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!
Casey Murray KY
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death and so somehow to attain to the right ressurection from the dead Phillipines 3:10
Melissa H., London, ON, Canada
“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).
Chillicothe, MO
John 16:33, NIV
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Cris, New Lenox IL
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7 (NIV)
Jackie Adington – Waynesburg,KY – When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (â€John‬ â€19‬:â€30‬ ESV)
Laura Wassink, brantford, Ontario, Canada
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91 : 2 NIV
Peggy Hale
Mauriceville,Texas
Continuing with Psalm 103…Verse 7 (LASB-NIV)
He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
Megan, Salisbury MD. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 NIV
Cathy Hare – Rowlett, TX
“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children”
Ephesians 5:1 NIV 1984
Shannon, Rogers, AR Ephesians 3:16 ESV
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 Blacklock
Lubbock, Texas
“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in Heaven and on earth derives it’s name.” Ephesians 3:14-15 NIV
Danna, Atlanta, TX.
But you are a shield around me, O LORD, you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Nancilea, The Woodlands, TX
Ephesians 3:16 ESV
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being
Kristi
Midland, Texas
Trust the Lord completely, and don’t depend on your own knowledge. With every step you take, think about what he wants, and he will help you go the right way. Don’t trust in your own wisdom, but fear and respect the Lord and stay away from evil. (â€Proverbs‬ â€3‬:â€5-7‬ ERV)
Terri Sims, Orange TX
“He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 25:8 ESV
Laura Hix -Grand Sline, TX
But God shows His love for us in that while we were stilk sinners, Christ died for us
Romans 5:8
Angie Brown, Taylors, SC
A bit late….but here it is…
The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you.
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance on you.
And give you peace.
Exodus 10: 24-26 (NASB)
Kristin Johnson, Owasso, OK
“and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.”
Ephesians 6:15 NIV
Ashley
Rancho Cucamonga, Ca
May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. (â€Ephesians‬ â€3‬:â€19‬ NLT)
Brigitte , Newark Ohio
For His invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So that they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20
Gail Lobenthal Bloomington, IN
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 NIV
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 2 Timothy 4:17 ASV
Gina Shipley from San Angelo, Texas:
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
James 5:16
NIV
2 Corinthians 5:15 (NKJV)
and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Marie Franse, Albuquerque, NM For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17 (NIV)
Karen Todd, Beech Island, SC
“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
Nina, Stigler, I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel. Judges 5:3b
Catlett, VA
Isaiah 43:10-11 (NIV)
10 ” You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed nor will there be one after Me. 11 I,even I, am the Lord, and apart from Me there is no Savior.”
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this in not from you it is a gift from God.
Ephesians 2:8
Psalm 4:8. NIV
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.
I’m trying to remember this when I go to sleep. Normally when I my head hits the pillow I start remembering all the things I did not do and dwelling on the past. No peace there.
Kathy, Norwalk IA
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (â€1 Corinthians‬ â€13‬:â€5‬ NIV)
Jessy Perzel, Lakeville, MN. “Let your gentelness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” Philippians 4:5 NIV
Isaiah 45:2(NASB) “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
Elizabeth Peck, Fairfax Station, VA: Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. 1 Thess 5:19-22 NIV 1984
Teri. Campobello, SC.
” Do not be anxious about anything. But in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”Philippians 4:6 NIV
Debbie ~ Sherwood, OR ~ Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32)
Alison Sparre, Sacramento
Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions. But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless and blameless before Him–
Colossians 1:21-22 HCSB
Raymore, Missouri
“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
Debbie Haramzian New Port Richey, Florida
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8 NIV
Psalm 16:8 NLT
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me.
Jenny T – Midland, TX
I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart. Jer 24:7 ESV
Stacy Fountain
Kate Fountain
Mary Dean Fountain
Bess Fountain
Dothan, Alabama
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
Galations 6:10
So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers].
Cheri Theesen
Grand Island, NE
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (â€Proverbs‬ â€31‬:â€27‬ NIV)
Bobbie, Radium Springs, NM
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 NKJV
Joan Anderson, Dousman, WI
But from everlasting to everlasting
The Lord’s love is with those who fear Him,
And his righteousness with their children’s children-
Psalm 103:17 NIV
Jodi, Sundown TX, Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name…..(Psalm‬ â€142‬:â€7‬a NIV)
RaeLeen
Bloomington,Indiana:
So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12 (NASB).
Sheila Boor, You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. Genesis 50:20,NLT.