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!
Regina Coke Chester VA. NIV. Roman 8:11
And if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
Michelle Kimberly-Rhoades, Nebraska
Mark 11:24 New International Version
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Susan S. Madison,MS
Let my soul be at rest again, for the LORD has been good to me. Ps. 116:7 (NLT)
I said to myself, “Relax, because the LORD takes care of you.” Ps. 116:7 (NCV)
I am memorizing both versions of this verse.
Lisette Ratcliffe St. Petersburg, FL Matthew 22:37-39 ESV And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Jill Hill – Houston, TX – Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3 NIV
Mary Anne Kent. Austin, Texas
Philippians 1:15-19 (ESV)
Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.
The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. To Live Is Christ Yes, and I will rejoice,
Rachel
Little Rock, AR
“Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.”
1 Chron 16:9-10
John 15:6 NIV
If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
Paula, Colorado Springs, CO
Psalm 56:3
“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” NASV
Diana Wallace, Norman, Oklahoma
I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.
And now, O Father, glorify Thou me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
John 17:4-5 (KJV)
Pennsylvania Patty
Joshua 1:9 NIV
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged; for The Lord your GOD will be with you wherever you go”.
Lisa S.
Kinston,NC
John 20;29 NIV
Then Jesus told him, “because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen me and yet have believed.”
Yes, indeed–God is my salvation! I trust; I won’t be afraid! God–yes, God– is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation! Isaiah 12:2
strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; Colossisns 1:11 NASB
Erika, Monson MA
Barb Fredin, Independence MN
Ps. 143:8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Emily, Lugoff, SC
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
2 Corinthians 4:16 (ESV)
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Lori Newton, Powder Springs, GA
“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.”
John 15:12, NASB
Paola Hernandez, Pinellas Park, Fl
ACT 17:28 ESV
for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
Saint John, NB Canada “…for The Lord your God will bless you in all your Harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.” Deuteronomy 16:15b
Megan, Goodlettsville, TN
2 Corinthians 12:9
“But he said to me, ‘my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
Sandy Amarillo TX
The Spirit of the Lord came upon him in power…
Judges 14:6 NIV
Sandra J Kent, Gwinn MI
2 Cor 13:14 (ESV)
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Stacey (Houston, TX) – Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly. (Matthew 15:28 ESV)
Julie Gresham Jackson, MS
Ephesians 6:11 NIV “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
Judy from Lake Charles, LA
” Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Caroline Hucks
Conway, SC
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Ps 23:4 NKJV
Sharon, Barrington
“As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him.”
Psalm 18:30 NIV
Sharice, Shelby, NC
“Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Ephesians 3:20 NKJ
Charlene
Alabaster, AL
James 2:8 (NKJV)
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;
Connie, Dallas TX
Judges 5:21B (NIV)
“March on, my soul; be strong!”
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
Brenda Cousino, Frisco, TX
But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. (Psalm 19:12 NIV)
If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
JAMES 4:17
Megan Scoliere- Columbus, OH
“If we confess of our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”
1 John 1:9
Angie W., Federal Way, WA/Ennis, MT
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! Psalm 27:14 ESV
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.” Romans 8:29 NLT
Taylor, TX – I am leaving you with a gift – Peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. John 14:27 NLT
Sissy, Waycross
NKJV Ephesians 4:1-3
I, therefore the prisoner if the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy if the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in live, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bomd of peace.
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” Colossians 3:23, ESV
Carol Spell – Covington, Louisiana
Glory ye in His name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 1 Chronicles 16:10 KJV
Rebecca Stewart Julian, NC
“The Lord is the light of my salvation–whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1 NIV
Diane, Durham, NC
Lamentations 3:24-26 NIV
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
Margo Burlington ON “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding ” Prov 3:5
Traci, Parkersburg, WV
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”
~1 John 5:3 ESV
Kathy, Chesapeake, VA
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
Psalm 63:3, ESV ( attempting to memorize a continuous passage in Psalm 63, that got me through a difficult season recently)
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
Isaiah 54:17 KJV
Ruth Baca, Modesto,CA “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us” Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Ruth Campos, Belleville, IL
“You who have shown me many troubles and distresses will revive me again, and will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.” Psalm 71:20
(Another reading for “me” is “us”.)
“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13