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!
Sara Gillian, Round Rock, TX NIV
Romans 5:20-21
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
It’s Romans 4:20-21, not 5:20-21.
Deborah, Yarmouth, NS
You guided your people, like a flock of sheep, and you chose Moses and Aaron to be their leaders.
Psalm 77:20 CEV
Margaret Cate
Falls church, VA
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. (â€John‬ â€10‬:â€4‬ NIV)
Dawn Winslow, Clever, MO
Colossians 4:6 (NLT) “Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.”
Nancy, Westfield, IN
“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,”
Ephesians 3:17-18. NIV
Katie Mitchell Jacksonville, FL
Job 22:29 NLT
“If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them. Even sinners will be rescued; they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”
Cindy Mohr, Marion, IL
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Nicole Brentwood, CA
“Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you, bind them around your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) Amplified
Beverly, Glasgow, KY
Circumcision is nothing and un circumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 1 Corinthians 7:19 NIV
Deanna – Oklahoma City, OK
Taste and see that the Lord is GOOD. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in Him. Fear the Lord you His godly people for those who fear Him will have ALL they need. Psalm 34:8-9 NLT
Melissa Droegemueller
San Antonio, TX
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 19:1 NIV
Dana Johnson, Waterford WI.
How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony! Ps 133:1 GNBDK
Luke 24: 38-39 (HCSB)- “Why are you troubled?” He asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I Myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have”
Aretha Gearhart, Council Bluffs, IA. Ephesians 1:20 KJV. Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places
In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 10:19 NKJV
I am behind a few, so I will post a couple.
Ps. 118K8
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans, it is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
Col. 3:13,14 NIV
Bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances you may against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
Psalm 31:3 ,NIV
Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matt. 28:3 NIV
for I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. phillipians 4:13 NLT
2nd Corinthians 4:16 ” Thereforewe do not lose heart. Though outwardly we atre wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day” NIV
Psalm 46;10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Dale – Palm Desert, CA – “and godliness with brotherly affection and with brotherly love.” 1 Peter 1:7
Isaiah 30:18 NIV
“For the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are those who wait for Him.”
Stacy, Greenfield, Indiana
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:31-32 (ESV)
Donna Mina, Norman, OK
And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
(â€1 Samuel‬ â€3‬:â€10‬ NLT)
Cynthia, Brooklyn Park, MN
May the favor of the Lord rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us-
yes, establish the work of our hands.
(Psalm 90:17)
Mindy Petty
Ingleside TX
Create in me a clean heart, Oh God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NLT
Miranda Strader• West Virginia • “we thank you, God, we thank you – your name is our favorite word; your mighty works are all we talk about.” Psalms 75:1 MSG
“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 3:17 ESV
Beth, I can not tell you how much I needed to hear what you had to say in this video. The enemy has been doing a number on me when it comes to being a mother, a homeschool teacher to my son, a wife, a friend and a Christian. I have been fighting dark dark thoughts for a few weeks now and you nailed it on the head, failure was a reoccurring word. THANK YOU for speaking to that in the Name of Jesus & shining bright the light of Jesus into my inner being. Love you so!
Hollie,
Granbury, TX
Sarah
Portales, NM
Isaiah 41:13 ESV
“For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
But these things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
Matthew 15:18
NKJV
Janice, Springville AL
Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.
Psalm 119:35 NLT
…….’Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6
Linda Steriti
Littleton NH
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no
mercy. For mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:13 NASB
Becky from central Pa
“God is light; in Him is no darkness at all.” 1 Jn. 1:5b (niv)
Whitney Amos, Temple, TX
Ephesians 3:16 (ESV)
“…that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his spirit in your inner being,”
(Forgot to post earlier!)
Amy Lefkowitz, Richmond VA
“I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.”
Psalm 31:7, NLT
Raquel Davis- Monticello, Ms
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV
Brittany Powell
“O God, You are my God. Early will I seek You. My souls thirts for You. My flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land where no water is. To see Thy power and glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus while I live, I will bless you. I will lift up my hands in Your name.” Psalm 63:1-4 NKJV
Kristin Liddell, Shakopee, MN:
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Psalm 118:24
Cindy
Sulphur, LA
James 1:9 (HCSB)
The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation.
His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays and they would invite their 3 sisters to and drink with them. Job 1:4
Aimee – Highland, IN – Psalm 1:2 NIV
“…but whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on his law day and night.”
Lise, Cumming, GA:
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching tehm to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 (NAS)
Lise, Cumming, GA:
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 (NAS)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Oh Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer.
Proverbs 19:14
NIV
Dana
Boerne, TX
April Jackson, Lagrange, Georgia
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV
Dripping Springs, Texas
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
Missouri city, TX
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (â€Proverbs‬ â€3‬:â€5-6‬ ESV)
Lindsey Gibson, Soddy-Daisy, TN, Proverbs 29:25 NKJV, The Fear of Man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.
Christi Hudson, Newnan, GA “and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Hebrews 12:24 ESV