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!
Kinsey M., Tulsa OK
“Ah, Sovereign Lord, You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.”
Jeremiah 32:17 NIV
Adrienne from High Point, NC. Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set you free!”
Pam Campbellsburg In. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly abouve all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us. NKJV NSFL
Catherine S. ~ Grants Pass, Oregon
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:7-8 (NIV)
Saint Petersburg, FL
Proverbs 21:21 ESV
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
Paula, Atlanta Tx
“Call to me and I will answer you. And show you great and mighty things which you do not know”.
Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Robin in Snohomish, WA
Shelly Wilson, Fort Worth, TX
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (Matthew 7:9-11 NIV)
Holly Belt
Spring Hill, TN
Ephesians 3:16
I pray that out of the glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Rachel Penna Stony Point, NY
“He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:3-4 NKJV
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20 NKJV
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the earth” Job 19:25 NIV
Louisville, KY
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:4-6 NIV
The LORD will fight for you, you need only to be still. Ex 14:14 NIV
Katrinna, Bossier City, LA, Psalm 27:14 (NIV) “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Shelby a Township, Michigan
“Lord, when others reject me, help my heart remember you never will.” Psalm 94:14 NIV
Mary Sandifer, Indian Head, MD
When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 10:19 (NASB)
Nancy Terwilliger Lebanon, TN
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea driven and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:5-7 HCSB
Lora Colorado Springs, CO ESV John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Shelley from San Angelo
Rejoice always, pray continually
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 NIV
Joyce Kortze from Rockford, IL
“The Lord is your constant source of stability. He abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; He gives this to those who fear Him.” Isaiah 33:6 NET
Hannah Marks, Harare, Zimbabwe
‘and, if children then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with him.’
Romans 8:16 ESV
Sandy, Deming NM
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4 ESV
Teresa Marsh ~ New Bern, NC
Matthew 5:6 (NASB)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Debbie Burdzy, Calgary AB. Canada
“Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you”
Isaiah 46:4 NIV
Sandy, Danville, KY
My comfort in my suffering is this,
Your promise preserves my life. Psalm 119:50 (NIV)
Dawn, Boston, Massachusetts
Psalm 54:4
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. (NIV)
Lindsey Diggs, Smyrna TN
I dropped the ball this week with my memory work; thank you, Beth, for your encouraging video to get back up and going!
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
Ann: Ft Lauderdale, FL
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Jeremiah 18:1
Jennifer Jackson, Tulsa OK
Now listen my brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
James 1:19
Amy from Magnolia TX
Mark 14:38
Stay awake and pray so you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Psalm 16:11 ESV
You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Cindy/Midland
Pace, Florida
Psalm 18:16 & 19
He reached down from on high and took whole of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Abi Welch, Luverne, AL “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” Psalm 40:2 (NIV)
Pamm from Albuquerque, NM
….Another generation grew up, who neither knew The Lord or what he had done for Israel.
Judges 2:10 (
Kelsey Baker, Milledgeville, GA
“The Spirit of the Lord is one me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.”
-Luke 4:18, NIV
Carol Marshall, Gilbert, AZ
John 19:30 ESV
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is Finished” and he bowed his head and gave up his Spirit.
Sheri
Georgetown Tx
Love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1Peter 4:8 (NIV)
Sue Rice, Telford, PA
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10
Rebecca Alread, St. Simons Island, GA. “Just as you’ll never understand the mystery of life forming in a pregnant woman, so you’ll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does.” Ecclesiastes 11:5 MSG
Chelley Nisbet, Muskegon, MI
And this is His plan: At the right time, He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ- everything in heaven and on earth. Eph 1:10 NLT
Sherry, Independence, Oregon:
“To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever,” Psalm 136:4 (NKJV)
“Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
Isaiah 40: 28-29 (NIV)
Wanda
Osborn, Missouri
Guide my steps by Your word,
so I will not be overcome by any evil.
Psalm 119:133 (NLT)
Connie McRae from London Ontario
James 1:2 consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trails of many kinds
“Freely you have received, freely give” Matthew 10:8b NIV
Linda, Littleton, Co NIV Romans 12:6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not into your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 NIV
Leslie from Elkhart IN
Psalm 121:1 (ESV)
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?