My name is Becky Jo and I’m a wannabe Southern Belle who married a Northern Hunting Man! So, now I reside in the chilly state of Michigan – quite a switch up for this Arizona girl!!! I am madly in love with Jesus, my man, my kiddos and my grand babies. My hobby is coffee … always coffee!
The verse I’ve chosen is Psalm 118:5-6 MSG
Pushed to the wall, I called to God;
from the wide open spaces, he answered.
God’s now at my side and I’m not afraid;
who would dare lay a hand on me?
God’s my strong champion;
I flick off my enemies like flies.
Far better to take refuge in God
than trust in people.
I chose this verse because I have an old book mark from my grandma that says that this is the center of the Bible (vs.8), and I want to ALWAYS be at the center of His Will. Far better to take refuge in God than trust in people, indeed. AMEN!
La Grande, Oregon
Continuing Colossians 3:12-17, this is verse 14 (NKJV):
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Tonasket, WA
“Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book”. Revelation 22:7 NIV
Linda Dameron
Cape Canaveral, FL
“If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”
1 Peter 4:14
NIV
Lee Ann Kelley-Fairhope, AL
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 2-3 NIV
Jacqueline Davidson Sarnia ON
Psalm 112:7
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings,his heart is firmly fixed,trusting ( leaning on and being confident) in the Lord.
Brenda Gerber from Grafton, OH
II Samuel 22:32 (NIV)
For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
Michone, Butte, MT
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance.” 2Peter 3:9 NKJV
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;surely I have a delightful inherent. Psalms 16:6
Cassia from Spring, TX
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
2 Tim 1:12
Jean
Abilene, TX
Psalm 84:6 NIV
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
Tina from San Antonio. And with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. Eph. 6:15. NIV
Jeanni, Westland, MI
“Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV
Dani, Greer, SC: But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. (James 1:6 HCSB)
Liz Millinor
St Johns, FL
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. (Philippians 2:1-2 NIV)
Melissa Morrow, Pike Road, AL
“Yet those who wait for the LORD,
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.”
Isaiah 40:31 NASB
Susan Young, Fairhope,AL For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. James 2:10 (NIV)
Laura, Minneapolis, MN.
“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Galatians 6:10 ESV)
Laura Blackman, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23
Jan Cleburne, TX “In all your ways acknowledge Him, And he shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:6 (NKJV)
Jan Cleburne, TX “In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:6 (NKJV)
MaryK, Omaha, Ne: Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.” NIV
Connie Walker, Houston, TX,
“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” Matthew 10:29 KJV
Amanda Gozur, Albuquerque, NM
“Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.”
Psalms 27:14 (NLT)
Gail, Atascadero, CA
Always be joyful. Never stop praying.
1Thessalonians 5:16-17. NLT
“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.”
Psalm 145:1-2 NIV
I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a heavy mist.
Return to me for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22, NAS
Ephesians 4:2 HCSB
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love,
Pam Williams, Olive Branch, MS
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Timothy 3:12 NIV
Ingrid G, Oldfield, MO
Psalm 103:18 ESV
to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
Prattville, AL
I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave His life for me.
Galatians 2:20
Sarah M., St. Louis, MO
“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content; I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:11-13 NKJV
Michelle, Fort Collins, CO
“Indeed we live in the flesh, but we do not wage war according to the flesh; for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NRSV
Conyers, GA
Psalm 121:1-2 KJV
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven & earth.
May the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be pleasing in your sight O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV
1 Corinthians 2: 9 NET
But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”
Miranda Strader • West Virginia • “with his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape” Proverbs 11:9 NIV
Aimee Taylor, Hemet, CA: But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. Psalms 86:15 NKJV
Michelle Rodriguez Beavercreek, OH
“Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.”
Colossians 3:11 NIV
Vicki, from Grapevine, TX
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. ~ Psalm 139:10 NIV
Ali C., Pleasanton, CA- 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6:28-30 (ESV)
Billie, Greenville, KY “For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord and it was attested to us by those who heard…” Hebrews 2:2-3 ESV
Tempe, AZ. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6. NIV
The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
Psalm 145:17-18 NKJV
Faith from Coeur d’Alene, ID
Philippians 3:7 NKJV
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.
John 3:36 NIV
Beavercreek Oh
I know that You can do all things and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:2 (ESV)
Jen Ferguson from Cedar Park, TX
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me.” John 10:28, NLT
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
You keep him in perfect peace
Whose mind is stayed on You
Because he trust in You
Trust in the Lord forever
For the Lord God is an ever lasting Rock.
Ephesians 3:21 NIV “to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout generations, forever and ever. Amen”
Rachael from Union, Maine – 17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20