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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!
Laura from Apopka
I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. (Jeremiah 10:23-24 NLT)
Kaylee Taylor; Stephenville, TX
“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,”
Hebrews 12:1 NIV
Ephesians 5:2. ESV
” And walk in love, as Christ loved us, and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. “
Kelly in South Arkansas
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 NIV
Jill Greer, Medina, TN
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 KJV
“Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a river bank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by heat or worried by months of drought. Their leaves are green and they never stop producing fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NLT
Callie, Nashville, TN: “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 ESV
Sandra Larranaga Bowe San Jon NM
Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious
Things; let this be known to all the world
Isaiah 12:5 NIV
Sandra Arnold, Paris, Tennessee
“Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.” 1 Peter 4:19 (NASB)
“May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 NET
Terryl Arola, Pine City, MN
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone – especially to those in the family of faith. Galatians 6:10 NLT
2 Chronicles 20:12b. “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you”.
Diane Ellison from Littleton, CO
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 NIV
For this very reason make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness knowledge 1Peter 1:5
Amanda Porter. Kansas City, Missouri. “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while” -1 Peter 1:6 (NLT)
Julie Holloway – Lafayette, LA
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:4-5 NKJV
Jill Sanders, Leachville, AR
And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
~Isaiah 30:21
Mary, Frisco, TX
“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV
Downtown Tonya Brown from Watauga, Tx:
“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.”(Hebrews 4:12 NLT)
Chris Robertson from Fort Wayne, IN
The Sovereign Lord is my strength: He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19 NIV
Vicki from Grapevine, TX
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ~ Psalm 139:15 NIV
Bobbi, Lake City, FL And He said, “My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.” Exodus 33:14,15 (NLT)
James 1: 26, 27 Amplified
If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religious service is worthless (futile, barren).
External religious worship {religion that is expressed in outward acts} that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.
Julie Lohr, Gahanna, OH
2 Corinthians 3:18New American Standard Bible (NASB)
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Amalia smith. Lumberton tx
John 5 :17 niv
In his defense Jesus said to them, ” my Father is always at his work to this very day, and I to am working”.
Linda
Peoria, Arizona
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”
Psalm 68:19 NIV
Kimyetta H. Jonesboro, GA
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Philippians 2:10 NIV
Brenna Wiggins,Ms
“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.”
1 Peter 1:6 NIV
Callee Maglothin, Houston, TX “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28
“Turn to me and be gracious to me for I am lonely and afflicted.” (Psalm 25:16, NIV)
“Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.” Proverbs 17:19 NASB
Adrienne, Valdosta, GA
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Susan, Bradenton, FL
20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen
Ephesians 3:20-21
Vicki, Surprise AZ
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 NIV
Judy-Bayport, NY
Psalm 91:14,15 (GWT)
Because you love me, I will rescue you.
I will protect you because you know my name.
When you call to me, I will answer you.
I will be with you when you are in trouble.
I will save you and honor you.
We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed, always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Courtney, Lima, Ohio. “The LORD must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.” Isaiah 30:18 (NLT)
Judy ~ Simi Valley, CA
Lord, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future. Psalm 16:5 HCSB
Jo Ellen Chance, Shawnee, KS
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. – John 14:20. ESV
Rebecca, Eagle Point, OR- John 15:5 NIV
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. “
Alana McCullough, Lorton VA, Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for it is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV
Vanessa from Calgary,Canada
She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her, “you are the God who sees me” Genesis 16:13a
Jacqui Maudslay, Chester, UK
‘On the day I called, You answered me, You increased strength within me’
Psalm 138.3
Christy, Granger, IN, “For the word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does.” Psalm 33:4
Beverly Reeder , Columbus,Ms.
And we know that in all things God works for good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV
Wendy Davis
Oriental, NC
Continuing on in Ephesians:
with a view to an administration suitable to the fulness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth.
Ephesians 1:10 (NASB)
Shelley Scott, Rio Rancho, NM
“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing.”
Zephania 3:17
with LOUD singing! Thank you LORD!
Sherron Watkins, Houston, Texas
“that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.”
Colossians 1:26-28 NASB
christina moore, Plano, Texas~
“He will tend His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs in His arms;
He will carry them in His bosom,
and gently lead those that are wtih young.”
Isaiah 40:11, ESV
Um, that would be “with” in the last line of my verse. But you knew that, right? 🙂 Thanks for grace.