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!
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 NIV
Sarah, Kingwood, TX “Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.”
Psalms 147:1 NKJV
May the Lord of peace himself always give you his peace no matter what happens. The Lord be with you all.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
New Living Translation
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. (Romans 13:14 NKJV)
Marty, Clarksville, TN
Ephesians 4:20 (ESV) But that is not the way you learned Christ.
Delores O.
Lake Stevens, WA
You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
Matthew 24:44 NLT
Jana Stroud, Houston TX,
I am still confident of this, I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living (Psalm 27:13, NIV)
Tanya Smith, Richland, WA
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. Hebrews 6:16 (NIV)
I want to finish what you have for me to do. John 17:4 NIV
Geri, Deer Park, TX
Colossians 1:28 ESV
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Heidi, Daphne, AL
“…to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6 – KJV)
Lynne Priestley, Belfast, Northern Ireland
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:
‘In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.’
Isaiah 30:15 NIV
Tina Crouch
Waxahachie, Texas
Ephesians 4:23 NLT
Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.
Cheryl – Houston, Tx
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
Ephesians 4:2 (NLT)
Susan Young, Fairhope,AL
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13 (NIV)
Melody S.
Forest City, IA
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
Psalm 86:4-6 (ESV)
Karoletha Stone from Longview, Texas
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 NIV
Kelley, Houston Tx
Psalm 91:14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;I will protect him, because he knows my name. (ESV)
Theresa, Glendale, AZ — Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 NKJV
Dallas, GA
Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. Heb. 12:9-10 NIV
Diana, Indianapolis, Eph. 4:1 NIV
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
Kristin Robbins
Ft. Worth, TX
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8 NASB
Coeurd’Alene ID
psa.119.147.nkjv I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
Vicki, Ann Arbor Michigan
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
Psalm 42:1. NIV
Linda Speer Edmonton, Ab
Proverbs 8:32 (NIV)
“Now then, my children, listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.”
Julie Webb City, MO
And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. Ephesians 3:18 NLT
Alicia Stewart (Loveland, CO)
“…Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
(Phil 3:13-14 NIV)
Beth Coker Medford, OR
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Galatians 6:7-8 ESV
Sharon, Little Rock. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training
in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good
work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
Jennifer O. Corpus Christi, TX
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to live one another. 1 John 4:11
Amy M, Fifty Lakes MN
“May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.” Romans 15:5 (ESV)
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven”.Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11 NIV
Neosho, MO
I call on the Lord in my distress, and He answers me.
Psalm 120 : 1
Jen Z. Greensburg PA
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:6 NIV
Punky Tolson, Dallas, TX “My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,…” 1 Corinthians 2:4, ESV
Lisa, West Des Moines, IA “It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.” Isaiah 55:11 (NLT)
Jenny Manis, Granbury, TX, “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.” (1 John 2:19 NIV)
For you created my inmost being; you knitted me in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13-14 NIV
Cindy Barger
Houston, Texas
Ah Lord God! Behold you have made
the heavens and the earth by your great
power and outstretched arm there is
nothing to hard for you
Jeremiah 32:17 NKJV
Erin, Joplin, MO
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26, NIV
Jamie – Paramount, Ca
“But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love…” Psalm 33:18 NIV
Leah Haughton, LA
All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
Prescott, Az
John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. ” (NASB)
Laura Sumpter-Salem,OR
Hebrews 12:12-14 ESV
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen
your weak knees and make straight paths for
your feet so that what is lame may not be
put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for
peace with everyone and for holiness without which
no one will see the Lord.
Mary James, Orangeville, ON
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
Psalm 119:18 NIV
Connie Kempf
Eugene, OR
“This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.” NKJV James 3:15
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Proverbs 31:30 NASB
Liz Kelley, College Station, Tx
Joshua 1:9 (NLT)
“This is my command – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Rhonda Jackson from Godfrey, Illinois
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Colossians 3:23 – KJV