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!
Kathy, Birmingham, AL
For,this reason I bow my knees before the Father, Ephesians 3:13 ESV
Cindy from San Angelo, TX
John 14:1 NIV
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me.
Charlotte Keifer, Houston, Tx, “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2:10 ESV
Jeannie Keller, Hanahan, SC
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” (â€Genesis‬ â€28‬:â€15‬ NIV)
Mary
Chandler, OK
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.
Psalms 138:8a NKJV
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel… Ephesians 6:19 NIV
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians 3:14
NLT
Christy McCreight, Arlington -No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
Penni Jones, Kingwood, Tx
“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you , being rooted and grounded in love”. Ephesians 3:17
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
Proverbs 31:25 NLT
Christy Brey, Jackson, MO
James 1:9-10 “The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation, but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.” James 1:9-10 HCSB
kelley, Fort Collins, CO
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have.
Eccl 6:9 NLT
Brenda from Hays, KS “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:24 NASB
I was hospitalized unexpectedly and unable to post verses 6 and 7 until now. Please know God’s Word has been sustaining me like never before thru this illness. So grateful that I am part of the Siesta team.
Robin, Atlanta GA
Verse 6
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 NIV
Verse 7
The Lord will fight for me. I need only be still. Exodus 14:14 NIV
Shelly Verley, Apache JCT., AZ
“and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?” Deuteronomy 10:13, NASB (continuation from last one. . .)
Liz from Hilliard, Ohio:
“The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.”
Habakkuk 3:19 NIV
Joan Vanderwall Orofino, Idaho
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, smith the LORD. Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)
Vickie – Nashville, TN
Delight yourself in the Lord;And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 NASB
Vivian, Person, NC
“If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us own sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 NKJV
Betty, Austin, Texas Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Betty, Austin, Texas Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Psalm 139:7 NIV
Shelly, Eufaula, AL
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Psalm 103:7 KJV
Barbara
Eagle, Idaho
But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hand…
Psalm 31:14-15a, ESV
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 5:7 (ESV)
Kristin, Benbrook, TX
Rachel Mason, London. UK
Jesus said “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen”.
Mark 9:23 (MSG)
Tonya Hardy, Ä°stanbul, Turkey
“But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. (â€Genesis‬ â€15‬:â€2-6‬ NIV)”
Poorna Diaz, Reston, Virginia: “You remember us in those days, friends, working our fingers to the bone, up half the night, moonlighting so you wouldn’t have the burden of supporting us while we proclaimed God’s Message to you. You saw with your own eyes how discreet and courteous we were among you, with keen sensitivity to you as fellow believers. And God knows we weren’t freeloaders! You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child, holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.” (1 Thessalonians 2.9-12, MSG)
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16
Carol, Poplar Bluff, MO
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Jude verse 7 ESV
(I am going to memorize the book of Jude this year! well, maybe!)
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
II Timothy 3:16-17 (KJV)
Mildred, Montserrat
The LORD is good – indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him. Nahum 1:7 (NET)
Ephesians 5:13 “but when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.”ESV
Jamie
Corbin, Ky
1 Peter 3:3 NIV
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. (â€1 Peter‬ â€3‬:â€1-6 my goal)
Jami, Fayetteville NC
“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.”
Ephesians 5:19-20 NIV
Good to see someone else from the state of NC.
Molly, Gainesville, GA
“Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce.”
Proverbs 3:9 NASB
Linda, Plainfield, IN Eph 3;16 That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
April, Boone, NC
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28 NIV
Kathi Nitzsche
Lexington, OH
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:6&7. NIV
Psalms 18:16
He reached down from heaven and rescued me: He drew me out of deep waters
Penny Mansfield, OH
“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. (â€Luke‬ â€6‬:â€27-28‬ NLT)
Apryl; Raleigh NC- Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV
Sheri, Austin TX
Luke 24:5-6
Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen.
Shari Schock Steilacoom, WA
Psalm 63:8-9 (ESV)
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth.
Kathy, North Wilkesboro, NC
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36 NIV
Beth D, Madison, MS
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Phillipians 4:11-13 NIV84
Donna, yadkinville, NC
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5 NASB
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV
Stephanie in Gulf Shores AL
Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. (â€Lamentations‬ â€3‬:â€23‬ NLT)
Mandy Helm
College Station, TX
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3 ESV
Leah Kirksey, Camden, Arkansas
“I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to You. ” Genesis 28:15b NKJV