4:19-20 (NIV)
Rebekah, Wentzville, MO
“and if my people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sins and will heal their land”
2 Chronicles 7:14 NASB
“because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 NIV
I had picked my verse early and then forgot to post it. Sorry!
Kelleen Little, Spokane, WA
Eph 3:14-16
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
ESV
Amy Storms
Joplin, MO
Psalm 63:4-5 NIV
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
Robyn in San Antonio, Texas
“For it it not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.”
Matthew 10:20. NASB
Ramona Gellick
Medina, Ohio
Luke 12:6-7 (NIV)
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Cindy Coeur d’Alene, ID and Bakersfield, CA
For this reason, I fall on my knees before the Father. Eph 3:14 (GNT)
Dallas Tausch
Helotes, Tx
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (â€Romans‬ â€6‬:â€23‬ KJV)
Sarah ~ Appleton, WI
“God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great is your faithfulness!”
Lamentations 3:22-23, The Message
Amy from Everett, WA
May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.
Ruth 2:12 (NIV)
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not parish but have eternal life.
Autumn, Lubbock, TX
“Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant-not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” 2 Corinthians 3-4-6
Hayley Warren
Seymour, TX
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters. A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it? Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water. (â€James‬ â€3‬:â€10-12‬ NET)
Sheri Vreugdenhil, South Bend,IN
“I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.” Psalm 30:1
Robin…Orange City, Iowa Psalm 105:3 NAS
“Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD be glad”
Pamela Smith, Lafayette, LA “and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” Ephesians 6:15 (NKJV)
Rene’, Mineola, TX
John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may
have life, and have it abundantly. ” NASB