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!
Michelle – Aurora, IL
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:11-12 (ESV)
Daura Crawley. Conway, AR. 1 Corinthians 13:12-13 ESV
12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Deb Mott Bradenton Florida. Acts 26: 17-18 MSG “‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’
Staunton, IL
“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Eph 6:13. NIV
Sara McPeek, Decatur, TX
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in Him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:15-16 NIV
Karen Teplik, Mesa AZ “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” Hebrews 12:1-3 (NIV)
Psalm 18:30 Gods way is perfect NIV
Duvall, WA
I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:1-2 (NLT)
Karlys, La Place, LA
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator.
Colossians 3: 9 + 10 ESV
Madelyn Crawley. Conway, AR. Psalm 63: 3-4 ESV
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 95:19
NIV when your anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me JOY!
Jeanne Bugg Bethany, OK
Barbara Dunton
Midland,Texas
Psalm 103:15 (ESV)
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
Selena Rosetti, wiggins, MS
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Carol Stainbrook, Kimberling City, MO
“Bear with one another and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 (NIV)
Annette Green, Roach, MO
Philippians 2: 9-11, NIV
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Deana Gordy
Cartersville, GA
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, so I shall be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:3
NRSV
Anna from Boise, Idaho
Psalm 119:30 (NIV)
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have set my heart on your laws.
Ruthie, San Antonio, Texas ” Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” Psalm 103:1-2 KJV
Roswell, GA
You will keep Him in perfect PEACE, whose mind is STAYED ON YOU, Because he TRUSTS in You. TRUST in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is EVERLASTING STRENGTH. Isaiah 26:3-4 NKJV
Carol Rice Deer Park, TX I Chronicles 22:19 HCSB
Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God.
Get started building the LORD God’s sanctuary
so that you may bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant
and the holy articles of God to the temple
that is to be built for the name of the LORD.
Diane LeJeune, Fairview, TN
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 KJV
Julie Welch, Madison, MS
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ” Phil 2:3 NIV
Lenora Grayson, Nixa, Missouri
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”(Galatians 6:9 ESV)
Ashlyn Crawley. Conway, AR. Romans 12:21 KJV
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Sarah, Kingwood,TX
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD!
Psalm 27:13-14 (NKJV)
Forgot to put the address :-/
Susan
Tyler, TX
May 15, 2015 at 11:02 a.m.
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
I Peter 1:13 (NASB)
Tammy,
Lusby, MD
Exodus 20:20 Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear Him and will not sin.”
Carol McAlisterville, PA
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than you ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:9 (NLT)
Joy West Monroe, LA
“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,”
Ephesians 4:20 NIV
Denise Ciofani, Lexington, NC. “For this reason I kneel before the Father,” Ephesians 3:14 NIV.
Rebecca Enriquez, Orlando, FL
“I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.” Psalm 37:25, NIV
Janet Bell
Pinson, Alabama
13 Be on your guard; stand firm in your faith;
Be courageous; be strong.
14 Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14. NIV
Shannon Hillegeist, Houston, TX
1 Samuel 7:12 NIV
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
Jennifer, Dayton OH “For though your hearts were once full of darkness; now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it ! ” Ephesians 5:8 ( NLT)
Angie Keeting, Lee’s Summit, MO
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25NIV
Linda W. from Tomball, TX
“Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.” Psalm 119:135 ESV
Mugga Sheridan Wyoming Romans 10:8-9 DVD
The word is near you,in your mouth and in your heart, (that is the word of faith that we proclaim) because 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.
Allison Drennon, Little Rock, AR
“But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us. And Jesus said to him, ” ‘If you can,’ all things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief.” Mark 9: 22b-24 (ESV)
Linda, Las Vegas, NV,
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11, NIV
Kristi Skeen, Katy TX: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
Kathy, St. Louis, MO
“He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.” Proverbs 2:7-8 (NIV’84)
Kelsey Long, Chickasha, OK
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
-Isaiah 32:17 ESV
Karen Bingham Lake, MN
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 ESV
Psalm 96:2-4 niv
Sing to the lord, praise his name, proclaim his salvation day after day
Rachel J. from Cincinnati:
Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15 NIV)
Jane from Calgary, Alberta:
“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?'” Job 38:1-2 (NASB)
Claudia Franklin, TN. “We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.” 1 John 2:3 NIV
Cedarville, OH
“and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
Eph. 3:19 NIV
Theresa Dau, Chesterfield, MO
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke 1:37 KJV
Brenda Crosby,TX
Ephesians 3:18 …may have power,together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. NIV