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!
Debbie Liggett, Colleyville, TX
“I am the Alpha and the Omega”, says the Lord God, “who is, and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelations 1:8 NIV
Katera McMillan, Kentwood, LA
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 ESV
Michelle – Granbury TX
“And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV)
Logansport, IN -the unfolding of Thy words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130 NAS
Tammi Edwards, Rockford, IL “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” (â€III John‬ â€1‬:â€2‬ NKJV)
Waaaaaaay behind!
Laura from Katy, TX
March 1st
1 Peter 1:3-5
Praise be to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoiled, or fade – kept in heaven for you who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. NIV
March 15th
1 Peter 1: 6-7
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, you may have to suffer grief and all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – as a greater worth than gold, which parishes even though refined by fire – maybe proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor, when Jesus Christ is revealed. NIV
April 1st
1Peter 1:8-9
Though you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him, and are filled with an inexpressible joy-for you are receiving the goal of your faith, salvation of your soul. NIV
Nicole, Jonesboro, AR:
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (â€1 Corinthians‬ â€15‬:â€58‬ NIV)
Stephanie Burch Carrollton, Va.
“You search the scriptures because you think in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about me.” John 5:39 NASB
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (â€1 Peter‬ â€2‬:â€12‬ NIV)
Carolina- Corpus Christi, TX
Anissa McGuire Claremore, ok
Isaiah 53:6
“We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Jeanmarie Eberhart
Archbald, PA
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Amee from Hercules, CA
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you. (â€Philippians‬ â€4‬:â€9‬ NLT)
Rhonda, Harlan, IA if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 ESV
Whitesboro, TX
“Search me, O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts,
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
Bonnie Tolson, Outer Banks, N.C.
“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
Becky Frazier, Stromsburg, NE
Proverbs 24:27 NIV
Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
But the servant was pierced because we had sinned. He was crushed because we had done what was evil. He was punished to make us whole again. His wounds have healed us. (â€Isaiah‬ â€53‬:â€5‬ NIRV)
Jenny Werth, Grand Ledge, MI
John 7:38 AMP He who believes in Me (who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me), as the scripture has said, from his innermost being shall flow continuously, springs and rivers of Living Water.
Dawn, Beavercreek, OH
Psalms 37:23, 24 (NLT)
“The Lord directs the steps of the godly
He delights in every detail of their lives
Though they stumble, they shall never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.”
Tammy from White House, TN
Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness
Around you will be as bright as noon.
Isaiah 58:10 NLT
Jami Carey, Fishers, IN
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
II Peter 1:8 NIV
Chaundel, Lake Forest, CA
By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3 NLT
Kay, Sierra Vista, AZ
Hebrews 13:8, NASB
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Portland, Oregon
Proverbs 24:27 NIV
Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Karen Collier from the Eastern Shore of Maryland
“My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.” Psalm 35:28 (NIV)
Terry Karlson
Winchester VA
“Instead of looking at fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers.”
Matthew 6:28 – The Remix
Amy Gossen
Springfield, MO
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (â€Romans‬ â€16‬:â€20‬ NIV)
Rose Gillespie ~ Hot Springs, AR
“I AM the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.”
John 15:5 KJV
Dawn
Bristow, VA
“Be sober minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls arond like a roarling lion, seeking someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8 ESV
Tracy Baker, Kountze, TX
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2 NASB
Vickie Heerema, Pella, Iowa
God is within her, she will not fall: God will help her at break of day. Psalm 46:5(NIV)
Linda, Orrville, OH
NIV
“So then, just as you received Jesus Christ as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7
Matthew 5:45-48
“…He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?”
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:3 NIV
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] that if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]. Phil 3:10-11, AMP
Terri Lopez Cedar Grove, WI
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being” Ephesians 3:16 NIV
A dry crust eaten in peace is better than a great feast with strife.
Proverbs 16:9
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
Psalm 103:3
Escondido, CA
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith”. Ephesians 3: 16-17a (NIV)
Heather Hiple
1 Corinthians 1:26 NCV
“Brothers and sisters, look at what you were when God called you. Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families.”
Julie, Prescott, AZ
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25 ESV
Dena K. from Columbus, OH:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (â€Habakkuk‬ â€3‬:â€18‬ NKJV)
Sharon Curfman, Owasso, Oklahoma. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent and discerning if he holds his tongue. Proverbs 17:28 (NIV)
Jodi Alley, Humble, TX
“As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love.” John 15:9 (HCSB)
Letha. Mountain Home, Arkansas.
“I have become a sign to many;
YOU are my strong refuge.” Psalm 71:7 NIV
Kymberleigh, Southaven, MS : What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (â€Philippians‬ â€1‬:â€18-21‬ ESV)
Miranda
Loganville, GA
I ask you to receive her in The Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
Romans 16:2 NIV
Michaela
Loganville, GA
He has showed you, Oman, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 NIV
Melia
Loganville, GA
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10 NIV
Kim Safina
Central Coast California
My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9
Blessings upon this ministry and the staff.