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!
But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:24 NIV
2 Corinthians 4:6 “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”
Nancy Coffey
Barboursville, WV
“The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
1 John 2:17
Diane Welch Corinth TX
James 4:4 (ESV)
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Sherry – Deer Park, Tx
By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalm 19:11 NIV
Psalm 23:3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Hilary
Orlando, FL`
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Dawn – Pampa, TX
Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
Psalm 139:4 NIV
Sue from Broken Arrow, OK
1 Corinthians 13:8 NAS
Love never fails; if there are gifts of prophecy;,they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away.
Melinda, rowlett TX
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (â€1 Corinthians‬ â€10‬:â€31‬ ESV)
Joan, La Vernia, Texas
Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. Joshua 3:5 ESV
Cara
Umatilla, FL
Psalm 139:7
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence? (NIV)
Ivy Morrison, Dayton TX
1Corinthians 15:58 MSG
“With all this going for us, my dear dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort!”
Vanessa Peacock, Augusta, Georgia
Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15 NIV
Cindy Gandy
Hazlehurst, MS
2 Chronicles 32:8(KJV)
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Patricia Gandy
Florence, MS
Psalm 5:1 (KJV)
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Karen, Queen City, TX. This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
Michelle Matlock, Queen City, TX
John 11:35 Jesus wept. NIV
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)
Janice Tham, Tulsa. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13 (NKJV)
Pat-Dallas, Tx
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That i might not sin against you.
Psalms 119:11, NKJV
keelie Ferguson, Gunter, tx “Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.” Proverbs 3:7 ESV
Kay Richmond Va
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you.” Spanish “Si permanence en mi y mis palabras permanecen en ustedes, pidan lo que quieran, y se les concedera.”
John 15:7 NIV
Bearers all things believeth all things hopeth all things endure th all things
1 Cor 13:7
Charlene
Norcross Ga
Charity never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away
1Cor 13:8
KJV
Charlene
Norcross GA
Jessica, Vicksburg, MS, Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 (NIV)
Molly-Overland Park, KS “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
Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart so that I may honor you. Psalm 86:11
Proverbs 25:2 NIV
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is glory of Kings.
Shanen Pankrez, Grapevine, TX
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
Hebrews 10:24, NIV
Casey, San Antonio, TX. “Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret – it leads only to evil.” Psalm 37:8 NIV
2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. 1Corinthians 16:13-14 (NIV)
Kimberly Balles Rolling Meadows, IL
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
Philippians 1:7 NIV
Jessica Solid, Atlanta GA
If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. (1 John 1:6/NIV)
Lissa, Greenville, SC
The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
Psalm 103:6
Stephanie, Fort Worth, TX;
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15 (ESV)
..so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:7 ESV
Lauren
Fort Worth, TX
People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.
Proverbs 14:29 NLT
Jennifer
Fort Worth, TX
Depend on the Lord in whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3
I Thessalonians 2:3
“For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,nor are we trying to trick you.”
I Thessalonians 2:4
“On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.”
Sherry Jay, OK
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18(NKJV)
Molly-Overland Park, KS “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 ESV
Julie Kauth, Goodyear, AZ
“And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”
I Corinthians 11:24 (KJV)
GA
…for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Rev 19:6b KJV
SIESTA Scripture for July 15, 2015
“I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of Righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” Isaiah 61:10 NIV
Hannah, CT- “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
Tera Ferguson
Gardendale, Alabama
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
Dawn Ferguson, Peoria, AZ
20 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, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)