If you are unable to watch the video, here is Beth’s message:
Hey girls! You have to know I really love you if I’m going to get on here with all this sunscreen, and with all this sweat, and in the middle of all this beach goings on. But I do love you and want to keep my commitment to you and to the Lord Jesus, and make sure that you know I am still with you in the scripture memory.
I am still memorizing out of the book of Ephesians and I’m in the most interesting verse in Ephesians 4:20. Right before it in verse 19, Paul is talking about the fact that there are people that give themselves over to the flesh. They give themselves over to greed, to callousness of heart, and to every kind of impurity. But he says something in verse 20 that I think is so profound. Ephesians 4:20 says, “But that is not the way you learned Christ.” And I thought about all the opportunities we have for that verse, when someone’s been unloving to us, unkind, or we really want so much to be ugly back to somebody. We’re reminded over and over again “but that is not the way we learned Christ.” That is not what He taught us to do.
I cannot think of a limit to the opportunities that we would have to tuck that verse in our hearts, to be able to say I know better than this. This is not the way I learned Christ. When I depart into the flesh, when I know that I am in an area, maybe even a gray area, maybe it’s not all the way in the ditch, just a gray area. But I can say to myself that’s not the way I learned Christ. I know how I learned Christ. I know what He calls for from me.
Beth, Houston TX
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) But that is not the way you learned Christ.
We learned Christ in the love and grace and mercy of God the Father who gave Him in our behalf. I’m just crazy about you. Stay with it. It is August 1st and it is a glorious time to celebrate what God has already done in 2015! Have a great day everybody and make sure to put in your verses!
Barb * St Cloud, MN * Jude 24 “Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.”
“Rejoice Always. Pray Continually. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thess 5:16-18 esv
Holly Smith
Monument, CO (next time I post, it will be College Station, TX! Moving in two weeks!)
April S. San Angelo, TX
“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 3:20 niv
Deana Johnson from Visalia, California: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NIV
Lisa Cummings, Joaquin, TX
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” Eph 3:20 KJV
Thank you, Anna Beth for the perfect August 1 scripture!! Have fun at the beach.
Kathy, Austin
Judges 5:21. Nlt march in my soul with strength .
Michelle Baylerian, Greenville, WI
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Col 3:1 ESV
Marcy, Eagle Bridge, NY
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” I Peter 5:8,9 (NIV)
Pam in Texas:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.”
Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)
Suzanne Bailey Harrisville, RI
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function.” Romans 12:4 ESV
Sarah, Christina and Esther May: Wenatchee
” Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.”
James 5:4 NIV
Susan L. (central IL) My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began. (Psalm 139:15-16, HCSB)
Tina, Columbus Ohio
Help me, Lord, to keep my mouth shut and my lips sealed. Psalm 141:3
The Living Bible
Diane Flook, Flagstaff, AZ
“the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” Eph. 1:19
Beverly – Jackson, TN
“And He Personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets,
some evangelists, some pastors and teachers.”
-Ephesians 4:11 HCSB
Emily McAnear, Corona, CA
He was with God in the beginning. John 1:2, NIV
Hannah Hancock from Winter Haven, FL
“Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”
-Colossians 3:1 (NASB)
Sydney Australia
Proverbs 18:21 NIV
“The tongue has the power of life & death, and those who love it will eat its fruit”
Karen, Richardson, TX
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14 NKJV
Lori, Oil City, PA
“Therefore, I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.” Ephesians 4:1 NLT
Becky Jo
Chesterfield MI
By wisdom a house is built.
Through understanding it is made secure.
Through knowledge its rooms are filled
with priceless and beautiful things.
Proverbs 24:3-4 NIV
Monica Pribe, Blacklick, OH “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:15 ESV
Kathi Griffin from Macon, GA: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ESV
Tammy,
Lusby, Maryland
Proverbs 22:9
The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. (NIV)
Marge Turner Chili, Wisconsin
The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Sarah Miller. New Palestine, IN
And to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness
Ephesians 4:24 NIV
Rhonda H Wade
Buchanan, GA
Galatians 5:16 NKJV
I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Val from Aldergrove, BC Canada
Psalm 5:3 NIV
In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation.
Dana
Clarksville, TN
Romans 8:18 NLT
“Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.”
Stacey DeYoung-morocco,In.
Judges 5:21 NIV “.March on, my soul; be strong! “
Kathy, Baton Rouge, LA
“Yes, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into His heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.” 2 Timothy 4:18 NLT
South Portland, Maine
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:29-30 (NASB)
Denise Ciofani, Lexington, NC. “and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 NIV
Maureen, Pascoag, RI
Many seek the favour of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that
one gets justice.
Proverbs 29:26
NRSV
Tanya Smith
Kenosha Wisconsin
Hosea 10:12
Sow with a view to righteousness. Reap in accordance with kindness. Break up you fallow ground. For it is time to seek the Lord until he comes to rain righteousness on you.
Sarah Whitt, Fort Worth, TX
“But that is not the way you learned Christ.”
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
Kathy Darnell
Princeton TX
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Beth Evans
Kingfisher, OK
“Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.”
Colossians 3:13 GNB
http://bible.com/296/col.3.13.gnb
Ps. 32:1
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. NASB
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
Valerie – Humble, Texas
“Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.”
Romans 12:11-13 ESV
Yvonne Gearing – Kingman, AZ
The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:17 NLT
Susie, Northville, MI
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:3 NIV
Anne Stinnette, Koror, Palau. “Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, induluging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. Eph. 2:3
Julie Ratcliff, Texarkana,TX, ““But that is not the way you learned Christ!—”
Ephesians 4:20 ESV
Lara Lee Bugeja, Royal Palm Beach, Fl
Lamentations 3:19 – 24 (ESV)
Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
the wormwood and the gall!
My soul continually remembers it
and is bowed down within me.
But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, says my soul,
therefore I will hope in him.
Deborah, Hartsville, SC “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 NASB
Ann Medford, Sunset, TX
For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:16 NIV
Abigail Dubbe, Red Lion PA, 1 John 3:20 (NIV), “whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”
Ashley Lewis, Marshalltown, Iowa
Matthew 22:39 NKJV – And the second is like it: ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’