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!
Barbara, Fort Wayne,IN. “Love The Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV
Lisa Jones, St. Louis, Mo.
” A cheerful heart is good medicine”
Proverbs 17:22 NIV
Magie Wolfe Alamosa, Colorado
Know this, my beloved brothers; let every person be quick to hear,
Slow to speak,slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce
The righteousness of God.
James 1:19 ESV
Vivian, Birmingham, Alabama
For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.
I Thessalonians 2:4 NLT
Donna Mayfield, Archdale, NC
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3 NIV
Cindy, San Diego
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
Psalm 13:5 (NIV)
Anita, Nashville, TN Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” (â€Ephesians‬ â€4‬:â€8‬ NKJV)
Cindy, Beaumont TX. And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. Rev. 22:17 NKJV
Janis Slatter, Auckland New Zealand
Hosea 2 v 23 NIV
I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show love to the one I called “Not my loved one”. I will say to those called “Not my people” “You are my people”; and they will say “You are my God”
Thank you Janis. I am so happy to have read your verse as I was scrolling down to where I could enter mine today. Praise God for this promise to us!
Judy
Salem, Oregon
Martinez, CA
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
Deborah Starkey; Proctorville, OH
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Gennie Coe
Boerne, TX
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7
Erin from Arlington, TX–Isaiah 45:2 (NIV)
I will go before you
and will level the mountains;
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
Beckie Potterfield Florence, SC
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.
Philippians 1:9
Leigh, Woodway, TX
For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth derived its name.
Ephesians 3:14-15 (NIV)
Monte Armstrong, Dickson TN. He makes me to lie down in green pastures(pastures of tender grass)He leads me beside the still waters(waters of rest). ~Psalm 23:2~ NKJV
Jennifer Chatman
Jonesborough, TN
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Philippians 4:5 (NKJV)
Jayna, Searcy, AR. “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5
With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. Acts4:33 (NIV)
Penny Burke, Cincinnati. “to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Epesians 3:21NIV
Vicki Bolton
Lubbock, TX
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
1 John 4:16 HCSB
Julie Grissett, Sugar Land, TX
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
Hahaha 3:2
Lord,I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds
Lord.
Repeat them in our day,
In our time make them known
In wrath remember mercy.
Calee McElwain
Butler, MO
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4 (NIV)
Bonnie Webb, Cibolo,Texas
Ephesians 3:16NLT. I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit.
East Helena, Montana
“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
I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. (â€Psalms‬ â€7‬:â€17‬ NKJV)
Patti Broer, Summerset, SD “But godliness with contemptment is great gain.” 1Timothy 6:6, NIV
Patti Broer, Summerset, SD But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6, NIV
Susan C.
Altamonte Springs, Florida
A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:7 HCSB
Jennifer Hutton
Ft. Worth, TX
as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
Renee Hall, Jacksonville, FL
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Kate from Cheney, WA
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:15, NIV
Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
Psalm 91:6 NLT
Kate from Cheney, WA
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:15, NIV
Vanessa, Johnson City, TN
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. NIV
Philippians 4:13
Melanie Wilson, New London, PA
Thank you Melissa! Your post was ridiculously right on time for me!
“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).
Karen Orem, Utah
Colossians 3:15 HCSB
And let the peace of the Messiah to which we were called in one body, control your hearts. BE THANKFUL!
Julie
Noblesville, IN
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
NIV
Susan, Fort Worth, TX
“Seek the while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”
Isaiah 55:6
NIV
Then Jesus took the children in His arms, He put His hands on them and blessed them. Mark 10:16 ICB
Tammy Schriewer, McKinney, Texas
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23 NIV
Carla, Missouri
Ephesians 3:15
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV
Kelly Copelan, Starr,SC
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (â€Deuteronomy‬ â€31‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Allison from Fort Worth, TX
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;
He will never leave you nor forsake you.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
Ashley G., Stephenville, TX
For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful men, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father, but from the world. (1 John 2:16)
Lisa Jones. Andalusia, Alabama
Psalm 32:8 NIV
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” (â€Psalm‬ â€32‬:â€8‬ NIV)
Susan, Blacksburg, Virginia
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.” Ps 91:7 KJV
Mary, College Station, TX
Look to The Lord and His strength; seek His face always.
1Chronicles 16:11 NIV